A couple of weeks ago, I posted about the Beatles' first big hit in the US: "I want to hold your hand" charted 45 years ago this month!
It's hard to believe but it was 45 years ago.
A few weeks later, Ed Sullivan introduced The Beatles to the largest TV audience in US history. (The broadcast drew an estimated 73 million viewers, at the time a record for an American television program...)
Everybody tuned in. It was like the Super Bowl of its time!
The girls tuned in to scream.
Boys like me just wanted to hear the music. Mark Goldblatt was one of those boys who tuned in!
The parents watched to see what their kids were so excited about.
Unfortunately, our family was not living in the US at the time.
I got to watch this on video years later.
It took my brother and I, a couple of pre-teens at the time, about 2 seconds to fall in love with the music of The Beatles.
It was a wonderful TV moment for those lucky enough to experience that Sunday night.
Have 45 years really flown by so fast?
Besides "I want to hold your hand", the first Beatles LP included a dozen great songs, such as Lennon-McCartney's "This Boy":
"That boy took my love away
Throught he'll regret it someday
This boy wants you back again
That boy isn't good for you
Thought he may want you too
This boy wants you back again
Oh, And this boy would be happy
Just to love you but oh my
That boy won't be happy
Till he's seen you cry
This boy wouldn't mind the pain
Would always feel the same
If this boy gets you back again
This boy"
Throught he'll regret it someday
This boy wants you back again
That boy isn't good for you
Thought he may want you too
This boy wants you back again
Oh, And this boy would be happy
Just to love you but oh my
That boy won't be happy
Till he's seen you cry
This boy wouldn't mind the pain
Would always feel the same
If this boy gets you back again
This boy"
It also included "All my loving", a great lead vocal by Paul:
"Close your eyes and I'll kiss you,
Tomorrow I'll miss you;
Remember I'll always be true.
And then while I'm away,
I'll write home ev'ry day,
And I'll send all my loving to you.
I'll pretend That I'm kissing the lips I am missing
And hope that my dreams will come true.
And then while I'm away,
I'll write home ev'ry day,
And I'll send all my loving to you.
All my loving I will send to you.
All my loving, darling I'll be true."
And "Not a second time", a great lead vocal by John:
"You know you made me cry
I see no use in wond'ring why I cry for you
And now, you've changed your mind
I see no reason to change mine
I cry, it's through, oh
You're giving me the same old line
I'm wond'ring why
You hurt me then, you're back again
No, no, no, not a second time"
