Beatlemania hit the U.S.A. in full force after John, Paul, George and Ringo played 'The Ed Sullivan Show' on Feb. 9, 1964 Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been ...

On February 9, 1964, The Beatles stepped onto the stage at CBS Studio 50 in New York City to open an episode of The Ed Sullivan Show. "Their lyrics (punctuated by nutty shouts of “yeah, yeah, yeah!”) ...

It was 60 years ago; nearly 73 million people were watching on television the night of Feb. 9, 1964, when “The Ed Sullivan Show” went on the air and The Beatles took over music forever. John Lennon, ...

There is much media frenzy over the 60th anniversary of the famous debut of The Beatles on “The Ed Sullivan Show” on Feb. 9, 1964, which launched Beatlemania in the U.S. as well as in other parts of ...

Throughout its 23-year run, The Ed Sullivan Show repeatedly made history with its penchant for marking the debut of a wide array of musical artists. Between 1948 and 1971, the variety series pulled in ...

Even the Beatles didn’t quite comprehend what awaited them in New York on Feb. 7, 1964. Six days after “I Want to Hold Your Hand” broke through as their first No. 1 hit in the U.S., Paul McCartney, ...

In 1956 and 1964, respectively, Elvis Presley and The Beatles made appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show. This was a major opportunity for both acts as it broadcast them into the living rooms of ...