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Music Appreciation

underpants

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2. Not even 3 months after JFK was assassinated.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Feb 8, 2021, 09:32 AM

Feb 2021

I’ve read that CBS wasn’t sure about having them on Sullivan but the final call was from Cronkite “people are ready to have fun again” or something like that

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February 7, 1964: Beatles arrive for first American tour at newly-named JFK Airport, New York [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2021 OP

I saw them live in Cincinnati in '64. sinkingfeeling Feb 2021 #1

Not even 3 months after JFK was assassinated. underpants Feb 2021 #2

And, the next day, on my birthday in southern Illinois, I got their first album. Atticus Feb 2021 #3

Priceless calguy Feb 2021 #4

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

Last I saw that album in good condition was worth around $3500 ten years ago calguy Feb 2021 #6

Too bad we didn't have the vision to buy 100 copies and store them for 50 years calguy Feb 2021 #7

They played on The Ed Sullivan show on my fifth birthday. Harker Feb 2021 #9

I still have all their original albums, plus trading cards and photos from Cinncy concert. sinkingfeeling Feb 2021 #10

I saw them in Houston in 1965 LazySusanNot Feb 2021 #8