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1/1/64 - The Jack Paar Show airs a BBC clip of The
Beatles singing "She Loves You" the first time the Fab Four are seen on American television
1/17/64
- I Want To Hold Your Hand is the #1 record in the U.S. The boys are offered the princely sum of $10,000 for a single
concert
2/7/64 - The British Invasion begins. The Fab Four
fly to New York on Pan Am Flight 101 and are greeted by thousands of screaming fans and hundreds of TV, radio and print reporters
and photographers. There are 100,000 fan letters waiting for the in New York City
2/8/64
- The British Invaders hold a press confrence at the Plaza Hotel, record a telephone interview for the BBC, travel to CBS
to rehearse for The Ed Sullivan Show and dine at the world-famous 21 restaurant
2/9/64
- The Beatles
momentous introduction to America occours during a live 8 p.m. broadcast of The Ed Sullivan Show. Almost 74 million people tune in the largest
audience in the history of TV to date
2/10/64
- The Beatles
reveive two gold records one for selling a million coppies of I Want To Hold Your Hand and the other for selling a million
dolars worth of Meet The Beatles
2/13/64 - The boys fly to Miami and are greeted by 7,000 frenzied fans. A police escort whisks
their motorcade to the Deauville Hotel
2/16/64 - The Beatles second Ed Sullivan appearance
is beamed life from the Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach to an audience of 70 million. A riot breaks out when holders of the 3,500 tickets distributed by CBS show up
for the 2,600 seats
2/25/64
- George celebrates
his 21 birthday. He receives over 30,000 birthday greetings from fans around the world
3/2/64 - The beatles begin filming A Hard Days Night
in London. George meets actress Patti Boyd during filming
at Paddington Station.
3/23/64 - Johns book of stories, poems, and drawings,
In His Own Write which established Lennon as more than just a Rock 'N' Roll singer is published
3/24/64 - Wax figures of The Beatles go on display
at Mme. Tussauds museum in London.
The figures are later used as part of the cover montage on the Sgt. Pepper album
5/21/64
- The German language single She Loves You (Sie Liebt Dich)/I Want To Hold Your Hand (Komm, Gib Mir Diene Hand) is released
in the U.S. and becomes another Beatles hit
6/23/64
- The original
soundtrack album A Hard Day's Night is released in the U.S. by United Artists
7/6/64 - The movie A Hard Day's Night premieres in London. Attendees include the Princess Margaret and the Rolling Stones
8/12/64 - A Hard Day's Night opens to rave reviews and big box office at more than 500 movie theaters
in the U.S.
8/18/64 - The Beatles arrive in San Francisco to embark on their first American Tour
8/28/64 - After their Forest Hill, N.Y. concert, Bob Dylan, a profound influence, visits their
hotel
12/15/64 - The Beatles '65 Album is released by Capitol Records
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