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Title: It was sixty years ago today...
Post by: Hello Goodbye on February 09, 2024, 04:41:40 AM
...The Beatles made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show



(https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2014/01/02/8e65a6e9-9d42-401c-9186-83428e4bda89/thumbnail/1240x1240/71b132502c66521c4aa783fce6097fcc/Beatles_27399-12.jpg?v=39487f160c45192867463e7cb2b51dad)

9 February 1964




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jenWdylTtzs# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jenWdylTtzs#)


73 million people tuned in to watch the show that night.
Title: Re: It was sixty years ago today...
Post by: Euan Buchan on February 09, 2024, 08:48:30 AM
It’s 63 years ago today The Beatles made their first appearance at The Cavern Club Liverpool.
Title: Re: It was sixty years ago today...
Post by: Hello Goodbye on February 10, 2024, 01:25:58 AM
So it was, Euan.  And this might be a picture taken of John and Stu that night...


(https://beatlesource.com/savage/1961/61.02.xx%20cavern/01.jpg)
Title: Re: It was sixty years ago today...
Post by: Hello Goodbye on February 10, 2024, 04:03:09 AM
Heres another picture taken at The Cavern Club a few weeks later...


(https://i.postimg.cc/jdp4kbXz/Paul-is-dead-1961.jpg)


Paul wasn't dead yet.  He's still wearing his shoes.
Title: Re: It was sixty years ago today...
Post by: In My Life on February 10, 2024, 06:31:41 AM
Quote from: Hello Goodbye on February 09, 2024, 04:41:40 AM
...The Beatles made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show

73 million people tuned in to watch the show that night.

And five of them were at my house.  :)
Title: Re: It was sixty years ago today...
Post by: Hello Goodbye on February 11, 2024, 10:10:48 PM
And it was sixty years ago today...


There was a snow storm. The Beatles leave to Washington by train. The Beatles stay at the Shoreham Hotel.

8.30pm. Concert at the Washington Colliseum, filmed by CBS-TV.  Press conference from the stage, before the show...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3pKt_9OoNE# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3pKt_9OoNE#)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL22PbHFjYc# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL22PbHFjYc#)