How Network TV News Covered the Arrival of The Beatles in February 1964

From TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ed robertson

TVC 636.1: From January 2014: Phil Gries of Archival Television Audio brings us a special edition of The Sounds of Lost Television that looks back at the build-up to The Beatles' historic first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on Feb. 9, 1964, including rarely heard audio highlights of network TV news coverage from November1963 on The Fab Four's impact on music both in England and in America. This segment includes a clip from a report by Edwin Newman of NBC News that was originally broadcast of the Nov. 18, 1963 edition of The Huntley-Brinkley Report, plus a clip from the Nov. 21, 1963 edition of The CBS Evening News that included a candid interview with John, Paul, George, and Ringo before a concert they gave in London. Audio courtesy ATVAudio.com.

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