The Beatles (192 page)

The classic stage routine, with the entire sound output coming from those puny amps.

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The Beatles took New York by storm in February 1964, initiated by their rousing press conference moments after arriving at JFK. That is NEMS press officer Brian Sommerville to their left.

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The Beatles’ first appearance on
The Ed Sullivan Show
in February 1964.

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During rehearsals at the Sullivan show in February 1964, the Beatles give Ed an impromptu guitar lesson.

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George celebrates his twenty-first birthday with a fat stogie, piles of fan mail, and two comely fans.

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Clowning with Cassius Clay, whom they met reluctantly in Miami on February 18, 1964, following their performance on
The Ed Sullivan Show
and during Clay’s training for the title bout against Sonny Liston. Clay insisted he was “the most beautiful” and called the Beatles “worms.”

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The face of Beatlemania, October 1965. Outside Buckingham Palace, the police were barely able to contain the fans.

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The Beatles spent many afternoons in 1964 locked in Tony Barrow’s office, flying through one interview after another.

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John and Cynthia arrive at Heathrow Airport in 1964, just prior to their departure for America.

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The Lennon estate, Kenwood, during a remodeling.

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Paul visits with his father, Jim McCartney, during one of the Beatles’ frequent stopovers in Liverpool.

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The police had their hands full with overwrought fans outside the Beatles’ performances throughout the early sixties. Screaming, swooning, crying, and occasionally fainting were among the nightly rituals that highlighted the mania.

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