Opinion: Celebrating 50 years of the Beatles in America

Opinion: Celebrating 50 years of the Beatles in America

We celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Beatles coming to America Feb. 7. On Feb. 9, 1964, they performed one of the most iconic musical performances on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Teenagers across America, including my parents, went wild for the Fab Four as they made their way into the U.S. The whole country watched John, Paul, George and Ringo as they wrote a truly historical chapter in music, and they couldn’t have come at a better time, seeing that the assassination of JFK was only three months earlier. Their movement into America was something the people needed, especially the younger generation.