A record-breaking seventy-three million viewers — approximately 40% of the U.S. population at the time — tuned in to the first Sullivan appearance on February 9, 1964.

Look at John Lennon and his pelvis dipping moves. Hot hot!

I'm laughing so hard it's hard to breathe.

How many bands were started the very next day from watching this broadcast? Probably quite a few that themselves went on to become famous.

Man... that was history being made right there.
The Beatles most definitely rule.
Best band ever, no discussion there.

o/~ I just wanna hold your hands o/~

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Only to get better and better as time went on. The quality of (popular) music and the music industry has gotten so bad that I cannot listen to a radio anymore. The sixties and seventies were such incredible times...never to be repeated.

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