British Invasion!
On Feb. 9, 1964, over 73 million Americans gathered around television sets to see what all the excitement was about. For several weeks American radio stations had been saturating the airwaves with Beatles music. The power of radio had led to sales of millions of Beatles singles and albums. The American press picked up on the story that The Beatles were commig to America. Two days earlier, CBS and ABC showed film of' 'The Beatles' arrival in America at New York's Kennedy Airport on their evening news shows.
But the big event was The Beatles' first live appearance on American television, took place on, "The Ed Sullivan Show" a little after 8 p.m. EST. Sullivan gave his famous introduction: "Now yesterday and today our theater's been jammed with newspapermen and hundreds of photographers from all over the nation, and these veterans agreed with me that the city never has the excitement stirred by these youngsters from Liverpool, who call themselves The Beatles. Now tonight, you're gonna twice be entertained by them. Right now, and again in the second half of our show. Ladies and gentlemen, The Beatles. Let's bring them on." Sullivan's last words were drowned out by the screaming young girls in attendance at CBS Studio 50.
When it was over, The Beatles took their customary bow. Thirty-five minutes later, Sullivan introduced the group's second segment with a simple, "Ladies and gentlemen, once again." The Beatles then played boot-tapping versions of both sides of their Capitol single, "I Saw Her Standing There" and the No. 1 hit "I Want to Hold Your Hand." During these songs, as well as the earlier performances, the cameramen did a superb job of capturing The Beatles and the excitement of the event despite being unable to hear the director's instructions through their headphones over the screaming girls. The last song effectively mixed long shots, close-ups, crowd shots and a move in and out on drummer Ringo Starr by a mobile crane camera. After taking their bows, John, Paul and George removed their instruments and Ringo jumped down from his drum riser...
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But the big event was The Beatles' first live appearance on American television, took place on, "The Ed Sullivan Show" a little after 8 p.m. EST. Sullivan gave his famous introduction: "Now yesterday and today our theater's been jammed with newspapermen and hundreds of photographers from all over the nation, and these veterans agreed with me that the city never has the excitement stirred by these youngsters from Liverpool, who call themselves The Beatles. Now tonight, you're gonna twice be entertained by them. Right now, and again in the second half of our show. Ladies and gentlemen, The Beatles. Let's bring them on." Sullivan's last words were drowned out by the screaming young girls in attendance at CBS Studio 50.
When it was over, The Beatles took their customary bow. Thirty-five minutes later, Sullivan introduced the group's second segment with a simple, "Ladies and gentlemen, once again." The Beatles then played boot-tapping versions of both sides of their Capitol single, "I Saw Her Standing There" and the No. 1 hit "I Want to Hold Your Hand." During these songs, as well as the earlier performances, the cameramen did a superb job of capturing The Beatles and the excitement of the event despite being unable to hear the director's instructions through their headphones over the screaming girls. The last song effectively mixed long shots, close-ups, crowd shots and a move in and out on drummer Ringo Starr by a mobile crane camera. After taking their bows, John, Paul and George removed their instruments and Ringo jumped down from his drum riser...
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