Instead of picking up where I left off (about 9 months ago) with my Beatles songs series, I’m going to skip ahead to “And I Love Her.” I figure it’s very unlikely that I’ll ever get to all of them, so instead of going in order (and doing a lot of early songs I don’t [...]

On February 9th of 1964 The Beatles debuted on The Ed Sullivan Show. This was the very first time that most Americans saw The Beatles on TV. An incredible 73 million Americans watched. As the Washington Post pointed out in their story today; that means that 40% of Americans saw The Beatles that night – [...]

The Beatles first came to the US in 1964 and they were greeted with great adulation. We remember their famous appearance on Ed Sullivan and the crowd of people waiting for them at the airport. We remember the screaming girls and the cheeky news conferences. But there was also a negative reaction to them too [...]

This is a continuation of my “John Vs. Paul” series I’m doing for every Beatles album. So far John Lennon won the battle for Please Please Me, With the Beatles, & A Hard Day’s Night so he’s up 3 to 0. Beatles For Sale (1964) Beatles For Sale is often seen as a disappointing album [...]

A Hard Day’s Night is next in my series on who contributed more to each Beatles album, John Lennon or Paul McCartney. Lennon is up 2-0 so far (winning the Please Please Me & With The Beatles showdowns.) A Hard Day’s Night (1964) Their first two albums showed promise and A Hard Day’s Night was [...]

Two days after they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time, The Beatles had their first concert in the US. It was on February 11, 1964 at the Washington Coliseum in Washington DC. The video below includes two songs from that first US concert: “I Want To Hold Your Hand” & “From [...]

A record breaking audience of 73 million people watched The Beatles’ American television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9th of 1964. Their first four songs played were “All My Loving,” “Till There Was You,” “She Loves You,” and “I Want To Hold Your Hand” (in that order.) Watch That First Appearance On [...]

Eddie Vedder was born as Edward Severson III on December 23rd of 1964 in Evanston, Illinois. Vedder is best known as the lead singer (and songwriter) for the rock band Pearl Jam. Pearl Jam was formed in 1990 by Jeff Ament (bass), Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar), and Mike McCready (lead guitar). They auditioned and selected [...]

The Beatles fourth album Beatles For Sale hit #1 on the UK album charts on December 19th of 1964. It stayed at #1 for seven weeks before being knocked off the top spot by The Rolling Stones second album (aptly named Rolling Stones No. 2) but it would return to #1 for two more times [...]

During the year of 1964 there were only four different albums to reach #1 on the UK album charts. This is remarkable especially in comparison with modern times. For example, this year there have already been 31 #1 albums on the UK album charts. Of those four #1 albums in 1964, three of them were [...]