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♪ yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ this is beetle land, formerly known as britain. an epidemic called beetle manaea seized the teenage population, especially female. >> cbs does a story on what they think is a goofy band from england doing quite well. >> these four boys from liverpool with their hairstyles are britain's latest musical and in fact sociological phenomenon. they symbolize the century as they make nonmusic and nonhaircuts give nonmercy. >> some little girl heard a hint of what the beatles were about and started calling her local dj. the local dj asked his friend to bring over a beatles record from england and has the vision to put it on and hear that there is something happening. >> so marcia albert of dublin

drive of sul ver spring has the honor of introducing something brand new and exclusive here at wwdc. marcia, the microphone on the carol james show is yours. >> ladies and gentlemen, for the first time on the aur in the united states, here are the beatles singing "i want to hold your hand ♪ ♪ oh, yeah i tell you something i think you'll understand note ♪ >> that song where you started to think, it was impossible to anticipate how much that momentum would continue. ♪ i want to hold your hand ♪ >> hi, everybody all over america this is the wabc party go, go. >> i wanna hold your hand. >> that song was absolutely contagious. and i think the teenager found a voice. >> here's what's happening, baby. the beatles! >> there was a moment where you heard this is our music now. it was like hearing the future .

>> we didn't know who the beatles were. that night i saw george harrison and john lennon for thre e shows. >> this is where all kinds of contraband gets exchanged and one is great music. >> a lot of the sailors and people coming back to america

were bringing back the records. some were pop records. some were race records because they were by black artists. ♪ oh, maybelline, why can't you be true ♪ ♪ oh, maybelline, why can't you be true ♪ >> the level of influence that american rock and roll, blues, country and western, motown had on those kids growing up in england was really amazing. ♪ all my love, all my kisses, you don't know what you've been missing, oh, boy ♪ ♪ when you're with me, oh, boy ♪ >> so i would listen to buddy holly and gene vincent and jerry lee lewis, fats domino, all the great rock 'n rollers. ♪ on blueberry hill ♪ >> it was like a new language for us. >> 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 was a big influence for them with the

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

more embodies the moment when rock 'n' roll became the province of teenagers. that's something that you would 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 have come to this country and taken all the women away and everybody's going crazy about them. ♪ i'll get you anything ♪ >> it was like aliens landed. look at how they look and how they act, and wow! ♪ i don't care too much for money ♪ ♪ money can't buy me love ♪ >> i came here at 6:00 in the morning to see them and all they do is push them farther and farther away. and then they don't even let you see them! >> i've got every beatle record at home, and we didn't get to see them! what kind of police protection? i'd have liked to get a piece of beatles, please! the way they got them out of

here! ♪ >> paul, ringo, george, john. >> 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! >> cut that crap out! hey, murray. >> 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. >> are you going to get a haircut at all? >> no, no. >> i had one yesterday. >> you guys are nothing but a bunch of british elvis presleys. >> it's not true, it's not true! >> will you sing something? >> no! sorry!

>> next question. >> 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 read their own poetry on a documentary, "meet the beatles," all over the world. >> oh, really? >> i don't get that. >> i don't understand this. >> if elvis was the first wave of mega fandom, then the beatles sort of blew that out of the water, to the point where even elvis was losing sleep. >> the city never has witnessed the excitement stirred by these youngsters from liverpool. ladies and gentlemen, the beatles! all the serums out there. this is the #1 in the world. revitalift hyaluronic acid serum from l'oréal. it seriously hydrates to visibly replump skin

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ladies and gentlemen -- >> one, two, three, four! ♪ ♪ well, 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 "whoo," you know, their everything. ♪ woo ♪ >> it was just impossible not to fall in love with them. >> as soon as they started playing on the "ed sullivan show," we all knew, they're playing live, because that doesn't sound like the record. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> the idea of driving, swinging r&b mixed with imaginative wordplay and lyrics and harmonies and the perfect three-minute record, they defined it.

♪ woo, when i saw her standing there ♪ >> the beatles took this dream of what america represented, the freedom that was in american music, and they brought it back to us with an excitement and a ferocity that we didn't have, and with longer hair. ♪ ♪ and the way she looked was way beyond compare ♪ >> 73 million people watched that night. ♪ since i saw her standing there ♪ >> yeah! >> when the beatles did the sullivan show, everything at the radio station changed. there were no more requests other than the beatles. >> looking back, i believe without ed sullivan, there wouldn't have been a british invasion. ♪ >> gerry and the pacemakers.

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

♪ so glad you're mine ♪ >> they're rivaling the beatles now as the top singing group in britain. how do you feel about that? >> we're very pleased, but i don't think you'd say we'd be rivals. we've got a completely different sound. >> we were the first band to tour america. we did i think it was 46 cities. then you realized you've made it. ♪ >> suddenly, it's like the gates of hell are opened. ♪ something tells me i'm into something good ♪ ♪ something tells me ♪ >> i mean, every transatlantic ocean liner seems to have another british band that rockets up to the top of the american charts. ♪ so ferry cross the mersey and always take me there ♪

>> there was this powder keg of energy from the young people in england and it touched the flame to the fuse and boom. ♪ we are walking down the highways and byways ♪ ♪ >> maybe she's not there, but they're here and they're the zombies! ♪ but it's too late to say you're sorry ♪ ♪ how would i know ♪ ♪ why should i care ♪ ♪ please don't bother trying to find her ♪ ♪ she's not there ♪ ♪ well let me tell you about the way she looked ♪ ♪ the way she acted and the color of her hair ♪ ♪ her voice was soft and cool ♪ ♪ her eyes were clear and bright, but she's not there ♪ >> i loved the zombies, because they were keyboard oriented. rod argent, the first guy to really develop the idea of rock 'n' roll soloing on a keyboard. >> a first-time welcome now for the top four with their 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 a very big band in the u.k.

but if you break in america, you break big and you sell a lot of records. ♪ yeah ♪ ♪ you really got me now ♪ ♪ you got me so i don't know what i'm doing ♪ ♪ oh yeah ♪ ♪ you really got me now ♪ ♪ you got me so i can't sleep at night ♪ ♪ you really got me ♪ ♪ you really got me ♪ ♪ you really got me ♪ >> before you were called the animals, you had another name. what made you change it to the animals? >> well, because we were a bunch of animals. >> the animals were a grittier, r&b-based band with eric burdon, who wasn't cute like a beatle. he was a little more dangerous. >> now you're going to do the new record for us?

>> yeah. >> and it's called? >> "the house of the rising sun." ♪ >> that song was a 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 the rising sun." it was crying out to be rocked. ♪ my mother was a tailor ♪ ♪ she sewed my new blue jeans, yeah ♪ ♪ my father was a gambling man ♪ ♪ down in new orleans ♪ >> 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 just had the four blokes with their amplifiers and guitars and they could the lot. >> the who are just sort of like in that catalytic converter of rock 'n' roll.

they were maybe the most explosive musical unit. ♪ i'm daddy i'm daddy ♪ ♪ >> yeah, it was interesting. the beatles all lock in and play together and help each other. ♪ i'm daddy rolling stone ♪ >> the who is like four different creatures who weren't even like noticing each other. everyone in the who was like the lead player in the who. ♪ >> all these great bands created this thirst in music, but the ones that really had the true, true talent have really stood the test of time. >> five singing boys from england who have sold a lot of albiums -- albums. [ laughter ] they're called the rolling stones. i've been rolled while i was stoned myself. i don't know what they're going to sing about, but here they are at it.

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when we first started playing together, we started playing because we wanted to play rhythm and blues, and howlin' wolf was one of our idols and it's a great pleasure he's booked on the show. it really is a pleasure. so i think it's better you shut up and we let howlin' wolf onstage. ♪ how many more years that i have to let you dog me around ♪ >> the rolling stones invite howlin' 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. ♪ you don't believe a word i said ♪ >> the stones clearly wore their heart on their sleeves for blues and r&b. you can hear traces of delta

blues inside of keith's guitar. ♪ they tried to be as authentic to the core as possible, even so much that their first few american recordings were done in chess in chicago. ♪ the dogs begin to bark ♪ ♪ the hounds begin to howl ♪ >> we've got to get the chicago kids used to rhythm and blues. that's where it started. you know, the white people over there know nothing about rhythm and blues at all. >> because it's negro music, isn't it? >> in america, even in the black community had abandoned certain aspects of black culture. even by the mid-'60s. the blues in particular had been sort of pushed aside by soul music and r&b, which was considered more modern. ♪ pretty little women stand in a line ♪ ♪ make love to you baby ♪ >> the stones, the animals, the yardbirds, the british groups picked up the american blues, where the 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. ♪ gonna have a lot of fun, oh, yeah, baby, whoo ♪ >> you and chuck have kind of taken england by storm. how do you feel about other people borrowing your material? >> i'm very grateful to know that my material is the type of material that the entertainers today would like to use. ♪ long tall sally ♪ ♪ oh, baby, yeah ♪ ♪ yeah, baby ♪ ♪ ooh, baby ♪ ♪ have fun tonight ♪ ♪ >> the british invasion played a huge role in not just introducing themselves to america, but reintroducing a lot of black music to mainstream america.

♪ ♪ it's gonna be all right ♪ ♪ all right, all right ♪ ♪ it's gonna be all right ♪ ♪ get my way ♪ ♪ i will stay ♪ ♪ stay by your side to keep you satisfied ♪ ♪ it's gonna be all right ♪ ♪ all right, all right ♪ ♪ it's gonna be all right ♪ >> the same year the beatles play on "ed sullivan" for the first time is the same year the "t.a.m.i. show" comes out as a movie, and "t.a.m.i. show"'s got everybody. >> "t.a.m.i. show" is really the first rock 'n' roll concert movie. the stones headlining, and the first time that us white kids got to see james brown and nobody will ever get over it. ♪ ♪ got your high-heeled sneakers on ♪ >> everyone remembers james brown's performance.

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when i say staples, i mean staples. >> it's okay, mister. i was led astray. >> oh, shut up, john. they're waiting for you in the studio. >> i'm dying to do a bit of work. >> oh, listen to the teacher's pet. >> save the class, eh? >> oh, lay off. >> get a move on. they're waiting for you. ♪ it's been a hard day's night ♪ >> "hard day's night" sort of perfectly encapsulated beatlemania. it is the most perfect representation of 1964 beatles. ♪ i should be sleeping ♪ >> brian epstein 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 a pop singing idol would. ♪ and it's worth it just to hear you say ♪ >> they made the announcement that they were going to tour america. ♪ you're going to give me everything ♪ >> the 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 1/2 hours. >> 17,000 screaming youngsters have jammed their way into the huge amphitheater. but they're the lucky ones. outside, thousands of others were not so fortunate. >> here they are, the beatles! ♪ ♪ let you down, let you down ♪ ♪ and leave you flat ♪ ♪ i'm going to let you down and leave you flat ♪ ♪ because i told you before ♪ ♪ oh, you can't do that ♪ >> the beatles' output was phenomenal. they seemed to always be either touring, making a movie or making a record. ♪ no, you can't do that ♪

>> 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 becomes the most desirable target for the dollar. >> i lived in the projects in brooklyn, you know, in a black community, and the beatles were everywhere. so it wasn't like this was a white phenomenon. they were everywhere. ♪ that's what i want ♪ >> the beatles created a rock industry. they were selling in ways no one had ever sold before, and they were playing venues that were bigger than anyone had ever played before. >> ladies and gentlemen, honored by their country, decorated by their queen, and loved here in america, here are the beatles! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ help me if you can ♪

♪ i'm feeling down ♪ ♪ and i do appreciate you being around ♪ ♪ help me get my feet back on the ground ♪ ♪ won't you please, please help me ♪ ♪ help me, help me ♪ ♪ ooh ♪ >> have you got time to actually spend this money. >> what money? he says. >> doesn't he give any to you? >> no, no. have you seen that car of his? >> the beatles taught every other band that writing your own music made you more powerful. ♪ >> that last line's got -- >> i think what's really funny about a band like the stones is they did tons of covers on their first couple albums. it wasn't until they really figured out how to write their

own songs that they really became a real band. they really had to find their own voice. ♪ ♪ i can't get no satisfaction ♪ ♪ i can't get no satisfaction ♪ ♪ cause i tried and i tried and i tried and i tried ♪ ♪ i can't get no ♪ ♪ i can't get no ♪ ♪ when i'm driving in my car ♪ ♪ and a man comes on the radio ♪ ♪ he's telling me more and more ♪ ♪ about some useless

information ♪ ♪ supposed to buy my imagination ♪ ♪ ♪ i can't get no ♪ ♪ no no no ♪ >> there was a dialogue going on between soul music and the british invasion. a, because this is a way for me to make a nod to the mainstream. and b, because the songs were good. ♪ i can't get me no ♪ ♪ oh, no, no ♪ ♪ i can't get me no ♪ >> "satisfaction's" fantastic. he doesn't even know the words even, he doesn't care. he's just kind of singing the song. ♪ keep trying to find me somebody ♪ ♪ somebody to love ♪ >> at the time, motown and the british invasion, they're going hand in hand with sort of redefining what america dances

and listens and socializes to. ♪ >> motown, it evolved with the rest of the world, but we did have to compete with this british invasion for places on the charts. ♪ really got a hold on me ♪ ♪ i said you really got a hold on me ♪ >> the first time i heard "you really got a hold on me" by the beatles, i was very, very, very happy. ♪ i don't like you but i love you ♪ >> the beatles chose one of my songs. and they wrote great songs! ♪ oh, i, i, i, i did something wrong ♪ ♪ now i long for yesterday ♪ ♪

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>> he was bold enough to leave his comfort zone. ♪ i ain't going to work on maggie's farm no more ♪ >> it's not just about dylan going electric, but it's also about the fusion of an emerging tradition in popular music that was really political, with rock 'n' roll which had largely not been overtly political. >> there's nothing like the feeling of your audience not being with you and walking out on you. people took it personally. >> you know, who needs him anymore? he's a part of your establishment and forget him.

>> they're all my friends. >> they felt betrayed, like you're supposed to be our woody guthrie and you sold out. ♪ how does it feel ♪ ♪ how does it feel ♪ ♪ to be on your own ♪ ♪ with no direction home ♪ >> not only did he take it, but he managed to just chokehold them all and make them see his vision. ♪ like a rolling stone ♪ ♪ >> other musicians started bringing poetry and politics and soul-searching to popular music. ♪ men shall know and men shall see ♪ ♪ we all are brothers and we all are free ♪ >> it was obvious to me and the hollies that we had a responsibility as artists to reflect our world around us, and we utilized our music to be able to reach people. >> pop musicians in today's generation are in a fantastic position. they could rule the world, man.

>> well, i don't argue -- >> they could rule the world, so why don't we do more of it? we can stop world wars before they ever started. >> i disagree. i don't believe -- >> you know who starts world wars? >> i for one -- >> you know who start world wars? people that are over 40. >> really, really -- >> that conversation was unstoppable. you couldn't shut it down. ♪ he's oh so good and he's oh so fine ♪ ♪ and he's oh so healthy in his body and his mind ♪ ♪ he's a well respected man about town ♪ ♪ doing the best things so conservatively ♪ >> i think ray davies from the kinks and pete townshend from the who were the two social

commentators. ♪ people try to put us down ♪ talking about my generation ♪ ♪ just because we get around, talking about my generation ♪ ♪ things they do look awful cold talking about my generation ♪ ♪ hope i die before i get old ♪ ♪ talking about my generation ♪ ♪ it's my generation, baby, why don't you all fade away ♪ ♪ talking about my generation ♪ ♪ you don't try to dig what we all say ♪ ♪ talking about my generation ♪ ♪ not trying to cause a big sensation ♪ >> every political move, nation to nation, is really to try and break down these barriers

between people. ♪ my generation ♪ ♪ >> all of them were obsessively listening to one another. and what became the game was, who can take rock 'n' roll ♪ in my life i love you more ♪ ♪ >> i think that brian and the beach boys felt that he didn't fit into this new british invasion thing that was happening. ♪ round round get around ♪ ♪ i get around ♪ ♪ get around ♪ ♪ oohh ♪ ♪ round, round, round, round ♪ ♪ i get around ♪ >> when the beach boys heard "rubber soul," brian wilson was inspired to try to create something as pure and beautiful and this album of everything was great. >> i remember going over to brian's house, and i looked into

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let's go. it's getting late. ♪ >> nice, nice. ♪ >> in the mid-'60s, you see brian wilson retreating into the studio, and he's concentrating on writing and producing these amazing songs. ♪ 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 reinvented the studio as an instrument to be played with. ♪ god only knows what i'd be without you ♪ >> technology is 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 '60s was like any great art movement. the greatest practitioners of it pushed one another to be better. >> the mic on the piano is quite low. >> in the studio, the beatles' natural creativity was sort of brimming over, and george martin was a brilliant collaborator and champion of that. >> run back the tape, please, would you? >> you can slow down or speed up the tape. you can put in backwards stuff. you can put in electronic sounds that you couldn't possibly reproduce live. >> something happens on air, i couldn't tell you what because we have a special man who sits here and goes like this, and the guitar turns into a piano or something, you know. and then you may say, why don't you use a piano? because the piano sounds like a guitar. ♪ we're sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band ♪ >> there were f.m. radio stations that did nothing but play "sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band" over and over

for the first three or four days that it came out because that's all anybody wanted to listen to. ♪ lucy in the sky with diamonds ♪ >> "sergeant pepper's" became the thing. you dropped the needle on it, you'd hear a little crackle, and then you'd be taken away on this journey. ♪ i read the news today, oh, boy ♪ >> "sergeant pepper" was our opera. it sounded unlike anything we were used to. ♪ >> in the '60s, lyrics are generally infantile, and it's noise, not music. but the "sergeant pepper" album was 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, and it is crucial that it should progress as art. ♪ ♪ pleased to meet you all now ♪ ♪ hope you guess my name ♪ >> the british invasion changed pretty much everything. >> it was not just a sound or a band or a phenomenon, but it was the beginning of the most powerful decade in popular music. ♪ religion was being forced ♪ ♪ down in monterey ♪ >> rock 'n' roll music was very important in the growth of the 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 ♪ ♪ 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, 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 ♪ ♪ 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, love is all you need ♪ ♪ oh, yeah ♪ ♪ she loves you yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ she loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ love is all you need ♪ >> sticks, please. ♪ there are colonies of hippies springing up in most american cities. >> it's all related, the psychedelics, the war, the protesting. >> i'm planning on having a good time as long as i can. >> smoke pot with your kids, then you'll understand why the kids are happy. >> it's a giant love-in. >> people should be uninhibited in their sexual expression. >> you cannot ignore it, a change in morality. >> they're fascists. they don't like hippies. and they don't like the things we do. >> we do have to maintain law, order and decency on the streets. >> wha