It was 50 years ago today... On this day in Beatles history, Sunday, September 20th, 1964... - The Beatles finish up their 1st full tour of the USA with a charity performance at the Paramount Theater in New York City, New York. The concert is a benefit affair for United Cerebral Palsy of New York City & Retarded Infants Services. Attendance is 3,682, with ticket prices going as high as $100 each, a remarkable amount in 1964. The Beatles are disgusted at having to use one of the worst amplification systems theyd ever had to use, and tempers flare in the audience between screaming teenagers and well-dressed socialites. The Beatles and other artists performed for no fee. That night on US television, The Beatles second live appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, broadcast on February 16, is re-broadcast on Sullivans show. - The Beatles were due onstage at 10.45pm but the other acts sets were cut so they could go on 45 minutes earlier. Outside the Paramount Theatre 200 police officers attempted to control 100,000 fans. Ed Sullivan paid a backstage visit to The Beatles, and Gloria Steinem was reporting for Cosmopolitan magazine. - Afterwards the group stayed at the Riviera Motel near John F Kennedy International Airport. They were accompanied by Bob Dylan and his manager Albert Grossman. A month earlier, at New Yorks Delmonico Hotel, Dylan had turned The Beatles on to cannabis. - The invasion has begun! Phase II is in full-swing...
Posted on: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 10:51:19 +0000
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