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A British band from Liverpool created a firestorm when they landed in New York Feb. 7, 1964 and two days later made their first U.S. television appearance performing live on The Ed Sullivan Show. A record-setting 73 million people were watching as “Beatlemania” was born in the U.S. Fifty years later, The Beatles are one of the most iconic best-selling bands in music history.
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