Monday, January 20, 2020

The British Invasion

It exploded onto these shores 56 (!) years ago today, with the release of Meet The Beatles! the Fab Four's debut album.


In two weeks it had been certified gold.  A week after that, they played Ed Sullivan:



The album spent 11 weeks at #1, only getting bumped off by the Beatles' second album.  By the end of the year it had sold 4 Million copies (!).  Remember, the population of the United States then was around 160 Million, so an equivalent bombshell album - assuming you could even have one of those today - would sell 8 Million or so.

There's a reason that there's an expression "Bigger than the Beatles".  Hat tip to The Queen Of The World, who spotted this anniversary.

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