Christine here : The Beatles had been in the United States before, in 1963, and they lead a lot of British groups in what's been called "THE BRITISH INVASION" to success in America.
The Beatles got signed to Capitol Records, which had an association with EMI. Capitol put out the"Meet The Beatles" album, the first of four for that year. The Beatles were all over and up the charts. In Great Britain they put out an album called "Beatles For Sale." It was released as "Beatles IV" in the US.
The "Beatles For Sale" album was a tribute album to the early rock and rollers that the Beatles loved. It featured songs like Carol Perkins' "Honey Don't" with Ringo Starr singing, Carl Perkin's "Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby," with George Harrison singing, Buddy Holly's "Words of Love," sung by Paul McCartney and harmonies with John Lennon. While Paul and John were writing original songs and would become two of the most prolific and famous songwriters of the Twentieth century, they covered these songs that were already considered "oldies" too.
The Beatles were on the Ed Sullivan Show in February of 1964 and toured the country. By August of 1964 they were featured guests at a charity event in Los Angeles arranged by Capitol records ; old Hollywood stars brought their teenagers. Back in England they went on the popular rock and roll "Ready Steady Go" television show, which was a project of Dave Clark of the group Dave Clark Five.
I had several friends over the years who were major Beatles fans and I became one too, turned on to the group listening to their records. I still love these early albums. They had such energy! There was so much excitement!
The Beatles very much part of my introduction to Rock and Roll and my lifelong love of music.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
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