Sixty years after The Beatles鈥 first appearance on 鈥楾he Ed Sullivan Show,鈥 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 historian Martin Babicz reflects on their impact on U.S. culture and politics
There are certain indelible moments in life, certain shared experiences, that only need a prompt of 鈥淲here were you when鈥?鈥 to bring forth a torrent of memory.
So, find the nearest Baby Boomer and ask them where they were at 8 p.m. EST on Feb. 9, 1964鈥60 years ago this week. That Sunday night, about 45% of U.S. households turned their TVs on to CBS for 鈥溾
An audience of 73 million people heard Sullivan open with, 鈥淣ow, yesterday and today our theater鈥檚 been jammed with newspapermen and hundreds of photographers from all over the nation, and these veterans agreed with me that this city never has witnessed the excitement stirred by these youngsters from Liverpool...鈥
And then there they were鈥攖he Fab Four, the Lads from Liverpool, The Beatles performing 鈥淎ll My Loving.鈥 In memory, the ecstatic screams still echo.
Just 77 days before that evening, President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Still staggering from that, the United States also was seeing increasing involvement in Vietnam, growing a civil rights movement and facing what would become an extremely contentious presidential election.
鈥淭here was a lot going on in 1964 in the United States,鈥 says听Martin Babicz, a 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 teaching associate professor of听history听who researches The Beatles鈥 effect on U.S. culture and politics in 1964. 鈥淭heir tour in 1964 fits right into the issues of the time.鈥
