60 YEARS AGO TODAY:
2/7/64 – Sixty years ago today, all four Beatles woke up, fell out of bed and dragged combs across their respective heads ... and then made a beeline to London's Heathrow Airport where they boarded a plane (Pan Am Yankee Clipper Flight 101) and headed to America for the very first time.
When The Beatles landed at New York's JFK airport, it was pure pandemonium.
3000 fans had shown up at JFK to greet their new music heroes ... and they hadn't even appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show yet! (That wouldn't happen until two days later on February 9th)
A slew of reporters were on hand to question the Mop Top Quartet (as they were so often being referred to at the time), but The Fab Four, now seasoned performers and interview subjects, were ready for them with quick, witty and charming answers to their questions. After already conquering the European Continent, they became immediate media darlings here in The States, too.
THE BEATLES ARRIVE AT JFK AIRPORT
Also on 2/7, the last episode of “77 Sunset Strip” airs on ABC. The only original cast member still on the show till the end was actor Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
