Monday, Feb. 9: 40th anniversary of Beatles debut on the Ed Sullivan Show

[gristy]

I've been listening to the Beatles on public radio most of the evening, including songs from the Ed Sullivan Show. I was just 5 at the time. What was all the fuss?? :)

http://www.canada.com/regina/story.asp?id=EB29F839-3FE7-4A9E-8982-087A31989976

Beatles fans remember the 40th anniversary of group's North American invasion

NEENA CHOWDHURY
Canadian Press

Saturday, February 07, 2004

TORONTO (CP) - "Ladies and gentlemen, The Beatles!"

Ed Sullivan barely managed to get those words out before the audience in the TV studio erupted cheering and screaming for the Fab Four.

The date was Feb. 9, 1964, and the Beatles were making their American debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, which was watched every Sunday night in the U.S. and Canada.

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[mlawson]

1. No way I can explain it. You had to be there.

In 1964, I mean; I was not in NY that night. But I remember all day long that Sunday, I was more and more keyed up, like something HUGE was gonna happen. And it did. When he introduced the Lads From Liverpool, it was far more exciting than watching the LM land on the Moon. Far, far more, and the only explanation I can offer is, that this was 3 months after we all watched the JFK funeral on TV. But this was just something so unambiguously HAPPY... I get misty thinking about it, right now. :-)