The single, “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” was the Beatles’ first domestically released single.(Beatles 2) Capitol Records released it on an independent label.(Eder 3) Shortly after its release to the public on December 26, 1963, it was a number one request for many young teenagers on the radio, according to the Billboard Music Charts. It would only be two months after this that the Beatles would be appearing before a nation wide audience on The Ed Sullivan show.(Eder 3)

The Ed Sullivan show appearance would not be the first, however. The Beatles drew seventy million viewers on their ro

okie performance.(Ebert 1) Ed, seeing the ratings they drew and crowd reaction that these four young men from Liverpool received, decided he would have them back on the show numerous times.(McCartney 214) After this appearance the Beatles’ record sales outsold the, thought to be, unbreakable numbers in the United Kingdom. One month later after this appearance, the Beatles would have the top five best selling slots on the United States music charts. The critics bashed the Beatles during their 1964 through 1970 career run. Most critics, when asked, said they were nothing more than just the “flavor of the week” and said that they should absorb all the fifteen minutes of fame they could absorb.

By April of 1964, the Beatles already were ruling over three countries on two continents. In Canada, they had nine records in the top ten; and, in the United Kingdom, they were still reigning supreme. On August 11, 1964, the Beatles rel

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