During their American debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964 they sang 5 songs: All my Loving, Till There was You, She Loves You, I saw her Standing There, and I Want to Hold Your Hand. Among the 700 in attendance screaming for just a touch of a band member there were the 50,000 plus outside just anticipating a view of one of them. The ratings reached 73 million viewers that night (neilsenmedia.com). Also that night it seemed that America was put to a standstill. Any activity during their performance was put to a hold until the performance was over and right ther

During this time, music was just entering the Rock and Roll age. When The Beatles came onto the scene they were unusual because most Rock and Roll was a strong beat with no melody, they altered this and added the melody to the rock. Also they added strong and meaningful lyrics with the help of Paul McCartney and John Lennon. John Lennon was often praised for his uncanny ability to compose songs at a moments notice with an inspiration that others seemed to miss. The songwriting alone by duo John Lennon and Paul McCartney seem to be undisputed as the best in the world. Only to be slightly shadowed by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Although Lennon and McCartney seldom wrote any of their songs together the Beatles duo decided that all songs written by each of them would always be credited to both of them. The combination of selflessness and creative genius lead their band into the record books and the memories of those that lived during their reign as well as those generations who live after it.

Every city in the States knew of The Beatles’ arrival. Baltimore’s Evening Sun took notice of the coming of the Beatles “The Beatles are coming! Those four words are said to be enough to jelly the spine of the most courageous police captain in Britain . . .Since, in this case, the Beatles are coming to America, America had better take thought as to how it will deal with the invasion.” Newsweek also got in on the story stating “…the sound of their music is one of the m

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