with them photographer harry benson. >> reporter: they just heard they were number one in america the same as ed sullivan wanted them on their show. while beatles celebrated with a pillow fight, a young fleet street photographer was there to capture the image. when the fab four arrived in new york half a century go, harry benson was there again on the same plane on assignment to record the moment. >> got off the plane. i tapped ringo and said, ringo, they aren't coming around. he went and told them to come around. >> and you got the picture. >> i got the picture. >> not bad. >> if you like it. >> captures a moment. >> ladies and gentlemen, beatles. >> the band liked and trusted harry benson. they invited him onto the ed sullivan show and on the rest of their u.s. invasion. a photo shoot sets up with a young untested boxer known then as cashious clay didn't go well. >> what was interesting he wouldn't talk to me after that, made us look childish and stupid, all your fault. >> now 50 years on, he's showing his pictures at the london gallery and remembered the assignment that changed his

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. >> reporter: no one was any close when the beatles got off the plane than harry benson.d ringo. a 34-year-old photographer for london's "daily express," just worried about keeping his job. when you look at those pictures, do you think, i nailed this. >> absolutely, absolutely. there they are. and the beatles are being funny and being young. >> reporter: the pictures weren't just good. they were iconic. in a paris hotel room just before the flight to america, benson shot the famous pillow fight, which was actually a pillow celebration. >> we got a message which said we're number one in america, "i want to hold your hand." and perhaps an hour later they come in with another. they're on "the ed sullivan show." >> ladies and gentlemen, the beatles. ♪ close your eyes and i'll kiss you tomorrow i'll miss you ♪ >> reporter: so you were standing where? >> right in the middle. >> reporter: two and a half months after jfk's assassination, america was just starting to smile again. ♪ she loves you yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ >> reporter: for the next two weeks benson provided a look at the b

he has a brand-new book called harry benson's "the beatles on the road" 1964 through '66. i hear it is $47 at amazon.com, which is hard to believe. but tell them hoda said on the air, if it is not true, that it's $47. that's a great, great, great coffee table book. >> all right. so we are now gointo announce our everyone has a story. ♪ everyone has a moment >> please, hoda. >> you're singing. i love this. >> all right. our winner this week is lisa yu from new jersey. by the way, congratulations to queen latifah and renee fleming for their beautiful renditions last night. okay. this lovely lady -- this is a sad story and a triumphant one too. they lost two children to a deadly heart disease called hyperthropic cardiomyopathy where the heart can no longer pump blood through the body. she had to help others dealing with the same disease. she started a foundation in 2002 to help fund research and awareness about the disease. she, lisa and her husband, eddie, now have four beautiful children. but the gorgeous thing about this, still continuing the fight for others who are battl

also the author of "harry benson: the beatles."s back 50 years and describe for us what it was like when they landed right there in new york and this love affair began. >> well, it was a new experience for me and the boys were, they were nervous and you know, they had about you know, the problems they discussed, you know, the problems with civil rights. and -- but, you know, i think the beatles had a tremendous affect on america by lifting it up, and it wasn't long after the kennedy assassination i think they brought a lot of happiness. what was interesting about the beatles was, it went from a music story into a news story very quickly. >> yeah. >> that you would see different people covering it up, not just in music people. and i'm not putting down the music people, they're great. but there were a lot of serious journalists that wanted to talk to them. because it was now a phenomenon. >> so, is there one particular, you know, memory that stands out to you, that you will always remember, about these four? something that maybe we d