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THE NEW YORK TIMES REMEMBERS GEORGE MARTIN 1926-2016
Category: Beatles
FEBRUARY 9, ’64: WHEN DETROIT FIRST MET THE BEATLES
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1964
DETROIT FREE PRESS: ‘MEET THE BEATLES’
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THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING JANUARY 29, 1966 (click on image 2x for detailed view).
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NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’66 * The Beatles * WEEK OF 01/23/66 – 01/29/1966
NUMBER ONE FOR 1966!
TWELVE WEEKS on the singles chart, “We Can Work It Out” by the Beatles peaked this week at No. 01 (1 week) on the Billboard Hot 100, week of January 23 through January 29, 1966. (source: Billboard)
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THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING JANUARY 08, 1966 (click on above image for more detailed view).
NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’66 * The Beatles * WEEK OF 01/02/66 – 01/15/1966
NUMBER ONE FOR 1966!
TWELVE WEEKS on the singles chart, “We Can Work It Out” by the Beatles peaked this week at No. 01 (two weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100, week of January 02 through January 15, 1966. (source: Billboard)
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50TH! BEATLES ‘HELP!’ STILL TOP LP CHARTS, 10/16/1965
‘HELP!’ * The Beatles * Capitol Records (Complete Album) 1965
ABOUT THIS ALBUM
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Eight weeks on the Billboard LP charts, Help! by the Beatles was still the No. 1 album in the country, week ending October 16, 1965. The U.S. (Capitol Records) album stayed No. 1 on the charts three more weeks — through the week ending November 6, 1965. The LP first hit No. 1 on Billboard LP, September 11, 1965.
THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!
NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’65 * The Beatles * WEEK OF 10/03 – 10/30/65
ELEVEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Yesterday” by The Beatles peaked this week at No. 01 (4 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100, week of October 03 through October 30, 1965. (source: Billboard).
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50TH! A ’65 ‘BEATLE PAUL’ PERFORMANCE: ‘YESTERDAY’
BEATLES REVERBERATES NEW YORK; SHEA STADIUM . . . AUGUST 28, 1965
From the MCRFB NEWS archive: 1965
‘Beatlemonium at Stadium, Youngsters Get Carried Away’
NEW YORK — The Beatles experienced an impact of their own at Shea Stadium Sunday night, August 15. They faced a screaming crowd of 57,000. The performanced grossed $304,000, according to promoter Sid Bernstein; of this, the Beatles received $160,000.
The excitement started early, the stadium was flooded with screams, shouts, banners displayed throughout the stadium long before the Beatles made their appearance on stage.
At 9:14 p.m., Sid Bernstein introduced Ed Sullivan on stage who introduced the Beatles. After that, it was impossible to hear the band and flashbulbs popped everywhere. The Beatles kicked off with a tune that sounded, as much as one could hear it, like “Twist And Shout.”
Girls climbed over walls, fainted and cried throughout the 35 minutes as the Beatles performed. The only way you could guess when a song ended and another on began is that the Beatles stopped moving for a moment on stage.
At 9:51 p.m., the Beatles left the stage, climbed into a white station wagon parked nearby and were raced away.
Bernstein is offering the Beatles a guarantee of $250,000 for a return two-show engagement next July or August to pit their amplified music against the screams of another stadium full of youngsters. END
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(Information and news source: Billboard; August 28, 1965)
THE BEATLES LIVE AT SHEA STADIUM (Entire Concert Audio) Sunday, AUGUST 15, 1965
THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!
NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’65 * The Beatles * WEEK OF 8/29 – 9/18/65
THIRTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Help!” by the Beatles peaked this week at No. 01 (three weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100, week of August 29 through September 18, 1965. (source: Billboard).
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50TH! BEATLES’ ‘HELP’ LP RANKS HOT ON ALBUM CHART
“HELP!” (James Bond-themed intro; LP version) * The Beatles * Capitol Records (1965)
‘HELP!’ HOT! HOT! HOT!
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The Beatles’ album Help! debuted No. 148 on the Billboard Top LP’s chart on August 28, 1965. The LP jumped to No. 61 on September 4, its second week on Billboard. The following week, according to Billboard, Help! was on top as the No. 1 hottest-selling album in the U.S.A., September 18, 1965.
