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Monthly Archives: February 2014
CBS Beatles Special Got the Important Stuff Right
Bill King reviews CBS’ “The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles” … As I’ve written before, I didn’t listen to Top 40 radio much before The Beatles, so when I tuned in to “The Ed Sullivan … Continue reading
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Tagged Alicia Keys, Annie Lennox, Brad Paisley, CBS, Cirque du Soliel, Dave Grohl, Dave Stewart, Dhani Harrison, Ed Sheeran, Ed Sullivan Show, Eurythmics, Gary Clark Jr., George Harrison, Grammys, Imagine Dragons, Jeff Lynne, Joe Walsh, John Legend, John Lennon, John Mayer, Katy Perry, Keith Urban, Maroon 5, Night That Changed America, Paul McCartney, Pharrell Williams, Ringo Starr, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, tribute concet
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The Sunday Night That Changed My World
This memoir by Bill King originally was published in Beatlefan #87, February 1994. A slightly reworked version of it serves as the foreword in Al Sussman’s new book “Changin’ Times: 101 Days That Shaped a Generation.” … There was something … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Sussman, American Bandstand, Beatlefan, Beatlemania, Beaver Cleaver, Beverly Hillbillies, Big Daddy Ed Roth, Bill King, Burke's Law, CBS, Changin' Times, Christine Keeler, Doctor Kildare, Ed Sullivan, Elvis, Fab Four, G.I. Joe, Hootenanny, Jimmy Hoffa, Marshal Dillon, My Favorite Martian, Opie Taylor, Patty Duke, Pebbles Flintstone, Rat Fink, Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, Swamp Fox, The Beatles, The Fugitive, Three Stooges, Walt Disney, Wizard of Oz
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The Beatles Saved Him From Being a Nerd
Marc Catone writes about how the arrival of The Beatles in America 50 years ago had a transformative effect on his young life. Picture a 13-year-old boy in early 1964. His hair contains a thick layer of the world’s worst … Continue reading
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Tagged 1964, all my loving, Beatlemania, cousin brucie, Ed Sullivan, george, harry harrison, i want to hold your hand, Jack Paar, JFK airport, john, Marc Catone, murray the k, nerd, paul, ringo, she loves you, The Beatles, wabc, wins, wmca
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SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE: A Tribute to Ed Sullivan
Here, as the first in a series of posts that we’ll have marking the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ U.S. debut, is an essay by Bill King on the man who made it possible for 73 million Americans to get … Continue reading
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Tagged 50th anniversary, Beatlefan, Beatles, Bill King, CBS, Ed Sullivan, Ed Sullivan Show, Fab Four, Toast of the Town
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SOMETHING NEW 