and that night, i booked ringo starr, paul mccartney, george harrison and john lennon for three shows four white guys who are 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 was a port town, and these port towns become places where all sorts of contraband gets exchanged, and one of them at that point was great music. >> a lot of the sailors and people that were coming back from america were bringing back these records. some were pop records, some were called 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 d