1964 (Feb 9) – US Live TV Debut on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’

February 9, 1964

The Beatles made their US live debut on CBS-TV’s ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’; they performed five songs including their current No.1 ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’. Never before had so many viewers tuned-in to a live television program, which with 73 million viewers, was three-fourths of the total adult audience in the United States.The show had received over 50,000 applications for the 728 seats in the TV studio. During the day they record a segement for the Sullivan show that will air on February 23.

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