The Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show on this day in
1964. I don't think I watched it. I was four and a half, so I don’t really remember.
But I looked it up. The Ed Sullivan Show aired at 8:00 Sunday nights on CBS. Disney’s
Wonderful World of Color (which I actually DO remember watching) was on NBC
Sunday nights from 7:30 until 8:30. The nursing home residents I entertain on
Thursday afternoons were adults when the Beatles took the music world by storm.
Many of them had teenage kids at the time. I guess I shouldn’t have been
surprised to find that none of them were Beatles fans. When I play Beatles’
music for them on the piano – I Want to Hold Your Hand or All You Need is Love –
they say they don’t recognize the songs. Either they’re all in complete denial,
or Beatles’ tunes just don’t sound the same without John, Paul, George and
Ringo.
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