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Related: About this forumFebruary 7, 1964: Beatles arrive for first American tour at newly-named JFK Airport, New York
First visit to the United States and the British Invasion
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On 7 February 1964, the Beatles left the UK with an estimated 4,000 fans gathered at Heathrow, waving and screaming as the aircraft took off. Upon landing at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport, an uproarious crowd estimated at 3,000 greeted them. They gave their first live US television performance two days later on The Ed Sullivan Show, watched by approximately 73 million viewers in over 23 million households, or 34 percent of the American population. Biographer Jonathan Gould writes that, according to the Nielsen rating service, it was "the largest audience that had ever been recorded for an American television program". The next morning, the Beatles awoke to a largely negative critical consensus in the US, but a day later at their first US concert, Beatlemania erupted at the Washington Coliseum. Back in New York the following day, the Beatles met with another strong reception during two shows at Carnegie Hall. The band flew to Florida, where they appeared on the weekly Ed Sullivan Show a second time, before another 70 million viewers, before returning to the UK on 22 February.
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On 7 February 1964, the Beatles left the UK with an estimated 4,000 fans gathered at Heathrow, waving and screaming as the aircraft took off. Upon landing at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport, an uproarious crowd estimated at 3,000 greeted them. They gave their first live US television performance two days later on The Ed Sullivan Show, watched by approximately 73 million viewers in over 23 million households, or 34 percent of the American population. Biographer Jonathan Gould writes that, according to the Nielsen rating service, it was "the largest audience that had ever been recorded for an American television program". The next morning, the Beatles awoke to a largely negative critical consensus in the US, but a day later at their first US concert, Beatlemania erupted at the Washington Coliseum. Back in New York the following day, the Beatles met with another strong reception during two shows at Carnegie Hall. The band flew to Florida, where they appeared on the weekly Ed Sullivan Show a second time, before another 70 million viewers, before returning to the UK on 22 February.
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February 7, 1964: Beatles arrive for first American tour at newly-named JFK Airport, New York (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Feb 2021
OP
And, the next day, on my birthday in southern Illinois, I got their first album.
Atticus
Feb 2021
#3
My children may find out what it is worth when I am gone. It is in original cover, but VERY worn. n
Atticus
Feb 2021
#5
I still have all their original albums, plus trading cards and photos from Cinncy concert.
sinkingfeeling
Feb 2021
#10
sinkingfeeling
(51,475 posts)1. I saw them live in Cincinnati in '64.
underpants
(182,912 posts)2. Not even 3 months after JFK was assassinated.
Ive read that CBS wasnt sure about having them on Sullivan but the final call was from Cronkite people are ready to have fun again or something like that
Atticus
(15,124 posts)3. And, the next day, on my birthday in southern Illinois, I got their first album.
I still have it.
Atticus
(15,124 posts)5. My children may find out what it is worth when I am gone. It is in original cover, but VERY worn. n
calguy
(5,334 posts)6. Last I saw that album in good condition was worth around $3500 ten years ago
A very worn copy could still be worth over a thousand.
calguy
(5,334 posts)7. Too bad we didn't have the vision to buy 100 copies and store them for 50 years
Harker
(14,041 posts)9. They played on The Ed Sullivan show on my fifth birthday.
We watched it on an old Silvertone.
My father worked for Sears in Chicago. Everything was Silvertone and Kenmore.
sinkingfeeling
(51,475 posts)10. I still have all their original albums, plus trading cards and photos from Cinncy concert.
LazySusanNot
(192 posts)8. I saw them in Houston in 1965
My mother drove me and a couple of my girlfriends from Dallas down to Houston just to see them. The screaming was over the top but we enjoyed the experience.
Thanks for posting. Fond memories from that time in my life at age 15!