50 Years Ago To The Day...

...December 26, 1963, was the day Capitol Records released The Beatles' song "I Want To Hold Your Hand" along with "I Saw Her Standing There" as a single 45 RPM in the US.

Ever wonder who those NYC girls going crazy on the Ed Sullivan show in February of 1964 were? They weren't imported from England where The Beatles were already throbbing hearts; they were girls savvy enough to have heard and bought that first release, driving "I Want To Hold Your Hand" to #1 less than a month later.

The Beatles: We're More Popular Than The Big O Now

Fifty years ago this month, The Beatles released their first vinyl in the US.  I Want To Hold Your Hand charted by mid-January, and by February it reached number 1.  A week later, on February 9, 1964, they played The Ed Sullivan Show. You know the rest.