60 YEARS AGO TODAY:
1/16/64 – The Beatles, performing a two week engagement in Paris at The Olympia Theatre, were informed that their first US Hit Single, "I Want To Hold Your Hand," was selling at a rate of 10,000 copies per hour in New York City alone ... and would officially debut in Billboard Magazine that week at #45.
Also on 1/16, “Hello Dolly” opens on Broadway, starring Carol Channing. It will run for 2844 performances
Also on 1/16, The Whisky A Go-Go opens on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, California
