Then came February 9, 1964, and my world and life changed forever. I knew the event was going to happen, but little did I realize just how big an impact it was going to have on me personally. That evening, I joined 74 million other people who sat in front of their television sets and watched The Beatles as they made their North American debut by performing on the Ed Sullivan Show.
For a few days before the big event, the media had been doing stories about the Beatles coming to America for their scheduled North America debut performance on the Sullivan Show. The news stories were pretty much all used the same angle. They took a humorous theme: The four funny, girlish-looking, but good-natured British lads who made all the girls scream in England, had arrived in America. Jokes and sarcastic comments were made about their long hair, it was their humorous attempt to lighten up the generally tragic-filled news.
But after 40% of the US public tuned in to watch them, America was suddenly divided. Many of the viewers, mostly young, really liked the Beatles, while most of the older observers and parents recoiled in horror. Unfortunately, it was the Beatle-haters that held all of the positions of power.
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