Ed Sullivan
The Beatles appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show on Feb 10,
1964 is a sensation. It introduces America to the group
they have been hearing about for a year.
Breaking all television viewing records, begins the The
Beatles domination of the American charts. Soon they will
hold the top five positions - something never equalled.
New York writer Mark Goldblatt describes the impact on two
very young children in Louisiana watching the show that
night.
My
mom said you could sense it from the start of the show.
There was a buzz in the studio audience that came through
the speakers and seemed to take hold of me and my sister.
... {when} Sullivan introduced the Beatles, and the crowd
broke into a torrent of screams . . . my sister and I
rushed the TV.
The two of us sat mesmerized, perhaps a foot from the
screen, as Paul McCartney began to sing “All My
Loving.” We did not move the entire hour, not even
during the commercials. Afterwards, when my mother tried to
tuck us into our beds, we kept kicking the covers loose.
She got us settled down after half an hour, but around
midnight, she was awakened by several loud thuds. She ran
into our room and found us jumping up and down on our beds,
literally bouncing off the walls, making nonsensical noises
that sounded vaguely like Beatles songs.
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