FEBRUARY 9

On this date in 1964, The Beatles performed on the Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.  The Ed Sullivan Show was a Sunday evening, prime time, variety show.  They drew 73 million viewers (at the time, a record for U.S. television).

The Beatles were in the U.S. for a series of concerts.  Sullivan had them on three weeks in a row while they were here.  It was a high point in the British Invasion of our music industry.  In succession followed The Dave Clark Five, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, Herman's Hermits and The Who.  

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