First Time Hearing The Beatles - Twist & Shout Reaction - THE BEATLES CRAZE WAS REAL & JUSTIFIED!

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[@Ken_Dodds_Tickling_Stick]

As a 16 year old who saw John, Paul, George and Pete play live in the Cavern many many times they used to do this song at the end of their set, sweat pouring down their faces, our faces and the walls......i can still smell the stale odour in the Cavern cellar to this day. Now at nearly 79, everytime i hear this song, memories come flooding back and im 16 again and back there watching a band that weren't the even the most popular band in Liverpool at the time, but we all knew they were going to be something. They were ours......but then they conquered the world. I love them more today than ever before. The world will never see a phenomenon like them again ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@thomastimlin1724]

Man you are a lucky guy to have lived that! I'm 67 in the states here. I was 8 years old when they first appeared on TV here. That's as close as I got to them hahahaha. you should write a book about those days.

[@oberaberg5283]

How cool! Thanks for sharing!

[@mgonzales56]

Wow! You were very lucky indeed. I was 7 when we saw this performance on TV. What a life changer.

[@CowmanUK]

When people say "if you could go back in time" I always say The Beatles at The Cavern before they became very famous. On the cusp of greatness. You actually were there, and that's so cool.

[@trusso11783]

Thank you for,sharing that magical memory. You are lucky to have witnessed that magic as it happened. Only a tiny fraction of the world can say they saw what you saw.

[@rickiovine2170]

As a 69 year old man who was 10 years old when we saw them on the Ed Sullivan show, and there is no way that later generations can understand what an experience this was. We never saw anything like this! They changed everything. I became an avid, obsessive fan then, and still today. My older brother changed his whole life and went into rock music as his life choice. A brief history on this song: the Beatles recorded their first album in one day. They could do this because they were playing songs that they did so often live. No studio gimmicks, just set up the mics and let them play. “Twist and Shout” was the last song, and George Martin, their producer knew that it had to be done in one take. The way John attacked the song with his heavy rasp had turned his voice to mush by the end of the song He had no more left, and when you hear the album version you can hear how shredded his voice was, but it made the song great.

[@bert0522]

I just turned 70 and I know what ya mean. Jim

[@katrinacash6393]

You are forgetting Elvis in the 50’s. He drew crowds of screaming fans too. Check it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqPRaaGKgsiplc0

[@buckfan1969]

I'm 72 and will never forget that night on Ed Sullivan. The next day one of the kids who'd always been a 'greaser' came to gym class with his hair down over his eyebrows in a Beatle cut and the gym teacher went ballistic. And that was the start of something nobody's seen since.

[@charlessheifer2264]

Another 69er here. I agree that it is difficult to grasp the impact of both the Beatles and the Ed Sullivan Show. The Ed Sullivan Show as on CBS Sunday Nights for 27 years! If you were any one at all Ed had you on the show. Every form of entertainer, celebrity, writer, director, sports figure, politician, royalty, etc. appeared. Some were just sitting in the audience watching the show but if Ed spotted you he asked you to stand and take a bow. The must-see shows were the Beatles appearances and when Elvis appeared. My whole family watched the show together for years. Magical times.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

I'm only 60 but man did I love this when I was a kid. And I love their version of Long Tall Sally with Paul McCartney just tearing it up. Apparently they've done it in homburg a lot and the club owner tried to write it out of their contract because it always caused Mayhem and destruction and they always ended up playing at anyway, laugh.

[@dianaskrutskie7314]

You have no idea how nuts Beatlemania was! The girls just didn't go nuts seeing them live. I went to see their movie "A Hard Days Night" when it first came out - I was 11! You couldn't hear the movie at all. The theater was packed and the girls were all screaming and carrying on just as if they were seeing them live. It was insane. It's hard for people to understand how crazy things were but the Beatles were something we weren't familiar with. They were pioneers and many of the great bands were influenced by the Beatles - not just their music and songwriting but the musical innovations they came up with. And they evolved! They changed the music world and then broke up before they were even 30 years old! Just amazing.

[@g.e.5723]

When listening to the Beatles, one must understand the context. When they hit, there was NOTHING on the radio that sounded like them. Context.

[@pallen49]

Yep..When The Beatles showed up, so ended the era of Doo Wops..The Beatles changed the entire landscape of music..

[@Londoneye57]

The best band ever no one else comes close.

[@avatar997]

There was Before the Beatles and there was The Beatles. They influenced everything that happened after. We had never heard anything like them and all we could do was scream. It was the sound of an awakening of a generation.

[@g.e.5723]

@@pallen49 Doo-Wop AND Elvis. They blew Elvis off the charts.

[@SpartyState82]

Elvis was the King!

[@NeetkaAbru]

I watched this on TV, already a 'Beatlemaniac', and I will never forget that experience. Remember, in those days most people got only 4 channels - ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS. Watching Ed on Sunday night was a ritual for the entire family; not only would you see singers of the day but you'd see things like the Russian ballet, juggling acts, trained animals, dramatic readings, just about everything you can think of. When Ed brought the Beatles on it was the first major TV show to showcase a rock band, and pretty much every second on their time in the US, and every word they said, was written about and argued over. They were long-haired (yes, that hair cut was considered long!), irreverent, funny, talented, and while our parents shook their heads and wondered what the world was coming to, my generation pretty much lost their minds over them. They not only changed music, they changed everything! Pretty much the whole USA was watching that show.

[@dagmar.6954]

"Twist & Shout" was written in 1961 by Phil Medley & Bert Berns. It was originally recorded by the Top Notes but it didn't become a hit until it was recorded by the Isley Brothers in 1962. The Beatles version in 1963 is probably the most famous.

[@scottski51]

Probably? Yeah. Might say that.

[@ktcarl]

The Isley Bros. version is more R&B and The Beatles rocked it up. The Isley Bros. version wasn't produced very well IMO.

[@paulsullivan1650]

Don't forget, this was the first time most American's saw them. It was their first trip and TV appearance in the States! They had landed in America only two days before this performance! Paul McCartney said that the Beatles had made up their minds that they wouldn't come here until they had the number one record in the country. And that's just what happened with "I Want To Hold Your Hand." Within only a few short months, the Beatles owned the top five spots on the Billboard Top 100! A feat that has never happened again!

[@SteveBrook-t3z]

This was filmed at 3:30pm EST on 2/9/64, the afternoon before their first live performance at 8pm EST that evening - they didn't actually play Twist & Shout on that live performance. It was broadcast on 2/23/64 - they were already back in England by that time. But in fact, this was the very first song that the Beatles ever performed in front of an American audience.

[@kbrewski1]

You need to understand the historic significance of this LIVE television appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in NYC 1964. The Beatles started releasing songs via singles and LPs in 1962. But they had been a playing band in England and playing around Europe (especially Germany), since 1958 or so. So they toiled in grimy pubs and small music clubs for YEARS playing covers of other people's songs, honing their skills. By 1963 they were stars in England and their music started being played on the radio in the US. But they hadn't yet played in the US. By 1964 when this show occurred, they were known all over the world, but doing the Ed Sullivan show in NYC, the premier entertainment and live performance show in the US, in the biggest city in America was a HUGE event. So this was much anticipated, people had only seen pictures of them and some news clips, and teen girls especially were going crazy over this band like never before. This was the first of 3 Ed Sullivan shows they did over 3 weeks. They played 3 songs at each live appearance. When they landed at the airport in NYC, they were greeted by thousands and thousands of young screaming fans. Everywhere they went in NYC they were mobbed. Radio stations were playing Beatles songs nonstop on the radio. It was a frenzy. It was AN EVENT. It changed what music would sound like from that point forward. And unlike many music/variety shows on TV at that time, The Ed Sullivan Show was done live, no lip syncing. So yes, those are their actual live vocals in their first appearance in the US. THIS TV APPEARANCE WAS THE START OF BEATLEMANIA IN THE US AND NORTH AMERICA.

[@singluna888]

This is a great early Beatles song. I love Ringo sitting in the back being all chill while singing and beating the drums. He and George were my favorites.

[@mariaarmindapinheirobarbar4885]

The Beatles... They opened the way to everybody else... They changed (western, at least) society forever... It was, really, a (great) twist and shout!!!

[@deltabravo287]

The band that became the spokesmen for an entire generation. Their innovations in recording techniques , their endless curiosity about music led them to experiment and create sounds that had never been heard before. Their influence on popular music and musicians cannot be overestimated. At one point in April 1964 they occupied the top 5 spots on the Billboard charts simultaneously - a feat that will likely never be re-produced. At the same time they had an additional 7 songs in the top 100

[@jupiterlegrand4817]

The Beatles were more than the greatest band of all time (which they were). It's almost impossible to put it into words. I guess it's a "you had to be there" kind of thing.

[@pepep4727]

Exactly.

[@isko00011]

I'm probably misquoting Mick Jagger slightly but he said "if you weren't there, you don't know." and he added the Beatles were "impossible to compete against" and I like his line in the movie when Eric Idle asks if he thinks the Rutles will get back together Mick answers "I hope not."

[@Shazzadut1]

Agree. My cousin was a huge Beatles fan. She was in love with Ringo the drummer. She went to their concert, but I was a little too young to go here in Sydney Australia. In 64 I was 6 years old. But I recall all the madness of Beatlemania. I remember that they arrived at the airport in torrential rain, with hundreds of girls waiting for them. They decided to put them on the back of a truck and drive them over to their fans. Their umbrellas blew inside out, they got soaked and their suits that they had made in Singapore shrunk! 😂😂

[@gman7495]

If you weren't alive at this time, or old enough to remember, it's tough to explain to younger people today what an earth-shattering experience this was. As you said...there was only radio and TV (along with newspapers and magazines). This was very early in their exposure to Americans. Their songs had only hit the radio airwaves the summer before (1963). Their 2nd album, "Meet the Beatles" had just been released in the US a few weeks before and their 1st album, "Please, Please Me" was released about 1 year earlier (March 1963). This was the era of crew cuts and very short hair on men and boys, and the boots! the Beatle boots were so cool!! This was also a new sound that had never been heard before. When you create a new sound and look that is both extraordinarily great and cool you will set the world on fire...and boy did they ever. No one has come close to approaching what The Beatles did to change both music and culture in this country...and beyond!

[@ktcarl]

I was 8yrs old back then and all the boys stopped wearing tennis shoes and cowboy boots for those Italian 'Beatle' boots.

[@Isleofskye]

As another 69-year-old man who was 10 years old when we saw them on the Ed Sullivan Show, there is no way that later generations can understand what an experience this was. All 12 songs on this Album were completed in 24 hours. South East London:)

[@billythedog-309]

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[@Isleofskye]

@@billythedog-309 My disappointment in myself is immeasurable and no words can adequately express my remorse regarding my inexcusable faux pas. I am mortified that I got to make such a Schoolboy error and I only try to crave your forgiveness for my brief moment of total complete and utter insanity in making this mistake. I have no excuses and I can only apologize, profusely, for my stupidity, once again. You are a good man for pointing this out to me. I'm inconsolable at the moment.....:(

[@Isleofskye]

@@willzimjohn AN ALMIGHTY LOL. I think it was around May 1981, which was the last occasion that I got my proverbial "knickers in a twist" mate. It seems you have had an irony. dry humoUr.sarcasm By -Pass. I was "aving a larf" me old china. I was born 69 years ago next to the largest Council Housing(Projects) Estate in Northern Europe and have stood alongside the roughest set of Football fans: Millwall for over 60 years so, you can safely , assume that I was taking the piss out of your Pedantry(You will Pedantry is between Coventry and Daventry and btw is "devasted" the same as "devasTAted?" We should be told, my son..lol

[@TomGorham]

I saw them in Cleveland in 1964. I could hardly hear them because of the screaming, but I was at their press conference and standing no more the a couple feet from them. They were very clever and humorous.

[@patticrichton1135]

@TomGorham, I was at the Cleveland Public Auditorium concert too, on Sept. 15, 1964. I was 17 and sitting in the floor seats way at the back, 72nd row or something, have to dig out my ticket stub and look. I was screaming too, didn't care if we couldn't hear them, I knew what they sounded like after playing the albums they had already released over and over and over again, plus seeing their first movie "A HARD DAY'S NIGHT" that summer, over and over again in the theaters. I just wanted to SEE them, but I was so far back, it could have been anyone up there. I didn't care, I was glad to just BE there and experience and be a part of "Beatlemania" It was exhilarating! I saw them again at Municipal Stadium on Aug. 14, 1966 in Cleveland. LUCKY YOU to be at the press conference.. SO JEALOUS, I would have LOVED to have seen them THAT close!!

[@bradsullivan2495]

This is from their first performance on the Ed Sullivan show, which had an audience that night of approximately 73 million people. Coincidentally, tomorrow marks the 75th anniversary of the debut of the Ed Sullivan show, a Sunday night institution for more than two decades. Originally, it was called "Toast of the Town"

[@pennyowen7541]

Always loved the Beatles version of Twist and Shout❤! Still holds the same excitement for me today as it did when I was 14 years old!

[@Rickhorse1]

No matter how many words we old people write, today's generation can't fully "get" how the Beatles truly changed both the world and especially music. In just 7 years their music grew from "basic rock n roll" like Twist and Shout to the "16 minute Abbey Road medley". The went from "clean cut boys to hippie rebels" and showed the world that was okay.

[@paulweber686]

Really well said. It's hard to encapsulate the phenomenon...

[@AnthonySmyth-n2c]

They always were rebels, from the very beginning. They tidied themselves up, wore suits etc, to be acceptable to television audiences. However, they always had fire and magic in their bellies, and were always pushing the envelope, which why they are still listened to, watched and loved, 55 years later.

[@Zentrix-24]

I saw them on the Ed Sullivan in 64'. If i remember it was the most watched show up to that time. The girls were screaming..some get physically sick. What it meant to me was we were witnessing an unprecedented transition in music. This was a new sound and it was just the start. They paved the way for the Stones, Gerry and The Pace Makers, Herman's Hermits, etc Te British invasion. It was the best decade in my life and a new musical Era

[@BringItMAGA]

I was 6, Sis was 12. On Saturday we would run downtown in our little CA town to the record store to buy the latest Beatles single. All the neighborhood kids would come to our garage and we'd all dance to our little record player. Ah the 60s. So simple, so fun!

[@beedeegee9374]

Similar story, my sis was 16, I was 6. She and her friends had garage parties, too and she took me along. Great memories!

[@LaptopLarry330]

The next The Beatles TV performance the both of you should react to, is their 1963 performance of their song, “I Saw Her Standing There” on the Swedish TV music show, “Drop In”. It was the final time the band played for an audience in an intimate studio setting. Highly recommended. Five stars.

[@barsandbarbells2022]

Cool! Thx for the suggestion!

[@cephalophorenameless422]

Great idea! Especially as they seem to believe John was 'lead' vocal. They all took turns, and Paul sings lead on 'I Saw Her Standing There'!

[@marygoodson4920]

I am 63 and still remember watching this performance on the Ed Sullivan Show! Ed Sullivan was the most popular Variety show on TV. There were only 3 National TV networks and a few local tv stations in each city, so EVERYONE tuned in to watch The Beatles make their American debut. They did a few years of massively successful U.S. tour dates, but by 1966 they gave up touring live because they couldn't hear themselves play over all of the screaming and didn't enjoy it. The next time they played live was the last time, on the roof of their Apple Records business office building in London. It was totally unannounced. They went up on the roof and just started playing a mini-concert. You should listen to that! The greatest band ever!!!! Amazing to think how many incredible songs and albums they put out in such a short period of time.

[@RustyBuzzard-pv2ce]

I watched this in real time back in the day. In the universe of music, there are The Beatles., and then... there's everyone else.

[@metalmark1214]

It takes talent to both Twist and Shout simultaneously. 😂😆

[@barsandbarbells2022]

😂

[@sourisvoleur4854]

And lung capacity. Lots and lots of lung capacity.

[@doloreskrisky1670]

The Beatles were such a drastic change from Elvis and rock & roll from the 50's. You had to be there to understand their influence on the music of the day.

[@Cashcrop54]

I am sitting just 4 feet away from where I watched this on Ed Sullivan about 60 years ago . My TV is in the same place that the big console tv was back then. My older sister was going bonkers. I was like 10 at the time.

[@jz55859]

I am 67 and was 8 years old when I watched this. It set me on my life path of being a musician. I've seen a few comments by some my age about how younger generations will never understand how revolutionary the Beatles were and this may be true. But may I suggest that to get an idea, just listen to a compilation of the hit songs from 1962 and you might get a better idea of just how different the Beatles were in 1963. In everything they did for the next 6 years most everybody else was playing catch up. BTW, the movie I think you're looking for is Ferris Bueller's Day Off - the parade scene.

[@daveray44]

They landed in NYC on my 8th birthday. Coincidentally, Garth Brooks was 2 on that same day! I have always loved that tie in

[@gailcalderone5229]

I don't know if all ppl reactions today can ever feel what we felt .They can appreciate the music but we were there so we saw n felt the changing of history...But it's great to see the reactions of yesterday's music compared to what's going on in the so called Music of today...

[@markbanner6473]

The Beatles at Shea Stadium August 1965 was utterly wild and insane apparently.

[@Oldschoolnana]

My girlfriend was there. Girls were fainting & some had to be put in the batters cage trying to run on the field. She was so lucky.❤😊 Beatles 4 ever✌️🌻🌻

[@mitchjay2108]

There will never be a musical and cultural phenomena like The Beatles ..They were uniquely talented and their intelligence on social matters made them more than just a band they were something beyond the 60's eternally timeless

[@donhathaway3234]

71 years old and I STILL got goosebumps as those three voices climbed the notes together!

[@thewizard6077]

The movie you're referencing with everyone singing and dancing to "Twist and Shout" was "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". It would be cool to see you guys react to the live rooftop performance of the song "Don't Let Me Down", the live version of "Hey Jude", and the studio recording of "Let it Be" . Peace

[@jamesleblanc7437]

Which is funny because she said Dirty Dancing, with Jennifer Grey playing Baby and Ferris’ sister in each respective movie.

[@MsAppassionata]

I would recommend the entire rooftop performance.

[@gsparkman]

@@jamesleblanc7437 Good note.

[@michaelsix9684]

Beatles were so tight, dressed great, had polished and solid appearance, don't see this anymore

[@michaelhoward900]

This song tore John's throat up and they always did it last in their concerts because after singing this John had no voice left. The studio version was done in one take - LIVE!

[@MichaelLabriola-f8s]

Paul didnt know why the girls were screaming and john told him " when you yell woo the girls scream! Keep singing woo!"😅😂❤

[@kevinfitzpatrick8532]

I was only seven years old in 1964 but i remembered sitting in front of the tv with my parents watching the Ed Sullivan show at the time. 😅👍

[@mikenolan7970]

I actually remember where I was when I saw this performance on TV. My dad was a cop and we were over his partners house in Newark NJ. my sister was a BIG Beatles fan. She HAD to watch this performance or she wouldn’t go. So abt 20 people gathered around a 15in black&white TV and the world changed!

[@christopherone1]

the video where they perform this live in front of the Queen....is fantastic. John literally singing his lungs out...with his smarky comments, too. RIP, John Lennon.

[@jackieyoungman7970]

As yet another 69-year-old (but I'm a Brit), I can remember that particular performance when it was on TV. I think I was 9 or 10 at the time. Apparently John had a sore throat and that was why his voice was gravelly/raspy, but he and the other Beatles accepted that it sounded really good.

[@philippesauvie639]

I remember watching the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964 at age 4. Oh there has never been a musical act or group as big as the Beatles. They are the Mozart’s of our era and will surely be listened to hundreds of years from now.

[@jonnno243]

I was 12 when all of these fantastic songs came out by The Beatles and all those other 60s bands and i LOVED it and I still LOVE it all. And, to re-create all of those Beatles sounds and feelings , I often go and watch The Fab Four performing those classics and still enjoy them SO much today, all over again.

[@AKR8810]

The Beatles performances on Ed Sullivan were some of the most iconic events during the mid 1960's. I was a teenager at the time, and I can still remember the excitement these performances generated. The Beatles went on to have a profound influence on music and culture during the 60's and early 70's. I would recommend reacting to their rooftop live performance of Don't Let Me down. It was quite a contrast to the 1964 television concerts. The video and sound quality are very good.

[@patticrichton1135]

And I"VE GOT A FEELING " from the same rooftop, but they should start at the beginning and go chronologically to see how they evolved and progressed with each single and album in just 7 1/2 years

[@AKR8810]

@@patticrichton1135 That's the ideal. But how many people reacting to music do that? If they are exposed to a great song and performance, then they will be inclined to react to more Beatles songs.

[@jmhaces]

The Beatles were all really gifted songwriters for sure, but you can't underestimate how the fact that they all can sing was really central to their sound. I remember being a kid and having a garage band with my friends, and how covering most Beatles songs was a pain in the ass because only our lead singer could sing and the rest of us could either just passably sing or couldn't sing at all, so most of these guys' songs didn't sound like they should.

[@fredkruse9444]

Between their debut in 1964 and their last single in 1970, the Beatles averaged a number 1 hit in the US every 3.8 months.

[@backbeat44]

Great band and brilliant live. Should try 'Don't Let Me Down' live on the rooftop, 'Revolution' and 'Hey Jude' live on David Frost Show, 'Get Back' live on the rooftop etc. etc.

[@chrislofotos]

I saw them live in the Cavern club in 1962, it was an amazing unforgettable experience.

[@George-kv6gm]

It's been mentioned several times before, but here's another one. I'm 72, and I was 13 when the Beatles came to the U.S. and did the Ed Sullivan Show. As has been said, you cannot imagine what a difference they, and other "British Invasion" groups, made to the world of music. There were American groups who were making strides in the same direction, like Buddy Holly, the Beach Boys, the Motown artists, and others. But no one was like the Beatles...hit after hit after hit. You saw the screaming volume notch up by several levels when they did the "oooooooo" in falsetto at certain times. That was a huge thing! Little Richard always claimed that he suggested it to them, and that's certainly possible. He used it in his music, too, before they did. But in any case, they were game changers.

[@patticrichton1135]

Yes they were inspired by Little Richard's "oooooo's" especially Paul, because he was one of THEIR idols when they were a fledgling band.

[@DawnSuttonfabfour]

How any of them came through it sane is a miracle.

[@robertkern9911]

Speaking of Johns voice on the studio version With “Baby It’s You” in the can, the clock in Studio 2 showed 10 p.m. The Beatles had been recording for twelve hours and time was officially up. George Martin, though, needed one more number-something to send the album out with a bang. Accordingly he and his team retired with the group to the Abbey Road canteen for a last cup of coffee (or, in Lennon’s case, warm milk for his ragged throat). They knew what they had to do-the wildest thing in The Beatles’ act: “Twist and Shout,” their cover of a 1962 U.S. hit by black Cincinnati family act The Isley Brothers. An out-and-out screamer, it was always demanding. That night it was a very tall order indeed. Back in Studio 2, the group knew they had at most two chances to get this arduous song on tape before Lennon lost his voice. At around 10:30 p.m., with him stripped to the waist and the others ‘hyping’ themselves by treating the control room staff as their audience, they went for it. The eruptive performance that ensued stunned the listening technicians and exhilarated the group (as can be heard in McCartney’s triumphant “Hey!” at the end). Trying for a second take, Lennon found he had nothing left and the session stopped there and then-but the atmosphere was still crackling. Nothing of this intensity had ever been recorded in a British pop studio.

[@stefanmodigh6312]

These songs never get old ! 👍👍👍🇸🇪💕😎

[@jeaniejoseph940]

Not in Dirty Dancing, but it was definitely in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

[@bookcraver1]

Try to imagine… In the weeks before The Beatles came over to the USA in February 1964, the top songs were “There! I've Said It Again” by Bobby Vinton, “Louie Louie” by The Kingsmen, “Dominique” by The Singing Nun (yes! A real nun), “Popsicles and Icicles” by The Murmaids and “The Nitty Gritty” by Shirley Ellis. The guys all had short hair or crewcuts. Everyone followed the rules. Then, here come The Beatles. They have outrageously long hair! They’re irreverent when talking to the press! They write their own music! (This was RARELY done.) They're wearing really cool boots! They are obviously having FUN! We were in mourning. Our young, handsome President had been assassinated just two months before. The Beatles were “candy” for a grieving country, especially the youth. Within a couple of months, the top five songs on the Billboard 100 were The Beatles! This hasn't ever happened again. There were ANOTHER seven in the 100 (all moving their way up.) In the next six years, The Beatles would have 27 NUMBER ONE hits between UK and US. This also has never been equaled. And here we all are, 53 years later, still talking about and listening to them.

[@62impalaconvert]

The Ed Sullivan Show was a variety entertainment show. Ed had a lot of up and coming musical artists or groups on his show. But there were many other types of acts besides music including comedians, vetriloquists, even jugglers. It was a treat to sit down with your family in front of the TV after dinner on Sunday and watch Ed Sullivan. In case you weren't aware, the "Twist" was a very popular dance in the 60's. It started with Chubby Checker"s dance song "The Twist" in 1960 which he performed on TV and stage..

[@mgonzales56]

73 million people tuned in to watch Ed Sullivan on the first week that The Beatles appeared. It really was an amazing and life changing event. Little did we know that 60 years later, we would be able to watch these performances at will. Back then you watched a program twice...once when it premiered, then one rerun, then never see it again. So to be able to watch these video's is amazing. Also if you want to experience the next best thing to a live Beatles concert, get tickets to a show called "1964 The Tribute". It like watching The Beatles live and a lot of fun. we go see it practically every year. Enjoy.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

There's some live footage of them doing their hit Long Tall Sally from early on, I know it's in black and white. But they used to play that when they were in Hamburg Germany for a while as the house band at this place and that's actually where they got super super tight. But the manager there even wrote it out of their contract but they can't play that song as their finale because every time they do, the audience through stuff through the air and glass got broken and people got into fights. But in the end, the audience was always yelling for them to play it as an encore and then they always did, laugh. I think that's so funny, and really the club owner couldn't do anything about it because they were such a big draw and making him so much money. So at some point he even nailed the legs of the wooden stools into the wooden floor to try to keep them from being thrown around the room when the Beatles played Long Tall Sally. So by the time you see that video of it, this is a couple years later I think. Or maybe a year-and-a-half but still you get the idea.

[@robertg7396]

This was also featured in "Ferris Buellers day off" movie. 😃

[@azizmooshoolov2308]

Follow them chronologically. From this performance until they finished as a band was six years. Their journey musically and the reciprocal growth between them and the new pop culture, their effect...it's one of a kind.

[@gpxo11]

This particular show was in Miami where the Beatles went after their first appearance on the Ed sullivan show and their first US concert in washington DC. To get the full impact of Beatlemania, check out their concert at Shea Stadium, New York 1965.

[@cyclops60]

Great to see a reaction to this. I have a real soft spot for it as it is sung as a chant by fans of West Ham United a football (soccer) team from London. One loud guy does the Lennon part and the rest join in with the responses. Word is that it started many years ago when we were being well beaten away at Liverpool!

[@129robertp]

Nobody had seen three guitars up front, the hair was longer, they way they dressed and spoke and of course they had magic songs that can still thrill today. They announced a new world that was about to be born.

[@sirslice7531]

The Ed Sullivan Show was THE show to watch every Sunday night throughout the U.S. and Canada. 73 million people were watching what you are watching. As a result, crime rates in major cities dropped dramatically during this show featuring The Beatles.

[@gilledwards9302]

At the tender age of FOUR(!) I was driving my mother mad singing Beatles songs! The Beatles were never precious - they saw themselves as entertainers alongside their mates, who included the likes of Cilla Black and Jimmy Tarbuck. They thought they'd have a couple of years singing pop songs and then move on. how wrong they were! One of my earliest memories is seeing them live on the children's TV programme, 'Crackerjack', singing, 'Michelle'. I couldn't haven been any older than five but it entranced me. Many years later, I remember playing with cousins when 'Strawberry Fields Forever' came on my aunt's radio. I froze. Even at the tender age of seven (or thereabouts) I knew the Beatles had changed popular music forever. I feel blessed to have experienced a childhood with a soundtrack comprising The Beatles, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, Tina Turner, Diana Ross and so many other legends. Today's generation can't possibly understand what it meant to me when I heard a new, innovative pop track instead of the Dean Martin, Acker Bilk and Jim Reeves standards that my parents listened to.

[@bintheredonethat]

I was 8 in 1964 & was an instant Bealtes fan. Absolutely had to grow the hair! Later in life, late '70s thru the '80s I was fortunate enough to work for one of the biggest promoters in the country. I was on the production side & worked with them all. The Stones, Who, Grateful Dead, Journey, Eagles, Beach Boys, Van Halen, Heart, U2 & on & on. A guy I knew from college was Diana Ross's road manager for awhile. We lived in a different world. I have around 400 original show t-shirts, & a few tour jackets to remind me of it all. That represents a fraction of the shows I got to do. Hasn't been anything like that time in music since. ;O)

[@gorse9030]

Great reaction to our (UK) greatest musical export and when I told my father a year earlier they will be the next big thing he said quote 'not with haircuts like that' unquote. I believe at their US peak they had the top 5 singles on the Billboard top 100 chart and 27 entries in total in the top 100. I used to go to pubs where bands played their music, unbelievable exciting times.

[@markdoughty8780]

The Beatles: There has simply been nothing like it in the entertainment industry before or since...

[@michaelcrummy8397]

Beatles forever!

[@MsAppassionata]

If you want to see Beatlemania at it’s craziest go check out when The Beatles arrived in Australia. That was the hugest crowd that ever appeared just to greet them upon their arrival there. Over 300,000 kids turned out to watch them from their hotel balcony.

[@JonathanCalvert-p2c]

The best of all time,

[@susanengland3919]

You can't imagine how VERY different this was than any other music, not to mention their appearance. This was a time when crew cuts were pretty standard, long hair on men just wasn't done.......until the Beatles came along.

[@daveray44]

The Beatles landed in NYC on my 8th birthday, in 1964. 2 days later, Feb 9th, is when they made their 1st appearance on Ed Sullivan

[@davidrowlands441]

I'm 72 and english. You'd to be young when they came along to realuse the immensity of them. They changed everything for my generation.

[@walterfechter8080]

I'm in my 70s and I'm still twisting and shouting, much to the chagrin of many. HA! I even did The Twist with a gal onstage as Chubby Checker sang that tune. The 1960s were boss! Thanks, Bars and Barbells.

[@davidspoonemore2721]

They changed the WORLD!!

[@michaelstallings5824]

can you imagine how crazy it had to be at the ed sullivan theater,with people waiting to get in? i'll bet it was flooded even with people unable to get inside...

[@patticrichton1135]

There were 50,000 ticket requests through the mail for the Ed Sullivan theater that only seats 728 people! MORE than ANY act that Sullivan ever had on his show.

[@williamcabell142]

They brought it all to a new level! 😎👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@cazzyuk8939]

My parents saw the Beatles at the Cavern Club (Liverpool). They were the 1st boy band 😊Up to the early to mid-50's it was mostly crooners, then came Elvis, The Beatles, Bill Haley & the Comets,Tom Jones etc, the 1st time teenagers had music that was more for them than before. To see fans check out some of the Beatles video when they played the Shea stadium in the US - apparently they couldn't hear themselves sing & neither could anyone else over the screaming. Also check out live version (& I think last live performance in 1969) - they snuck onto a London rooftop & played a small 'concert', my fav is 'Don't Let Me Down'.

[@ASaaaxxx]

Not a small concert as such ..yes on the rooftop of their London Studio and could be heard all over the London streets it was televised remember watching it and getting annoyed when the police eventually stopped it ..

[@d.j.starling3559]

I was 9 when I first heard of & saw The Beatles on Ed Sullivan in 1964, & I've been a huge fan ever since!! Love watching new listeners discover the magic they created. But don't concentrate on live performances. Basically non-stop-screaming from the girls in the audience make the live footage a whole lot less enjoyable. That's a big reason the band stopped touring after their '66 American tour. Their records, best heard chronologically to fully appreciate the growth & maturity in the music & the men, are a wonderful experience you'll be so happy you gave yourself. Some live stuff is better than others (rooftop concert in '69 is excellent!!), but the records are what Beatles' fans know & love the most!

[@patticrichton1135]

NOT so, their are quite a few live concerts where you CAN hear their singing very well, like WASHINGTON COLISEUM CONCERT Feb. 11, 1964, the PARIS concert in 1964, SHEA STADIUM Aug. 15, 1965, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (1964 or '65, not sure which year). PLUS they NEED to see WHAT a concert was like and HOW the fans reacted.

[@RicardoRoams]

There's a famous crowd, street scene in Ferris Bueller's Day Off movie where this song is the focal point. It's epic! There will never be anything to match Beatlemania.

[@stewarthooton5396]

Fun fact, the Beatles pushed this song into the stratosphere with popularity but it had been previously covered by the Isley Brothers in 1962 to give it some success but the year prior, 1961 is when it was originally written and recorded by The Top Notes.

[@merrywidow6578]

Heading for 80, brought up in the outskirts of Liverpool, spent our weekends going to the Liverpool clubs. Saw the Beatles several times, we only went to the Cavern once, it was dead grotty! What a time to be young

[@robertnieten7259]

I remember in '64 hearing the Beatles on the radio and I was all in. When i first heard them it was like an electric shock ran up my spine. I had heard that they were going to be on Ed Sullivan that Sunday night. Unfortunately, I had a 9 o'clock bedtime and no matter how much I pleaded with my dad to stay up so I could watch it he wouldn't let me. So I went towards the bedroom and sneaked into my parents bedroom and watched them on their TV.

[@pallen49]

The Beatles, the greatest 'boy band' EVER.. And by the end of the decade they became THE greatest band EVER..

[@hughfoshee85]

As others have noted, this was a cover of the Isley Brothers hit from 1963, but of course the Beatles' version became a much bigger hit. The Beatles' early music reflected their love for American rock & roll that preceeded them.

[@victorcowboywest]

This is the best cover of a Isley Brothers classic. It's a song that John Lennon didn't like to sing ( so the story goes). Great reaction, folks.

[@jimmoffat3599]

It was because it was so hardon his voice. When they originally recorded it, he had a bad cold. They saved Twist and Shout to be recorded last because it pretty much shredded his vocal cords

[@MichaelLabriola-f8s]

The Ed sullivan theater is still there and stephen colbert does the late show in the very same studio!

[@Historian212]

The movie that used this song is Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. You might want to compare this with the version (they didn’t write it) by the Isley Brothers (1962). The Beatles did a bunch of covers as they got famous. You should watch their first movie, A Hard Day’s Night, to get a real feel for what they were about. Plus, it’s funny. Very 1964.

[@boballen818]

The Beatles stopped touring in 1966. Only 4 years after their creation. The Beatlemania insanity while on tour just was too much. They became a studio only band for their last 4 years. That's why their rooftop concert on top of Abbey Road studios was such a huge deal.

[@michaelsix9684]

they toured from 1960 on till 66, George said it was great until "we became owned by the world" Beatle concerts were 30 min. or less, about 10-11 songs, with the screaming you could barely even hear them

[@36814]

2023 - 59 years on and Paula and Ringo have HUGELY successful solo careers in their 80's . The Beatles catalogue is staggering in it's variety , influence , originality and sheer number of songs. Peter Jackson's " let it Be " is a six hour , 3 part documentary of the making of the Album of the same name in late 69 into 1970 and includes their last public appearence on the roof of Apple Studios in London.

[@dancapell6643]

It was a magical time back then

[@kimzwolinski9919]

I love watching the live performances 😊

[@lexdunn4160]

Never before in human history has there been or will be such a universal simultaneous onslaught of puberty.

[@im-gi2pg]

I had just turned 9 years old two months before this. I was in 4th grade in 1964. By then, our bedroom was wall to wall Beatles posters. Paul was my favorite. To this day (age 68) I always make 4 exclamation points to represent each Beatle!!!! 😂😂😂😂 My oldest sister was married, her reception was at our brand new flat top house. The Twist was a brand new dance and we we all twisted to this song. Everyone dressed up to the nines for her wedding. Her wedding cake was Spice cake with a caramel color spice frosting. That was a new thing too. Wedding cake had always traditionally been white or yellow with white frosting. The early sixties had been all about tradition and conformity. The beatles broke through all that in the first tv appearance on the Ed Sullivan show. Everything changed overnight. Music, men’s hairstyles, clothes, EVERYTHING changed. Their music was NOTHING like anything that had played on the radio the day before. One AM radio station that every teenager listened to with a charismatic DJ. 13 tv channels. TV turned off 11pm.

[@jefferyshute6641]

If you've seen "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", there's a famous scene where Ferris sings this in a parade.

[@patticrichton1135]

Ferris doesn't sing it, he LIP SYNCS TO the BEATLES' RECORDING OF IT during the parade.

[@Nuerth]

I will never forget that Sunday ~ our family gathered in the livingroom to watch The Ed Sullivan Show ~ because it was one of a handful of shows my Father qllowed us to watch Never did he nor any of his older generation imagine that When 4 Longhaired Lads from Liverpool were about to change everything ~ it became the biggest television audience in history ~

[@vernhoke7730]

Man I'm really getting old, I vaguely remember watching the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show back in the sixties. 😂

[@patticrichton1135]

If you only vaguely remember watching them on Sullivan, you're not old yet. I was one month short of turning 17 when they were on Sullivan and I remember EVERY SECOND of it and the everything that happened after that through 1970 when they broke up and I was 23 years old when that happened. SO, don't worry, be glad you aren't as old as I am LOL

[@joyceellis9722]

My mother is from Birkenhead. Across the Mersey River from Liverpool. She and her 5 siblings used to listen to them back in the day. The Cave is a fascinating little Place. Still open. Not the same of course but a huge tourist draw. The entire street is pedestrian & full of pubs, bars & eateries. You would like it.

[@douglaswebster1028]

When I saw the Beatles in 65 in Mpls. the ticket was $5.50. Fortunately, we were right in front of a PA speaker so we actually heard them sing over the thousands of screaming girls. We were on Paul's side of the stage and when he would wave hundreds of girls would fall over and faint. It was like an out-of-body experience!

[@AdrianbCozad]

❤😊 I remember them when they 1st came over..bands started forming to compete with them in the 60's etc😊 (Class of 71)

[@StatsJedi]

This song is one of my earliest memories. I was 3 when it came out. But "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" was my favorite.

[@bonniemunday2097]

I saw the Beatles, and one of the things you'll never forget after one of their concerts,loss of hearing, temporarily.

[@raycornford283]

I saw the Beatles live in '63. I didn't hear them, though. Just wall to wall screaming from before they came on stage to twenty minutes after they left. Quite an experience!

[@michaelpurington9743]

John made the most astute comment I've ever heard about Beatlemania, the fans and the whole Beatles phenomenon. It was a personal aside to the other three, but a presshound heard it and shared it with the world. Hear they came running off the stage (which was usually strewn with an impressive lot of panties), and Lennon hollered, "Not a dry seat in the house!" Young female Beatles worshipers, aware of this Special Truth treasured it forever.