Buddy says he was watching the Ed Sullivan show that night, laying on the floor under the coffee table, eye-to-eye with the black and white console set, just 10 years old.
On this date - February 9th - in 1964 the Beatles appeared on TV on the Ed Sullivan show just 2 days after their first arrival in the US. The songs sung were Twist and Shout, Please Please Me and I Want To Hold Your Hand.
An estimated 73 million people were watching that night. John Lennon was so nervous he taped song lyrics to the back of his guitar. Some other interesting facts about that infamous night, dubbed rock 'n' roll's biggest TV moment, are here.
As Ringo Starr explained, the band didn't realize until it arrived in America how important Sullivan's Sunday night showcase was. The rest, of course, is history.
~photo from CNN story
