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yeah yeah yeah ♪ >> yeah, yeah, yeah, this is beat land, former kbleen as brita -- known as britain. >> cbs, they do a story on what they probably think is a goofy band from ending land that's doing quite well. >> these four boys from liverpool with their dishmop hairstyles are bring's latest phenomenon. they're the 20th century non-music as they make nohave non-hairstyles. meanwhile, yeah, yeah, yeah, this is look kalexander kendric. >> a little girl heard it and called the local deejay. the friend asked to bring over a beatles record from england and has the vision to put it on and hear there's something happening. >> marcia albert of dublin drive

of silver spring has the honor of spruintroducing brand new an exclusive here. the microphone is yours. >> ladies and gentlemen, for the first time on the air in the united states, here are the beatles singing "i want to hold your hand." ♪ oh i want to tell you something i think you'll understand ♪ >> that song, it was impossible to anticipate how much the momentum would continue. >> hi, everybody all over america. this is the wabc party. woohoo! ♪ i want to hold your hand >> that song of absolutely contagious, and i think the teenager found a voice. ♪ i get high >> here's what's happening, baby, the beatles! ♪ of. >> there was a moment where you just heard this is our music now. it was like hearing the future.

♪ i wanna hold your hand >> i have to ask how first found out about them. >> we first found out about the beatles at a london airport with an enormous crowd of kid gather around. we asked what was going on. we didn't know who the beatles were. we never heard of them. that night i booked ringo starr, paul mccartney, george harrison, and john lennon for three shows for $10,000. ♪ >> you know, for four white guys who were british, to come out of nowhere and be everywhere, was quite unbelievable. >> the beatles are a bunch of guys from liverpool. i mean, people in london would have looked down at liverpool back then. but liverpool of a port town, and these port towns become places where all sorts of contraband gets exchanged. one of them at that point of great music. >> a lot of the sailors and people coming back from america

were bringing back records. some were pop records, some were called race records because they were by black artists. ♪ american rock and roll, blues, country and western, motown had on those kids growing up in england was really amazing. ♪ my love all my keisses ♪ ♪ you don't know what you've been missing with me ♪ >> i would listen to buddy holly, jerry lee lewis, fats domino. all the great rock and rollers. ♪ blueberry hill >> it was like the power of the jukebox, there's nothing quite like it. ♪ my dream came true >> the beatles took a bunch of those strains, the everly brothers from the '50s of a big influence with the harmonies.

♪ wake up little susie wake up ♪ ♪ wake up little susie wake up ♪ >> so the beats in liverpool are taking this -- beatles in liverpool are taking this pop sound but putting their own spin on it. ♪ >> what is the sound? how does it differ from other rock and roll and pop? >> it just happened that all of a sudden hundreds of rock groups all from liverpool made records, and of it a bit more like the original rock and roll than the stuff they had over the last few months. >> initially, there was no tradition of great british bands conquering america. that had not happened. it's that moment where everything turns. [ wild cheers ] ♪

>> there's no single moment that more embodies the moment when rock and roll became the province of teenagers. it's something that you will not just love but that you would go crazy for. >> there's the beatles! ♪ can't buy me love love ♪ ♪ can't buy me love >> the beatles are coming. everybody's going crazy. [ cheers ] >> it was like aliens landed. look at how they look and act and fly! ♪ ♪ money can't buy me love >> all they do is push away and don't even let you see them! >> i got every beatle record at home. we didn't get to see them because of protection. i want to get a peace of the beatles. -- a piece of the beatles.

♪ [ all talking at once ] >> ringo, george, john, paul -- can i have the last -- >> the reporters had the same attitude that most adults in america had which was no one took musicians seriously. they didn't understand anything about youth culture. >> cut that crap out! >> hey! >> cut that crap out! >> the press had gone into this with the idea that this was a youthful novelty that could be dismissed and maybe even deflated in a press conference. >> get a haircut at all? >> no. >> no, no. >> i had one yesterday. [ laughter ] >> you guys are a british elvis presley. >> it's not true. it's not true. [ laughter ] >> sing us something. >> no. sorry. >> no, we need money first. >> when you saw them sparring with the press, it was just

another aspect of them that made them even more unique. >> tomorrow night at 7:00, the beatles and poetry on a documentary, "meet the beatles," all over the world. >> really? >> elvis of the first wave of mega fandom, then the beatles sort of blew that out of the water to the point that even elvis was losing sleep. [ wild cheers ] >> the city never witnessed the excitement stirred by these youngsters from liverpool. ladies and gentlemen, the beatles! [ wild cheers ]

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ladies and gentlemen -- >> one, two, three, four. hey! ♪ she was just 17 you know what i mean ♪ ♪ and the way she looked >> the beatles showed up with their great sense of humor, their completely infectious pop songs, their ooh -- everything. of just impossible not to fall in love with them. ♪ i saw her standing there >> soon they started playing on the ed sullivan show, we all knew. they're playing live because that doesn't sound like the record. ♪ [ cheers ] >> the idea of driving swinging r&b mixed with imaginative lyric and harmonies and the perfect three-minute record, they defined it. ♪

>> the beatles took this dream of what america represented, the freedom that was american music, and they brought it back to us with an excitement and ferocity that we didn't have and with longer hair. ♪ and the way she moved >> 73 million people watched that night. ♪ i saw her sanding the istandi♪ >> when the beatles did "the sullivan show," everything at the radio station changed. there were no more requests other than the beatles. [ wild cheers ] >> looking back, i believe without ed sullivan there wouldn't have been a british invasion. ♪ >> on the bass!

>> it wasn't just the beatles. the british invasion had legs because there was more great music to back it up. >> a big hello. >> i'm larry. >> i'm dennis. >> i'm dave. >> the first six months they were singing, they sole over a million records a month. and in the word of one of their biggest hit songs, "we're mighty glad to have them with us tonight." ladies and gentlemen, the dave clark five! ♪ you say that you love me all of the time ♪ ♪ you say that you need me you'll always be mine vote ♪ i'll be tglad all over glad all over ♪

>> they're rivaling the beatles nowa t now as the top singing group in britain. how do you feel about that? >> we're pleased. but i don't think we'll be rivaled. we've got a completely different sound. we were the first band to tour america. we did 46 cities. then you realized you'd made it. >> suddenly it's like the gates of hell opened. ♪ something tells me i'm into something good ♪ >> every transatlantic ocean liner seem to have another british ban on it that rockets to the top of the american charts. ♪ ♪ always take me there >> there was this powder keg of energy from young people in england and touched a flame to the fuse and boom. ♪

>> maybe she's not there, but they're here, and they're the zombies! ♪ say you're sorry i want to know she's not there ♪ ♪ always trying to find her she's not there ♪ ♪ the way she looks the way she acted ♪ ♪ the color of her hair ♪ >> i love the zombies because they were keyboard oriented. rod averagent, the first guy to develop rock and roll solely on a keyboard. >> it's time for the top hit "you really got me going," the kinks! ♪ girl you really got me going you got me so i don't know what i'm doing ♪

>> the kinks were already, you know, very big ban d in the u.k, but if you break america, you break big, and you sell a lot of records. ♪ you really got me going you got me so i don't know what i'm doing ♪ ♪ oh yeah you really got me now you got me so ♪ ♪ you really got me you really got me you really got me ♪ >> you had another name. what made you change it to the animals? >> because we were a bunch of animals. >> the animals were a grittier r&b-based band with eric burden who wasn't cute like a beat. he was a little more dangerous. >> now you're going to do the new roar for us? >> yeah. it's call "the house of the rising sun." >> that song of the song that bob dylan had already recorded a year or two earlier like a folk traditional song. >> bob came along with his album

"house of rising sun." it was crying out to be rocked. ♪ my man he knew it will change ♪ >> the english group music thing also arose where groups not only were performing their own stuff compact on the stage, they didn't need anyone else, they had the four blokes with their guitars, and they, do the lot. >> the who are just sort of like in that catalytic converter of rock and roll. they were may the most explosive musical unit. ♪ >> what's interesting, the beatles all lock in and play together and help each other.

the who is like four different creature who aren't even noticing each other. everyone in the who was like the lead player in the who. all these great band create this thirst in music, but the ones that really had the true, true talent stood the test of time. >> boys singing from england who sold a lot of albums. they're called the rolling stones. i've been rolled when i was stoned myself. here they are, all right! ♪ ♪ i don't want you to work all day i just want to make love to you ♪

>> here come the stones. we were the bad boys of the british invasion. and the girls went crazy. [ wild cheers ] ♪ you better tell her >> sexual i think. ♪ love to you love to you ♪ >> you have been doing this for how long now, how many years? >> two. >> two years. how long do you give yourself going around being -- >> i don't know. i never thought i'd be doing it for two years even. i think we're pretty well set up for at least another year. ♪

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when we first started playing together, we started because wye loved the blues. and it was a great pleasure to be booked on the show. it's a pleasure. >> thanks for having us. >> it's about time we played "hollywood" on stage. ♪ >> the rolling stone invite halon wolf who is a 60-year-old black man from the south side of chicago who never in a million years would have been on shindig, and there he is. ♪ >> the stones clearly wore their heart on their sleeves for blues and r&b. you can hear traces of "delta blues" inside of the guitar. ♪ >> they tried to be as authentic to the core as possible. even so much that their first

few american recordings were done in chicago. ♪ >> the chicago kids rhythm and blues, that's where it started. you know, the white people there know nothing about rhythm and blues at all. >> it's neat music. >> in america, even in the black communities health care reform a ban in certain aspects of black culture even by the mid '70ss. the blues in be -- '60s. the blues in particular had been pushed aside by soul music and r&b which were considered more modern. ♪ hey remember ♪ i love you baby >> british groups picked up american blues where americans had kind of let it go. >> and in a strange way, we were taking back to america what america had given us which was

american music. ♪ >> you and chuck have kind of taken england by storm. what do you think about other people borrowing your really? >> i am very grateful to know that my material is the type of material that entertainers today would like to use. [ wild cheersing ] ♪ oh baby baby ♪ ♪ baby >> the british invasion played a huge role in not just introducing themselves to america but reintroducing a lot of black music to mainstream america. [ applause ] ♪

♪ right oh right >> the same year that the beatles play on "ed sullivan" for the first time is the same year that "tammy show" comes out. it's got everybody. >> "tammy show" of the first rock and roll concert movie, stones headlining, and the first time that us white kids got to see james brown. and nobody will ever get over it. ♪ >> everyone loved james brown's performance. he gave them what black audiences had been seeing for years but had not been seen out of the black community. and people were electrified by it. [ wild cheering ]

>> kills the show. just like -- what's phrase they have in gospel music? he wrecks house. ♪ >> and it really began his journey into becoming a mainstream figure. ♪ [ cheering] ♪ >> the stone then close, and they followed james brown. ♪

>> we see jagger coming alive doing thing that he hadn't done before. >> it was great because you're seeing a seasoned professional with james brown and a young performer and band figuring out who the hell they are. ♪ [ wild cheering ] ♪

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when i say staples, i mean staple. >> i was led astray. >> shut up. they're waiting for you in the studio. >> i'm dying to do a bit of work. >> lay off. >> you get a move on. ♪ it's been a hard day's night >> "hard day's night" encapsulated beatles mainia. the most perfect representation of 1964 beatles. >> brian enstein said if the beatles were going to go, they were going to go big, and they went big. >> the fact that the beatles were exposed as writers of hit songs, exposed them to the public even more than perhaps just the top singing idol would. >> they made the announcement that they were going to tour

america. beatles wanted $25,000. well, i didn't have $25,000. and so i borrowed $25,000 on the house. there were no computers, but we sold it out in 3.5 hours. >> 17,000 screaming youngsters in the amphitheater. they're the luck y ones. outside, thousands of others were not so fortunate. >> here they are, the beatles! [ wild cheers ] ♪ ♪ i told you before you can't do that ♪ ♪ >> the beatles outfit of phenomen phenomenal. they seemed to either always be touring, making a movie, or making a record. ♪

>> hello. see these little fellows? they're the beatles. inflatable beatles. they're yours for just $2. ♪ the best things in life are free ♪ >> they had posters and magazines and stickers and dolls and cartoons. like this is the start of where the teenager become the most desirable target for the dollar. >> i lived in the projects in brooklyn, you know, in a black community upon t community. the beatles were everywhere. it wasn't like a white phenomenon. they were everywhere. >> they created a rock industry. they were selling ways in that no one had sold before and were playing venues that no one had ever played before. >> ladies and gentlemen, honoring their country, decorated by their queen, here in america, here are the beatles! [ wild cheering ]

♪ and i do appreciate you being mad ♪ ♪ help me get my feet back on the ground won't you please please help me ♪ ♪ help me help me ♪ [ wild cheering ] >> spend this money -- >> what money? >> does he give any to you? >> no, no. >> the beatles taught every other band that writing your own music made you more powerful. ♪ >> what was funny about a ban like the stones is they did ton of covers on their first couple of album. it wasn't until they found out

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doing or the stones were doing or kinks or rock and roll bands. for a period of time there was a distinct between the folk culture and the rock and roll culture. ♪ hey mr. tambourine man play a song for me ♪ i'm not sleepy and there is no place i'm going to ♪ >> in 1964 during the first tour, the beatles had the opportunity to meet bob dylan. he understood what they were doing musically, and they were awakened by the more personal perspective of his songs. >> dylan of a huge influence on john lennon. he inspired him to write more serious songs, deeper song, and be more experimental lyrically. ♪ i once had a girl oh should i say she won had me ♪ >> bob dylan going electric is another one of those seismic changes in the pop music era in the '60s. ♪ >> he was bold enough to leave

his comfort zone. snoet i ain't going to work on maggie's farm no more ♪ >> it's not just about dylan going electric, but it's about the fusion of an emerging tradition of popular music that was political with rock and roll which had not been overtly political. [ booing ] >> there's nothing like the feeling of your audience not being with you and walking out on you. people took it personal. >> who needs you anymore it he's part of your establishment, and forget him. [ cheers] >> they're all my friends. >> they felt betray like you're supposed to be our woody guthrie, and you sold out. ♪

♪ how does it feel to be on your own with no direction home ♪ ♪ >> not only did he take, but he managed is on coke hold them and make them see his visit. "like a rolling stone ♪ ♪ >> other musicians start bringing poetry and politics and sole searching to popular music. ♪ >> it was obvious to me and the hollies that we had a responsibility as artists who reflect the world around you, and we utilized it to meet people. >> pop musicians are in a fantastic position, they could rule the world. why not do more of it?

>> we can stop world wars before they ever start bii did agrey. do you know who start world wars? people this are over 40. >> really? that change of unstageable, i couldn't shut it down. ♪ he's oh so healthy in his body and his mind ♪ ♪ doing the best thing >> i think ray from the kink and pete 2010 from the when were the two social commentators. ♪ ♪ talking about my generation talking about my generation ♪

♪ don't you all fade away talking about my generation ♪ >> every political move nation to nation is to try to break down barriers among people. ♪ >> all of them were obsessively listening to one another. what became the game is who can take rock and roll someplace more interesting. ♪ if i needed someone to love you're the one that i'd be thinking of ♪ >> you know, records had been two or three of your singles,

some covers of some other artists' songs, and a bunch of filler. rubber sole basically started the idea of the record as a complete statement. that's really a game-changer. ♪ i love you more >> i think that brian and the beach boys felt that he didn't fit in to this new british invasion thing that was happening. ♪ i get around get around ♪ ♪ i get around >> when the beach boys heard rubber sole, brian wilson was inspired to try and create something as pure and beautiful and this album was everything great. >> i ended up going over to brian's house and looked into the living room. i saw that everything had been taken out except the piano.

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♪ >> nice, nice. >> in the mid '60s, you see brian wilson retreating into the studio, and he's concentrating on writing and producing these amazing song. ♪ i may not always love you but long as there are stars above you ♪ >> the recording studio had been a rigid place where there were engineers literally in like suits and ties and lab coats, when all of a sudden there were these crazy young geniuses who reinvent the -- reinvented the studio as a place to be played with. >> technology's evolving for how to record. and brian wilson was absolutely on the cutting edge of that. ♪ wouldn't it be nice if we were older and we wouldn't have to wait so

long ♪ >> music in the aet 60s was like any great art movement. the greatest partitioners of it pushed one another to be better. >> quite in love with this. >> in the studio, the beatles' natural creativity of sort of brimming over. and george martin of a brilliant collaborator and champion of that. >> you can slow down or speed up the tape. you can put in electronic sounds. something happen on air, i couldn't tell you what because we have a special thing that goes like this. and the guitar turn into a piano or something. then you might say, why don't you use a piano? the piano sounds like a guitar. >> there were f.m. stations that played "sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band" over and over when it first came out because that was all people listened to.

♪ lewisy in the sky with diamonds ♪ >> sergeant pepper's became the thing. you dropped the needle on it, hear the crackle. then you'd be taken away on this journey. ♪ i read the news to oh boy ♪ >> "sergeant pepper" of our opera. it sounded unlike anything we were used to. >> the '60s, lyrics are generally infantile. and it's noise, not music. but the "sergeant pepper" album of a brilliant album signifying a break from the old ways of being entertained. it really caught the moment. >> pop music is crucial to today's art, and it's crucial that it should remain art. it is crucial that it head

progress as art. ♪ >> the british invasion changed pretty much everything. it was not just a sound or a ban or phenomenon, but it was the beginning of the most powerful decades in popular music. ♪ >> rock and roll music of very important in the growth of society. we were able to speak our minds. we did shake up the world. >> there's no desire in any of our heads to sort of take over the world, you know. there is, however, a desire to get power in order to use it for good. ♪ ♪ love love love

>> how many people that you started loving in 1964 do you still love? the beatles and the british invasion may be the greatest love story in a cultural sense that's ever been. ♪ all you need is love all together now all you need is love everybody all you need is love love love is all you need ♪ ♪ love is all you need love is all you need love is all you need love is all you need love is all you need love is all you need ♪ per ♪ ♪ love is all you need love is all you need love is all you need ♪

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