Sept 6     Detroit 28 Mar 1964 Adams, having been playing a steady parade of “car tunes and surfing music,” decided to give the new Beatles album a whirl. Yeah. “Please Please Me” is a massive hit, rising to No. Vintage Beatles John Lennon Color Postcard, 1964 Curteichcolor Curt Teich Beatles Postcard, 1960s Beatles Gifts halfpintsalvage. August 1964 “A Hard Day’s Night” / “I Should Have Known Better” released as single by Capitol Records. Beatles’ ‘I’ll Cry Instead’ single, released by Capitol Records, July 20, 1964. 11 Aug 1964 22 Nov 1963 Vee-Jay record label of Chicago obtains a contract to release limited number of Beatles records in the U.S. for a limited time period. Package is basically two previous albums — 1963’s Golden Hits of the 4 Seasons and VJ’s Beatles album, Introducing The Beatles. amzn_assoc_linkid = "4bd4f0365878a8e4f9f5d1b63d4c6381"; That perspective would soon change. At the concert, however, a crowd of 20,207 attended, which was just over half of Municipal Stadium’s full capacity of 35,000 when seats were installed on the field. mid-Jan 1964 Did you scroll all this way to get facts about the beatles 1960s? “Song Writer Medal Presented Beatles,” Washington Post-Times Herald, March 23, 1964. p. B-23. “‘Beatles’ Descend on New York; Teen-Agers Frantic,” Washington Post-Times Herald, February 8, 1964; p. A-4. Sept 5     Chicago “Beatles to Sing Six New Tunes in Their Movie,” Los Angeles Times, August 11, 1964, p. C-9. “Charlie O & The Beatles” However, in the U.S., Capitol Records, a subsidiary of EMI, declined to issue “She Loves You” in America. The Beatles’ single, “A Hard Day’s Night,” is certified gold for exceeding sales of more than 1 million copies. As the Beatles experiment with musical styles and instruments, they are also experimenting with drugs, Eastern religions, and life as adults. 28 Dec 1963 Way Beyond Compare: The Beatles’ Recorded Legacy, Volume One — 1957-1965, Three Rivers Press, 416pp, 2008, and That Magic Feeling: the Beatles’ Recorded Legacy, Volume Two — 1966-1970, Three Rivers Press, 416pp, 2009. 15 Dec 1964 High quality 1960s The Beatles inspired Mugs by independent artists and designers from around the world. Click for DVD. Life magazine article reports that the Beatles’ 33-day tour of 23 American cities is a sell out at every location and is expected to gross millions. In April, McCartney announces he's leaving the band. In Colorado! "The Beatles - Penny Lane***** Lyrics In Penny Lane, there is a barber showing photographs Of every head he's had the pleasure to know And all the people that come and go Stop and say, "Hello" On the corner is a banker with a motorcar And little children laugh at him behind his back And the banker never wears a mac In the pouring rain, very strange 14. On the evening of Nov 29, 1963, a Drake University student showed up at Iowa radio station KIOA with this Beatles’ U.K. album. 14 Apr 1964 amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; The song is played on Chicago’s WLS radio station by DJ Dick Biondi (making him the first American DJ to play Beatles music). Paar was also able to get a film clip of the Beatles performing “She Loves You” in an English town, and he aired it on his show Friday, January 3, 1964, showing the Beatles performing the song as their teenage fans went wild. Christmas recordings, with Christmas songs and messages from individual Beatles, are sent to fan club members in the U.K and U.S. This was the year musically when Barbra Streisand won a Best Vocal Performance award for “People,” and Louis Armstrong for “Hello, Dolly!”; the year Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto won Record of the Year for “The Girl from Ipanema,” and songwriter Jerry Herman, Song of the Year, for “Hello, Dolly!” 1964 was also the year that Henri Mancini won a Grammy for the “Pink Panther Theme” and Roger Miller took home several Country & Western music awards, while Nancy Wilson won Best Rhythm & Blues Recording, Petula Clark for “Downtown,” and Gale Garnett, Best Folk Recording for, “We’ll Sing in the Sunshine.”  Not to be left out, of course, The Beatles won two awards: Best New Artist and Best Performance by a Vocal Group for “A Hard Day’s Night.”  But the Beatles’ 1964 arrival left its mark on more than music awards. amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; According to John Jackson’s excellent book, American Bandstand: Dick Clark and the Making of a Rock ‘n Roll Empire, Bernie Binnick acquired the American rights for “She Loves You” for his Swan Record label while on vacation in England in the summer of 1963. American media took the bait and made Carnaby Street, London’s trendy fashion centre in the 1960s, a household name. Beatles' 'Can't Buy Me Love' / 'You Can't Do That' single, Capitol Records, 16 March 1964. amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "thpohidill-20"; 1963-1964 The Beatles in a session with Ed Sullivan prior to their February 9th, 1964 show. “Beatles Depart for Britain As 4,000 Admirers Scream,” New York Times, Saturday, February 22, 1964, Food & Fashion, p. 18. $19.99. The Beatles give their first live concert performance in the U.S. at the Washington Coliseum in Washington, D.C. 12 Feb 1964 Click for CD. It wasn’t just the British sound, of course, as all of rock ‘n roll was going great guns by then — from Motown to the Surf sound, the Beach Boys to the Supremes, Bob Dylan to Marvin Gaye, and many more to come. The Beatles’ bursting onto the music scene of 1963-64 with their numerous popular songs has been described by some historians as a rare “pop explosion” — a musical infusion lasting basically four years, 1963-1967. They had 15 separate recordings in 1964 — nine singles and six albums — that each sold 1 million or more copies, representing total Beatle sales in the U.S. that one year of more than 25 million copies. Known by earlier names such as The Quarrymen, Johnny & The Moondogs, and The Silver Beatles, they played a variety of venues, with a change or two in personnel during those early years. At first, Adams tried to ignore the young man. A riveting look at the polarizing nature of the Beatles phenomenon, and how it transformed a generation, through the lens of a singular city in the center of America. Beatles clowning with boxer Cassius Clay (later known as Muhammad Ali) during visit to Miami, FL, Feb 1964. Also unique was what the Beatles did together musically —  i.e., their group dynamic; beat, rhythm, vocals, composition, etc. amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; On April 4, 1964, Beatles’ singles and albums simultaneously held the top five Billboard singles spots and the top two Billboard album ratings — a record that still stands. John A. Osmundsen, “Peoplewise, the Beatles Provide New Study for the Sociologists,” New York Times, Monday, February 17, 1964, p. 1. The Beatles’ Second Album is released by Capitol Records, which replaces the Beatles first Capitol album, Meet The Beatles, at No. (Tuesday, August 16, 1960, during The Beatles in Hamburg) — The largely unknown English rock group The Beatles — consisting of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe and brand new drummer Pete Best — embarked today on a journey from their hometown of Liverpool, England, to Hamburg, West Germany, to begin their first residency in the port city at the Indra Club the … “Do You Want to Know a Secret” / “Thank You Girl” released as a Vee-Jay single. Beatles’ Hot 14 Ain’t She Sweet album is released by Atco Records, an American album featuring four 1961 Beatles tracks from Hamburg, Germany and cover versions by other British groups. At a televised press conference the Beatles come off as witty, charming and playful. _______________________________________________________. This Boomer market was clearly visible before the Beatles’ pop explosion, but they certainly took it to another level, revealing a gigantic “rock business” segment that would only expand over the next several decades in all manner of ways, from concert touring to MTV and beyond. Sept 17   Kansas City 23 Mar 1964 In 1964 alone, the Beatles put 19 hit songs in the Top 40, and 30 in the Top 100. The most common the beatles 1960s material is metal. Myra MacPherson, “Help! In any case, the sales of Beatles’ music — whether for video games or digital media — will only add to the 1.6 billion singles and albums already credited to their legacy. Today, more than 40 years after the Beatles’ musical explosion of 1963-64, their music from that era is still a cultural and business phenomenon. Beatles’ single, ‘Love Me Do’ with ‘P.S. 48. 38. Beatles ’65 album is released by Capitol Records featuring 11 Beatles’ cuts, among them: “I’m a Loser,” “Baby’s in Black,” “I’ll Follow the Sun,” “Mr. See more ideas about the beatles, the fab four, paul mccartney. 16 Nov1963 How Walter Cronkite Sent The Beatles Viral… in 1963!,” The Huffington Post, July 18, 2009. The company went out of business in 1967. Vee-Jay Records releases, for the second time, the single “Please Please Me” / “From Me to You,”  entering the Billboard chart at No. 168-69. This was something that never happened before.” 3, and Vee-Jay would sell at least 1.1 million copies. The New York Times Sunday Magazine, runs a story on “Beatlemania” in the U.K. 4 Dec 1963 Jerry Doolittle, “Beatles Arrive, Teen-Agers Shriek, Police Do Their Duty, and That’s That,” The Washington Post-Times Herald, February 12, 1964, p. 1. …Saw Her Standing There Some 20 years later (and 15 years after Lennon is murdered) a new Beatles single is released in November '95. $78.00 + shipping . 11 Feb 1964 January 1963 The Beatles in England by this time were already a sensation, with hit after hit, setting music sales records. Jack Gould, “TV: It’s the Beatles (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah); Paar Presents British Singers on Film,” New York Times, Saturday, January 4, 1964, Business, p 47. Roll Over Beethoven 25 Jan 1963 “I Feel Fine” / “She’s a Woman” single released by Capitol Records. Stu Sutcliffe came up with the name ‘Beatles’ for the band. 16 Sept 1963 2. The Beatles’ single ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand,’ issued by Capitol Records, went on sale in the U.S. in late December 1963. 1 Beatles’ hits and No. A Beatles' film clip was shown on Jack Paar's TV show in early January 1964. Sept 12   Boston Re-issued in early 1964 after Beatles’ music soared, it hit No. Bob Scott, “Beatles Bounce Over,” Los Angeles Times, January 26, 1964, p. A-24. Beatles’ North American tour plays Denver, Colorado. But he persisted, holding up the album and pointing to it emphatically. “Matchbox” / “Slow Down” is released as a single by Capitol Records. At the 1964 Christmas shows, John wore a blonde women's wig with pigtails. 17 September 1964. Approximately 70 million people tune in, or 22.4 million households. Louella Parsons, “Vegas Took the Beatles in Stride,” Washington Post-Times Herald, August 26, 1964, p. A-18. Sept 15   Cleveland To promote the Meet The Beatles album and their upcoming first American visit, Capitol Records distributes pre-recorded interview with the Beatles to American radio stations. “What do you think?” he reportedly asked Clark, who replied that the song sounded like “Buddy Holly and the Crickets and Chuck Berry and a lot of other early American songs sort of mixed together.”, Clark was not reassuring, though Binnick tried to interest Clark in the new group’s novel look. Free as a Bird is built around a demo recorded by Lennon in '77, and finished by the three surviving Beatles in '95. 9. 1 Oct 1964 Comments to:  jdoyle@pophistorydig.com. “Britain: The Beatle Business,”Time, Friday, October 2, 1964. Beatles On The Charts, 1963 to1964, Dermon.com, According to Billboard Magazine. Click for album. Martin Lewis, “Tweet The Beatles! “The Beatles Anthology,” Directed by Geoff Wonfor, VHS, Apple/Capitol Records, DVD, Apple/Capitol Records, 1996. The song reaches No. The Beatles, 'Saturday Evening Post' cover, 21 March 1964. 16 Mar 1964 In fact, what the Beatles had in this case was “so fluid and intelligent,” says Greil Marcus, “that for years they made nearly everything else on the radio sound faintly stupid.”. 29 November 1963. 5 Oct 1964 And in November 2010, Beatles’ songs were made available on iTunes and similar digital media. Vee-Jay Records’ issues special record sleeves for promoting “Please Please Me” to radio DJs,  noting Beatles’ clip on Jack Paar’s show, upcoming Ed Sullivan Show dates, and national news coverage in Time, Life & Newsweek magazines. 31 Oct 1963 1 in March. Vee-Jay single of Beatles’ “Please Please Me,” in Feb 1963, distinguished by ‘Beattles’ mis-spelling, later corrected. Book by Brian Epstein, A Cellarful of Noise, is released by Souvenir Press; includes his autobiography and inside account of early Beatles. Binnick, unimpressed, told Epstein he “blew it,” saying he should have had the Beatles appear on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand rather than The Ed Sullivan Show, suggesting that Clark’s show was more popular. United Press International, “4,000 Hail Beatles on Arrival in Miami,” New York Times, Friday, February 14, 1964, p. 16. The Beatles’ single “I Want To Hold Your Hand” is released in the U.K. and immediately hits No. “She Loves You” reportedly did poorly on the rate-a-record segment, earning a seventy-one out of a possible ninety-eight points — not an impressive showing. 1 on the Billboard album chart from May 5th to June 2nd. By May 1962, after being rejected by a number of U.K. record labels, they signed a deal with EMI, then the U.K.’s leading music company. They decline, saying: “We don’t think the Beatles will do anything in this market.”  Lesser known labels then begin picking up Beatles’1963 songs for U.S. release. 7. 35 on the WLS music survey in March. Capitol Records reports sales of “I Want To Hold Your Hand” in excess of 3.4 million copies. 10 Dec 1963 But it would all start with the music, especially that first flush of Beatles’ songs in 1963-64. The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. …Between January and March 1964, the Beatles accounted for 60 percent of all record sales in the U.S. Sullivan has his first thoughts of booking these rising British music stars with strange haircuts — perhaps as novelty act. From their Ed Sullivan Show appearance onward, the Beatles made plain the power of good music meeting the right demographic — in this case, Baby Boomer disposable income.…Between January and March 1964, the Beatles accounted for 60 percent of all record sales in the U.S. Beatles’ Tour This film clip is later sent to New York. “The First U.S. Visit: A Film by Albert and David Maysles,” DVD, Apple/Capitol Records, 1964, Revised 1990. Click for digital. Click for vinyl. The Beatles as photographed upon arrival at JFK Airport in New York, Feb 7, 1964, from top left: John, Paul, George & Ringo. The Beatles received a request from the White House press office to be photographed with President Lyndon B. Johnson, laying a wreath on the grave of John F. Kennedy. 74. “The Beatles in Washington, D.C.,” Passport Video, 2003. 10 Jan 1964 The Beatles backstage at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, 25th April 1963. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the world's first critically acclaimed "concept album." Dennis McLellan, “Alan W. Livingston Dies at 91; Former President of Capitol Records,” Los Angles Times, March 14, 2009. The Beatles' influence on rock music and global culture was deep. “Yeah? When he returned, he pressed his old friend Dick Clark about the song, obviously hoping for some American Bandstand attention. Penelope Gilliatt, “The Beatles in Their Own Right,” Washington Post-Times Herald, August 16, 1964, p. G-1. Created by Al Brodax. The Beatles hold the top five slots on Billboard: (1) Can’t Buy Me Love, (2) Twist and Shout, (3) She Loves You, (4) I Want To Hold Your Hand (5) Please Please Me — a musical first. Click for video game. Poster for Beatles' Washington, D.C. concert, 11 Feb 1964. https://www.pophistorydig.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/please-please-me.mp3, The Beatles in America: We Loved Them, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Memo to B/D Sales Managers, Regional Managers, “Additional Meeting Subject: The Beatles! 13 July 1964 27 April 1964 The Beatles’ first film, A Hard Day’s Night (1964), further painted England as the centre of the (rock) universe. Sept 20   New York. D. Lowe, Thomas Whiteside, The Talk of the Town, “Beatle Man,” The New Yorker, December 28, 1963, p. 23. It was also the decade that brought us a band—and music—that would change England and the world forever. Click for album. Atco album, of Beatles' songs and other U.K. artists, October 1964. 11 Apr 1964 Click for album. The Beatles fly to Hong Kong, June 8-10, perform two concerts there and then go to Austrailia, June 12-14. Can’t Buy Me Love amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; A few months later, another split-decade recording, Real Love, is released. The young man was a Drake University student who had recently returned from a trip to England. She Loves You CBS planned to repeat the segment that evening on Walter Cronkite’s newscast. In that year, for example, the Dave Clark Five, Dusty Springfield, the Searchers, Billy J. Kramer, Peter & Gordon, Gerry & the Pacemakers, the Animals, Manfred Mann, the Zombies, Herman’s Hermits, and the Rolling Stones all had Top 20 hits on the U.S. music charts. Beatles Cake toppers 1960 Vintage, Complete Band Set. EMI, their record label, was reporting fiscal year sales of $265 million, up 12 percent largely on Beatles’ business. 1. 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