A report by CBS News' London correspondent Alexander Kendrick helped introduce the band to Americans when it aired Nov. 22, 1963 on "CBS Morning News With Mike Wallace."
It was 1963. Ringo was the drummer. Usually no one cares about the drummer, but that was especially so in those days. Also, George was remarkably glib, for being a third banana; it appears John and Paul weren't too talkative that day.
I was in 2nd grade in '63-'64, and I'll never forget all week, Feb 3 to Feb 7, my classmates were saying "The Beatles are coming". I had no clue what they meant. Sunday evening, February 9th, I found out..
Ironic? No, you see John Lennon had JFK killed because he knew that in America's sadness, they would embrace the Beatles in a big way. "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" was originally called "I Wanna Carcano Rifle". Words were changed to appeal to Americans. Later Lennon boasted about his deed in the song "Happiness Is A Warm Gun". In 1976, the FBI made a deal with Lennon in which he could stay in the country if he made sure that he worked to keep Ronald Reagan out of the White House. When Lennon failed to do this.... well, you know the rest. The task to eliminate Reagan then fell to Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits who was NO BEATLE and failed miserably.
+wiedep Walter was wrong. Sullivan actually crossed paths with their fans when he was in London, asked what all the commotion was about, and was told about the Beatles. He booked them as soon as he got back to the U.S.
And only hours later President Kennedy was assassinated. I was 11 and of course wasn't watching morning TV then. First time I've seen this clip. Little did we know that right after the new year (1964) our lives were going to change! It's also said that their records were played in late December 1963 on several radio stations but I don't recall hearing anything until the second week in January and that was I Want to Hold Your Hand. After Ed Sullivan in February it was all over and America fell hard! Up until then, we were pretty much enthralled with the music. Once I heard and saw them, I never looked back. Been a life-long fan ever since. For me, there's never been anyone like them and never will be.
The Beatles were being interviewed in England at the time. There's a five hour time difference in the U.S. Kennedy was shot at 12:30 p.m. on 11-22--63. That would be 5:30 p.m. in England. The Beatles that day had already been interviewed before the death of Kennedy had occurred.
John Lennon was such,a great leader of a band. John alway gave the other members , a chace to speak. Most leaders wanna do all the talking and answering questions.
Hahah, John didn't see himself as a leader per se so of course he had nothing against the others talking - it was a four-way in this band when it came to interviews and John knew that very well, the others spoke freely and even interrupted him freely if they felt like it, John had no say in matters like that. And very soon Paul was as much of a "leader" as John was, of course. This myth of John leading The Beatles really needs to die already.
@@Fritha71 But that bullsh#t. Every band started out, in the beginning with a leader. As Brian Jones or Flo Ballard. Paul and George, audition, to join , John's band the Quarrymen.
The story on this that aired on CBS Sunday Morning gives the airdate for this story as Dec. 10, 1963 on Cronkite's Evening News. Katie Couric said that Dec. 10 story was the first reporting about the Beatles on American TV. I can certainly see why the assassination would bump this off the 6 pm hour for several days, but which date was the actual first airing?
@@Supersquigi no, I just think the beatles were/are highly overrated. Though, not much has changed, most of the talent that actually gets through the bureaucracy is mediocre at best. Not saying they didn't have a lot of talent, just never understood the screaming mobs
Something about Nicky Cuff - they entered a talent show with him in it. This is from Beatles Bible: The Quarrymen didn’t pass their audition on this occasion; the winners were the Sunnyside Skiffle Group from Speke, a group which featured 19-year-old Nicky Cuff, who was 4ft 6in tall and played the tea chest bass while standing on it.
