After the assassination of President John Kennedy America found itself in a deep state of mourning and melancholy ran rampant. In a country that defined itself by its invulnerability to harm, everything was lost that moment (Schaffner 32). After the assassination, the American people wasted so much to find a reason to be excited again, a diversion from a morbid tragedy. Just as those in their forties and fifties remember where they were when President Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, it is likely they remember at one point in time being transfixed to the television when the Beatles made their debut on The Ed Sullivan Show (edsullivan.com). .
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 there Beatlemania was born. There had never been an English Act that had developed a prolonged reputation or any type of career in America pre-Beatles, pre-1964.
The Beatles had built a fan base from the Baby Boomer generation. Out of this generation, the Beatle audience was described " as the most powerful group of teens, America has seen."(Bedford) This generation had the money to buy merchandise, the desire for a creative outlet and the need for idols.
According to David Szatmary, the Beatles" popularity in the United States was constructed around their ability to take several American music, styles such as jazz, blues and rock, and reassemble them in order to create music.
The Beatles were a band that took America by storm. ... Before the Beatles there was no critics or Rolling Stone magazine the Beatles started that aspect of the music industry that we know so well today. ... The Beatles were the greatest composers since Beethoven.... The Beatles offered a spirited antidote in their music. ... The Beatles sound was raw talent and the fans loved it. ...
Weeks later The Beatles peformed their first show in Hamburg, Germany. ... Three months pass and Decca records decides to drop The Beatles from the label. ... DJ Murray the K announced the time as Beatle Time and Beatle news flashes built up the excitement leading to their famous appearance on Ed Sullivan (Orange 3). ... The Beatles made two early films, Hard Day's Night and Help, which remain popular today. ... By 1970, The Beatles were no longer together. ...
(The Beatles Anthology). ... Capitol records followed the Beatles" single record with the release of an album, "Meet the Beatles," in late January of 1964. ... During the Beatles hype in America, people mimicked the group. ... School children even began carrying Beatle lunchboxes. ... (http://udel.edu/~mm/beatles/main.html)" The Beatles were one of the most influential musical groups in the world. ...
The Beatles started as a small boy, rock and roll band in high school. ... By 1965, the Beatles got so big they didn't know how to handle their fame. ... He led people into meditating and wanted the Beatles to join in. ... The Beatles used meditating to get through this bad time. ... By the end of 1967, the Beatles was still without a manager. ...
This band was named The Beatles. ... The Beatles before they became number one were not called the Beatles. ... Another man that helped out the Beatles was Tony Sheridan. ... He went to the record store and listened to the Beatles. ... The Beatles absolutely loved it. ...
Beatle-Mania The Beatles were definitely one of the greatest and the most influential bands of all time. ... The Beatles, however, were not always the Beatles, and the "Fab Four" wasn't originally the same four. ... On February 7, 1964 the Beatles arrived at Kennedy Airport in New York greeted by some 3,000 screaming fans; Beatle-mania had reached the United States! ... The Beatles also began to make movies. ... People everywhere came down on the Beatles quickly. ...
They are known as The Beatles. ... (Beatles 2) Capitol Records released it on an independent label.... The Beatles drew seventy million viewers on their rookie performance.... The two Beatles albums released in 1964 were "Beatles for Sale" and "A Hard Day's Night." ... (Eder 4) 1964 was the Beatles" rookie year in the United States. ...
The career of The Beatles reflected the attitude of a changing nation. ... Later it was then simplified to The Beatles. ... The Beatles, unlike many bands in this day and age were very original. ... The Beatles took the number one spot for record sellers of the century. ... (Qtd. in Return of the Beatles, 74). ...
The Conspiracy Behind the Beatles The legendary band known as the Beatles got their start in 1957 as a skiffle band in Liverpool, England, playing in cellars and dive bars. ... As the Beatles became more popular, they also became more influential. ... Within the Beatles career though many conspiracies arouse. ... On the cover it is full of sketches of the Beatles. ... This crowd includes models of the early Beatles. ...
