I girlfriend in 64 met them going into the Chicago Amphitheater. 3 were great…another friend said it was like a freight train goin through the stadium. They were altered forever
they were causing a stir in England but when they came to the US,Presumably on the back of Capitol's marketing and getting the song on the radio, the song 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' got to #1 on February 1st, 1964. When the Beatles touched down at Kennedy International Airport on February 7th, Spitz quotes a contemporaneous New York Times account as saying there were "three thousand teenagers stood four deep on the upper arcade of the International Arrivals Building". Spitz mentions that this crowd had been whipped up by various New York radio deejays broadcasting live from the airport, encouraging kids to come to the airport, offering prizes like Beatle wigs, etc (presumably bought by some of Capitol's $40,000). Spitz also describes the prominent disc jockey Murray The K as being called away from his winter holiday to cover the Beatles' entrance to New York.
Absolutely not set up or fake….it was crazy….I was around then.
I girlfriend in 64 met them going into the Chicago Amphitheater. 3 were great…another friend said it was like a freight train goin through the stadium. They were altered forever
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Pete got a few million anthology
they were causing a stir in England but when they came to the US,Presumably on the back of Capitol's marketing and getting the song on the radio, the song 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' got to #1 on February 1st, 1964. When the Beatles touched down at Kennedy International Airport on February 7th, Spitz quotes a contemporaneous New York Times account as saying there were "three thousand teenagers stood four deep on the upper arcade of the International Arrivals Building". Spitz mentions that this crowd had been whipped up by various New York radio deejays broadcasting live from the airport, encouraging kids to come to the airport, offering prizes like Beatle wigs, etc (presumably bought by some of Capitol's $40,000). Spitz also describes the prominent disc jockey Murray The K as being called away from his winter holiday to cover the Beatles' entrance to New York.