Ebook: The Beatles

A celebration America's ongoing love affair with the Beatles, four longhaired, oddly dressed chaps who appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show on Sunday evening, February 9, 1964 with half of America watching from their living rooms. Editor Ben Nussbaum traces the beginnings of this first internationally famous boy band, revealing how all four stars aligned to create the sonic sensation that changed the course of music history. Within just two months of the Fab Four's debut on Mr. Sullivan's variety hour, the band had secured all five top spots on BillBoard's Hot 100, and before year's end would sel.;Title Page; The Toppermost of the Poppermost; The Beginning; Twist & Shout; The Beatles: Facts & Figures; The Great Invasion; Come Together; Let Me Take You Down; Breaching the Iron Curtain; Debate:The Fab Four's Fab 5; We Can't Work it Out; The Beatles' U.S. Collection; Five Fifth Beatles; The Man Who Hit Pause; Here Come the Sons; Across the Universe; Facts about John Lennon; Facts about Paul McCartney; Facts about George Harrison; Facts about Ringo Starr.