The Beatles "I Want To Hold Your Hand" - #1 on the US charts - February 1, 1964

On February 1, 1964 (43 years ago today.) The Beatles started a 7 week run at #1 on the US singles charts with "I Want To Hold Your Hand."

This was the beginning (atleast as far as the United States is concerned) of a musical revolution we are still feeilng the effects of today. In fact I think The Beatles effect not only on popular music but our entire world is incalculable. If you take the Beatles out of our history you would have to completely rewrite it. I'm not really sure what would have happened.

I Want To Hold Your Hand remains the beatles all time highest selling single (despite what some erroronious reports say about Hey Jude besting it with it's run in 1968.)



This was the first #1 hit in the US by a band from the United Kingdom since The Tornados "Telstar" in 1962.

This is my first entry. Most days there will be an entry like this talking about something that happened on that day however many years ago. Some days there may be more than one entry. Some there won't be any.

This combines two of my favorite subjects. Music and Time. One thing I find very interesting about 1964. In 1964, 1921 was 43 years ago. If I think about that a bit it puts later Beatles songs like "When I'm 64" and "Your Mother Should Know" in a totally different light.

Alright, as you can see, I want things to be a bit open here. I want to use the topic, whatever it is, as a stepping off point to having some sort of discussion. Please comment and let me know what you think. Assuming that you do.

I've got big plans for this site. This music by day thing will be here on the main part of the site and it'll be updated frequently with interesting tidbits from music's past. I'll also be including an album review section. I'll be doing my own reviews as well as accepting guest reviews.

Enjoy yourself. Have some tea. And some donuts. I'm hungry.

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