Beatlemania hit the U.S.A. in full force after John, Paul, George and Ringo played 'The Ed Sullivan Show' on Feb. 9, 1964 Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been ...

On February 9, 1964, The Beatles stepped onto the stage at CBS Studio 50 in New York City to open an episode of The Ed Sullivan Show. "Their lyrics (punctuated by nutty shouts of “yeah, yeah, yeah!”) ...

“[There are a] trillion people who say that, ‘I knew that’s what I wanted to be when I saw you four-headed monster on the telly … I’ve got to be part of this,’” McCartney explained. “Our current ...

In September of 1963, British newspapers minted a term for an outbreak of music-induced hysteria just short of derangement when they described the frenzied atmosphere in London’s Royal Albert Hall and ...

It was 60 years ago; nearly 73 million people were watching on television the night of Feb. 9, 1964, when “The Ed Sullivan Show” went on the air and The Beatles took over music forever. John Lennon, ...

A local music archivist is remembering a classic Beatles performance. Friday marks 60 Years since the band performed live on the Ed Sullivan Show. That broadcast thrust the band into superstardom in ...

A revised DVD about the Beatles' initial appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show is like cracking open a time capsule. Almost as interesting as the band making its musical introduction to America in 1964 ...

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 60th anniversary of the group’s ...