Express Newspapers/Getty It was 60 years ago today… that Ed Sullivan helped the band to play! The Beatles touched down in New York City for the first time in February 1964, and Friday marks the ...

This consensus was reached (in the U.S., at least) just after 8 PM on Feb. 9, 1964, when the Beatles made their historic appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. More than 73 million people watched on ...

It was 8 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 9, 1964. Across North America, families gathered around their black-and-white TVs. In Rexdale, Jeanette Smith’s parents took the kids to their aunt and uncle’s house to ...

On Feb. 7, 1964, the Beatles arrived on American shores for ... Two days later, the band’s legendary appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show was watched on television by an estimated 73 million ...

In Rexdale, Jeanette Smith’s parents took the kids to their aunt and uncle’s house to watch The Ed Sullivan Show with their cousins.