Express Newspapers/Getty It was 60 years ago today… that Ed Sullivan helped the band to play! The Beatles touched down in New York City for the first time in February 1964, and Friday marks the ...

Sixty years after The Beatles’ first appearance on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show,’ CU Boulder historian Martin ... Babicz says. A Beatles T-shirt in 2024 And the irony is, despite many years of researching ...

The Beatles’ appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” that Sunday evening was watched by some 73 million people, sending many viewers on completely new paths in their lives. As we celebrate the ...

"They got to meet the Beatles and get their photo taken with them. They also went to Miami for the [Sullivan Show] appearance there." As for how Ed Sullivan lined up the band to be on his show in ...

The Beatles made their first of three appearances on CBS’ “The Ed Sullivan Show” on Feb 9, 1964. Sullivan knew he had a really big “shew” that night, telling the audience mainly of teeny ...

Ringo said the biggest break the Beatles ever received happened when they ran into Ed Sullivan on a return trip from Europe. Ringo said Ed Sullivan booked the Beatles based on their reception when ...

1. The Beatles didn't come cheap. Much like The Tonight Show today, being asked to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show in the 1960s was a huge honor for up-and-coming (and established) artists in the ...

The highlight is one photo-matched rarity that was signed by all four Beatles in 1964. Following their first American television appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show that year, the bandmates pinned ...

Upon arriving stateside, the Beatles phoned radio stations and requested other artists’ records instead of their own. Ed Sullivan, center, stands with The Beatles during a rehearsal for the ...

When the Beatles performed on The Ed Sullivan Show on Feb. 9, 1964, they completely changed the trajectory of music and culture as we know it. More than 73 million Americans watched the Beatles ...