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Ed Rudy's story of the first American tour part 1
Reporter, Ed Rudy was lucky enough to travel with the Beatles when they first arrived in America. In continuation of the 50th Anniversary of the Beatles, I am posting all three parts of Ed Rudy's...
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What Goes On ? --February 2014 update
Hello everyone!I first want to welcome all newcomers to Meet the Beatles...for Real! I see the stat numbers going up and I am so happy that you are here with us during such a special time for Beatle...
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The other performers
The other performersBy Sara Schmidt On February 9, 1964 the Beatles made their American television debut on the Ed Sullivan Show. That is has been well documented and discussed. Over 700 people...
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I've just seen a face
As I continue to dig through the files to figure out who was there and what happened during the Beatles 1st U.S. visit, I found issue #415 of Rolling Stone magazine (February 16, 1984) which celebrated...
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My favorite Sullivan fan
This evening on the CBS Evening News there was a story about my favorite fan on the Sullivan show. I always think of her as the "shock" girl. She comes on right after the camera pans to Ringo...
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Through Ringo's blue eyes
What did landing in New York look like to Ringo? Well here is a photo he snapped with his camera through the window of the airplane. This might be Miami--it is hard to tell. But still this is...
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Plaza autographs
This is an interesting item: All four Beatles signatures on a Plaza postcard.
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And that's the way it is
The AP has an article out called "Memories of the Beatles"and in it there is party about Walter Cronkite's daughters meeting the Beatles.CBS anchor Walter Cronkite scored tickets to the "Sullivan Show"...
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Meet another screamer
I found an interview from NPR done for the 40th anniversary of the Beatles with the girl who was the very first fan showed during "All my Loving" on the Ed Sullivan Show. Her name is Robin Lynn and...
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I want to hold your hand
Here is another article from the Feb 16, 1984 issue of Rolling Stone (issue 415). This story is about two friends, Christian and Joanne (both 17 at the time) who were able to meet the Beatles at the...
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The Beatles arrive in America! (by Jude Southerland Kessler)
I first met Jude Southerland Kessler two years ago at the Chicago Fest for Beatle fans. We were both speaking on the women's Beatles scholar panel. I felt like I was way out of my league. I mean...
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Plaza Days
This story I found in the February 1984 issue of Life magazine. It had a big article that celebrated the Beatles 20th anniversary. The 20th anniversary was a pretty big deal it seems. Like the...
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Ed Rudy part 2
Here is part 2 of the Ed Rudy article. I will post part 3 next week. This was found in issue #46 (from April 1984) issue of With a Little Help From my Friends.So much for Ed's story that George...
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Sorry girls.....
So I am back from the Fest for Beatle fans and I am exhausted! But before I crash, I wanted to share a few things.One of the guest speakers at the Fest was a man named Vince Calandra. He worked on...
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I wanna touch your case.....
Girls outside of the Plaza Hotel. At least one of them got to touch a guitar case!
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Boogie Nights
Ringo was enjoying a night of dancing at the Peppermint Lounge but when it was time to leave, he was attacked by a teenage fan. Well....he wasn't attacked in the way that he was hurt or anything....
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Group photos
50 Years ago today the Beatles were quite busy with a day-long press conference at the Plaza hotel. Here are some of my favorite photos from the press reception that followed.
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Hello Goodbye
Here is today's story from the Feb 16, 1964 issue of Rolling Stone (issue 415). It is about Carroll James, who was the first deejay to have played 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' on the air (note: he is not...
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