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It has now been fifty years since The Beatles first came to United States and took the country by storm. According to Paul McCartney, the band did not want to travel to America until they had a top-of-the-charts record. As we hear from this 1963 story from the Huntley-Brinkley Report, The Beatles had, in fact, created an a pop-culture sensation in their home country before hopping the pond. Set to images of the Beatles from throughout their ten year tenure, this Edwin Newman report gave Americans a glimpse of the cultural phenomenon that was soon to come.
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It has now been fifty years since The Beatles first came to United States and took the country by storm. According to Paul McCartney, the band did not want to travel to America until they had a top-of-the-charts record. As we hear from this 1963 story from the Huntley-Brinkley Report, The Beatles had, in fact, created an a pop-culture sensation in their home country before hopping the pond. Set to images of the Beatles from throughout their ten year tenure, this Edwin Newman report gave Americans a glimpse of the cultural phenomenon that was soon to come.
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