They gave me such a feeling of happiness, said one fan. They captured me as agirl and I m trapped forever. They put a spell on me that has never been broken.
She wasn t the only one. The Beatles led the mid-1960s musical "British Invasion into the United States. When the Liverpool rock band performed on Ed Sullivan'spopular CBS network variety show in February 1964 an estimated 73-million peoplewatched. When the group performed in New Orleans, 200 fans collapsed in the heat. In Kansas and Cleveland concerts had to be stopped midway in order to calm thehysterical crowd.
All over the world hundreds of teenagers slept in the streets overnight waiting forbox-offices to open for upcoming Beatles shows. When tickets finally went on sale,crowds surged forward breaking through police cordons, sending countless fans to thehospital.
Journalist Tom Wolfe said the last semblance of adult control over music vanishedwith The Beatles. He was right. The Beatles honest and innovative sound made theworld stop, at least in the moment, and think.
We were all on this ship in the sixties, our generation, a ship going to discoverthe New World. And the Beatles were in the crow's nest of that ship, John Lennonsaid.
The Beatles gave new meaning to the word fad. With their popularity came anunbelievable wave of products. This included everything from dolls, magazines andbubble gum cards to sweatshirts, coloring books and drinking glasses.
Baby boomers and even younger people are big collectors of Beatle memorabilia now. With cash in hand many are looking for alternative investments.
On April 26, 2007, Christie s, South Kensington, featured Beatle memorabilia in itsRock and Pop Memorabilia auction. A ticket envelope; Pan-Am Airlines; signed by allfour Beatles sold for $26,466.
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