Beatles: CBS News "30 Years Ago" Invasion Report
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- This aired on Friday February 4th, 1994 and looks back on the Beatles invasion. CBS also aired another story on Sunday February 6th 1994.
See my other "Beatles CBS News" reports.
They saved my life. Their music gave me Peace. It still does 58 yrs later
How true😭
What happened then....was never repeated with any band or any celebrity. It was phenomenal, magical, unforgettable and up to now , 2020, they are still in the news.
GREATEST band of all time!!!
There are just no words to describe how amazing the Beatles are. Even 40+ years later, fans love them. RIP John and George and God bless Paul and Ringo. Beatles forever!
I heard that "I Want To Hold Your Hand" was the song that shook the world. This is just amazing. The Beatles will be famous forever and they'll never be forgotten.
RIP George and John
Beatles forever! :D
Yes. It was America's introduction to the Beatles. I will never forget it. Right after New Year's 1964 is the first time I heard I Want To Hold Your Hand. At the time I thought it was their very first record not realizing it was actually their sixth and they had been the rage in the UK and Europe. Ever since then, it's been a life-long love affair for me. Even 50 years after their breakup, they're still the only ones who matter to me.
Amen!😎 🎶🎸 God Bless.
¡qué vivan los Beatles!
The song is such a classic. It would cause the same hysteria if it was released today
My second favorite group... after "The Shoes"
Haha the shoes was brilliant
I don't know man, I like The Heels better.
The Beatles yesterday, today and forever 🍏💚
And now it's been 55 years since then and the magic is still there!
Dewayne Jimison .maigul
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Their music is what started my voice as a vocalist same with elvis.. if It wasnt for them then how would I get inspired? Yes it's true they changed our lives completely... thank you john paul george and ringo (Beatles forever) ❤
"It's just a name. Like Shoe."
"Yeah we could have been called The Shoes for all you know"
The Beatles didn't change my life but I still love their music
Amazing how Paul remained so well preserved 30 years later.
You'll never see another entity like the Beatles ever again in your lifetime.
Since their arrival in the US on Feb.7,1964...NOTHING has ever been the same!!!
As Englishmen we wanted to kiss America and say will you be our friends forever..?:)
Their coming to America in Feb, 1964 was something, our country needed as well, in light of the president's assassination just a few months earlier. Their timing, in coming here, couldn't have been better, as our country needed this, and they were great
During all this I grew up in the Beatles have always been my favorite group I'm 67 now still listen to them almost every day as a group and on their own
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I was almost 10 years old that night, Feb 9th 1964, when we all gathered around a small black and white TV to watch the most anticipated TV event anyone up till then could imagine. I remember afterwards laying on the living room floor at my grandmother's house thumbing through the Sears cataloge every chance I'd get looking at electric guitars!
There will never be any other band like them. One of a kind, rare jewels.
I saw them on Ed Sullivan and on my 9th birthday, I saw them in concert.
It was Aug 1965 in Portland OR. They played for 37 minutes.
It seemed much longer. At the time, I thought, 'This is the best place to be in the world'.
I was not wrong.
Modern acts vs the Beatles illustrate the difference between temporary events vs a true epoch-making phenomena.
I was amazed by that octave jump vocal sound coming out of my mom's radio and I was 5 years old!
I was lucky enough to see them live
Those had to have been fun to see. Fun to hear. 😀
Beatles were the best, luv still listening to them
I'll say it again...they were so adorable 🥰
They sounded so good, it was like divine!
Oh I believe in yesterday…….those were the happiest days of my life!!🤙🏼😎
"And I believe in Yesterday"...Amazing!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Kicking Bird great song. Paul knew how to write a good tune.
im 18 and I love the beatles and all the music from that era. Wish I knew more kids my age who like this stuff. I can't even listen to jonas brothers, ga ga, beiber, anything even remotely like that. I gag when I hear the crap that they come out with today. Cant beat the beatles.
Jack Girote The Beatles are great. I got into them and heard Paul speak of Buddy Holly. So, then I got into him. You have to go backwards with music. Get into what the band you like enjoyed.
Bless you Jack. I'm 64 and it was truly magical!
It has always fascinated me to know how many people from my generation aren't as big of fans as I am. I love the Beatles and have been listening since 1985. PS- They had more number one hits between 1963 and 1970 than any other group. EVER... at least 27 plus hits.
I know. It's staggering what they accomplished and no one has ever come close since or ever will do.
I was about seven when they came out on Ed Sullivan's show. The songs were so romantic and happy, and they were especially that way for the girls, who responded like it was their first days as women. In particular the lyrics often were about two friends discussing the status of a girlfriend. Priceless!
Fun to see this. After Buddy Holly, we needed the Beatles. And all four were so witty, too.
Yes indeed - and The BEATLES were a big fan of BUDDY HOLLY , Joe Nania - New York City
I think they could have had a career in comedy if they weren't the world's most gifted musicians.
I AM CRYING😢😭😭. THEY CHANGED THE MUSIC, THEY ARE THE BEST, REST IN PEACE GEORGE AND JOHN
Fun Fact: The Beatles were the greatest selling act in show biz history.
Did you post that fact, because you didn’t think anyone knew that already? I always thought it was Herman’s Hermits. 😂
America may have invented rock n roll, but the British perfected it.
Canada didn't do a half bad job of it either.
@@soundshaper mr postman
The best statement which was very very true.
The British invasion came along at a time when American music was in the doldrums, & needed some new life injected into it, George, Canada
I was five years old when i seen my aunt who is black slinging her hair back and forth singing twist and shout, the atmosphere back then is another dimension that wistfully haunts me, with delight!
Best group ever !!! Beatle fan forever !!!!
56 years ago today an I still Remember it like yesterday. Fab Four Forever! Was living in Madrid Spain and had been a fan since May 63
God, we need another musical super group like the Beatles to wake up today's music industry. The modern scene today reminds me a lot of the pre-Beatles era, boy/girl bands and solo singers heavily dependent on others to write their songs and to produce their music.
cRAP rules.cRAPPERs,cRAP-HEADS.cRAP-STARs Porno cRAPPERS.I say "Flush-shit.FLUSHIT down a cRAPPER.The USA has stepped in cRAP and cannot wipe it off their shoes,the stench permeates our citys like a filthy cloud. drug distributors need an audience to sell drugs to (thats what i heard.).I despise RAP.
Yes, no good music is out, now. It is like 1960, 61 in songs, now. So many greats were not letting new songs go. Plus that terrible passing of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. The Big Bopper Richardson.
And now here we are, approaching the 50th anniversary of the release of the final album they recorded together (ABBEY ROAD) and their flame burns as brightly as ever. The Beatles rocketed to the top in 1964 -- and they stayed there. Thank you John, Paul, George and Ringo for being the music of my life.
56 years ago,,,,,,,,,,,,and it seems like yesterday. The memories are that vivid.
people should be reminded again of the positive energy again in these strange days
I remember I was a kid and everybody was freaking out on the Beatles, but it didn’t stop them from watching them on the Ed Sullivan show. Curiosity got the best of them LOL! From that night on I was hooked and never again will there ever be a group of such talented street kids who change the world of music.
Yes, this was indeed an interesting clip to watch. Thanks for posting it.
Fuelled by the raw talent and ground-breaking originality of the musical acts of that era, the record industry has ever since built itself up into a worldwide institutional empire which has an ever-decreasing need for real talent to amuse the "tastes" of an increasingly undiscriminating public.
So beautifully and aptly put!
@2:58 remembering that night, my brother Daniel (Vietnam vet soon thereafter) called me into the den and said, Celeste you have to see this group! 'Come on'! I remember like it was 'Yesterday' & loved British rock ever since, bravo!
Paul: Thanks for the memories (circa Bob Hope).
You gave us the Sullivan show.
We all wanted mo'.
T'was a Magical Mystery Tour for sure
And it never was a bore.
Thank you so much.
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"I WILL ALWAYS LOVE THE BEATLES!!!!"🎤📻🎧🆒️😎🔥🤑💵💰💯👍✌
What an ending statement!
They put the bar too high for anyone who came after them, they were a perfect as you can get.
If you witnessed what happened in 1964 with this band count your blessings that you did, because we will never, ever witness anything like this again.
Classic video - glad it was posted!
Best quote of the video at 1:52 : "We were all deeply envious of the fact that the Beatles had women hurling themselves out of buildings to try land on them."
NEVER AGAIN SHALL ANYTHING WALK THE EARTH AS THEY HAD DONE , Joe Nania- New York City
The popluation of the USA in 1964 was 192 million so for 73 million to tune in to one show on TV was unbelievable
Man they where great
They were everything to me growing up and I mean everything we didn’t have TH-cam of course Anywhere moment a film clip was shown on news etc. I would be glued to the television I learn to play the guitar and I love music because of them it’s a lot to ask for a band that the whole world should revolve around them but that’s exactly what happened
I'd like to be standing just off-stage in the wings during one of their theatre shows in England sometime in the fall of 1963. It must have been fantastic to see the spectacle of one of their live shows.
dougalmac54 it was!
Actually, it's their 51st anniversary this year. Their origiknal single LOVE ME DO was released in Britain and reached #17 in October 1962.
Excellent! I love The Beatles!
They are Here there everywhere!!
It is highly possible that no other group of four young men will ever get together and accomplish what the Beatles did for the music industry To write a song, not that easy. To write a song that becomes a hit, you got talent. To write a hit that becomes number one , you're on top of the charts. To hold the no.1 .2 . 3. 4. & 5 spot (in a row) on Billboards top 100 songs of 1964 , you're on top of the world. Beatlemania , the screaming , the hair , the sound and more screaming.....there will never ever be another Beatles band or anything close to it. For those who were there to experience it....damn... Wasn't it awesome? For those too young and missed it...... I'm so sorry.... Cuz you missed out big-time
Plus their relaxed cheeky humour, that broke down all sorts of barriers and prejudices.
never happen again NOT becuase of lack of talent..!! because the industry is sooooo closed up now..horrible
I saw that. I don’t remember all the song names but for them to hold all the first five places on the charts. Has that happened to anyone else, ever? I don’t think so, but, not sure. 🤔
Cool!.... I was there, I saw them in person 1964. It's impossible to convey the enormous excitement and the massive impact they ultimately had on popular music. And our response to them was all spontaneous. I'm 71 now and remember it all clearly like it happened yesterday. Music, our AM radios, was everything to us back then. If you were a teen in the 60s, you almost have to agree there hasn't been anything like the Beatles impact since. 💗😊
John Lennon turned out to be right when he said, after being asked about the secret to their success: "if I knew that, we'd all form groups and become managers". There is no way to put thr once in a lifetime experience of Beatlemania into words so that someone who wasn't there can feel it or understand it.
Thanks for the post! (I'm surprised this doesn't have more views.)
In less than 3 years it will be 50 year anniversary of beatlemania. Goodness. I think it will be very special.
Great video, thanks so much for posting
Peace and love!
"Its just a name really. like the shoes. We could have been called the Shoes." One of the funniest things ever
Tony DiMeo Funny interview there.
This will never happen again. I'm glad that I was fortunate enough to have lived through it.
I agree and me too.
¡ los mas grandes, los unicos, los genios, "LOS BEATLES". for ever.
Now 52 years ago !!
george scarlett almost 54!
55 years now
56 years now. 🙀🙀🙀🙀
Very moving. Very well done. Nothing like it again in my lifetime. I was 13 that year. And this is where we first moved on after JFK. Little did we know what lay ahead, but what a time to be 13. We Boomers were lucky to be born when we were. Thanks, Beatles. A lot.
Yes...JFK's assassination had a lot to do with it. By Feb. of '64, Americans were ready to end their grieving & were looking for something to cheer them up, & the British invasion was the perfect antidote. As Michael Caine put it, "we sent our boys over there to cheer up you yanks." George, Canada
If it wasn't for the Beatles the great bands of the 70s wouldn't be there very influential.
WHO are the humans that did NOT like this news report? First, if they didn't like The Beatles, which is sacrilege, then why would they even open this link at all? And if they are a fan, what was in the piece that was NOT to love?
I might had been called a fool or jerk what about the Millions of Fans who were mad about "The Beatles " I can say one thing. They had changed the World upside down. Now I'm 75 years Young. And still going Strong.
Even though I came after 1964, I grew up listening to their recordings. My dad had all their albums. I continue to listen to them today. No other group has beaten their presence in pop culture. Can Linkin Park, NYSNC, or Britney Spears compare? You decide.
Wait, wait. John Lennon said himself that the name The Beatles was an homage to Buddy Holly's band, The Crickets. Hmm.
StevenRH They always joked around!
@LoveTheBeatlesSoMuch The three BIGGEST musical icons of the Twentieth Century include: Frank Sinatra (awesome vocalist) Elvis Presley (awesome rock n roller) and the Beatles (no rock n roll group can beat 'em). I love the Beatles and have been since 1985! And I'm 29!!
3 years from now, at 60, we'll be saying the same thing. Goovy!
I love this. The john part was funny, the whole thing was very interesting.
@LoveTheBeatlesSoMuch I agree with you a lot. In fact, in my town Kevin Jonas appeared in a Red Mango, some yogurt shop, and the most he got was a couple pictures taken with some girls. If this were the 60's and say one of The Beatles went to a place like that there would be complete chaos, both between guys and girls. No one will ever compare, especially not The Jonas Brothers..
The Beatles were it !
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Those really were the good old days.
It's their 49th anniversary this year 2013.
"One says Hello" LOL like "dhu"
I'm so jealous of that blond woman :D
Anyway... I got shivers all over my body while watching this video... It's.. WONDERFUL! Reminds me of the beginning of my Beatlemania! And "Yesterday" at the end is so... touching! :'( I wish they were all here!
brings tears to my eyes and i wasnt even there.
last year i turned 40, 40 years after john lennon died, at the age of 40. i had imagine tattood on my wrist.
Thanks for the confirmation.
"we could have been called 'The Shoes' for all you know" XD
beatles forever
In late '63 the entire world was thrust into a
deep sadness because of the JFK assassination.
People cried openly on the streets around the
world, he was so beloved. This continued in
America until Feb 1964 when the Beatles pulled
us out of it with pure joy and magical songs.
It was a moment in history that will never be repeated.
How true!
Hopefully, it'll never be repeated ever again regardless of party.,(the assassinations Lincoln / Kennedy) and other assassinations,/assassination attempts that other US presidents have gone through. History is known to repeat itself; hopefully, there will no longer be any more assassinations or attempts.
I remember it so well. They were on Ed Sullivan in 1964 on the same day I turned 64.
so, um, you're 118?
@@scottfagerstrom9312 hmm...can't remember. Sometimes I get confused on the dates. Is Wendy still taking her nap?
What the hell does THAT mean?
Scott Fagerstrom 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@scottfagerstrom9312 She just woke up. Can you ring the nurse and tell her I fell again?
It was an historical event on many levels, most because America was mourning the assassination of their present about 11 weeks before and here are four Liverpudlian Lads who put a smile on the faces of young America and distracted everyone for just a moment from the national mourning
So sad about President Kennedy. But, yes, the Beatles helped.
the thought of them now brings only sadness
O tempo passa....já faz mais de 50 anos.
The best of times, but also the worst of times.
tonite ladies and gentlemen we have a really big beatle for you...the shoes
I was 10th grade, band class, someone said have you heard the beatles? 1963. Wow did they take us away with their music
Whoever came and Gone no group had Registered their Shadows like "The Beatles " They had been Sent by The Almighty for Some Purpose. When I was in the college it was entirely different Atmosphere. We can say The Beatles Cult.
And Paul is still taller than Ringo.
Interesting that CBS News did this report cause it was in I believe December 1963 or January 1964 that CBS did there Ya Ya Ya report about Beatle Mania in England and that was the intro that America got for the first time and the rest was history. Fantastic!
Sonny, I had a clip of that posted but TH-cam removed it for copyrights. It was a Walter Cronkite special that he first discovered The Beatles and then Ed Sullivan called him to ask who those boys were from England.
@cherryquf Type in "Beatlemania (part3)". The woman who as a girl asked George this question gives her account of this conversation.
I never got to see The Beatles , however, I did get to see The Rutles lol.
best quote ever!
@westeastxybzd: I agree with everything except the part about "I Am the Walrus" having meaningful lyrics. That's like their most nonsensical song! John Lennon even admitted the first two lines came to him in an acid trip. He wrote the song after he heard a teacher was having his students analyze Beatles lyrics. He wrote "I Am the Walrus" as if saying, "Analyze THIS, you bitches!"