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Subject: Re: I Want To Hold Your Hand {at} #1
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On Mar 5, 12:38 pm, Eric Ramon  wrote:
> On Mar 4, 6:21 pm, fattuc...{at}yahoo.com wrote:
>
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> > On Feb 5, 2:01 pm, Edvado  wrote:
>
> > > Hello, I have found several references that claim that on 01/17/1964,
> > > backstage at The Olympia Theater in Paris, The Beatles
learned that "I
> > > Want To Hold Your Hand" was #1 on the Billboard charts
in America.
>
> > > Unfortunately, the song would not appear in that position
until Feb 1st,
> > > which was two weeks later.
>
> > > Anyone got a plausible explanation?  Could it be:
>
> > > 1) The date they learned about reaching #1 is incorrectly stated?
> > > 2) Sales were so great that Capitol knew the song would top the chart
> > > two weeks in advance? 3) The song topped another chart
besides Billboard
> > > on that date?
>
> > Although the Beatles have said they had supposedly decided not to
> > perform in the US until I Want to Hold Your Hand reached #!, I
> > sometimes wonder if that was just some PR embellishment.  Whether
> > IWTHYH was #3 or #2 or #1, what British band would NOT jump at the
> > chance to tour the US or appear on Ed Sullivan?


> The Beatles were already booked for the show before they reached #1 in
> the US.
>
> "Epstein's 1963 appointment book indicates he met with Sullivan at his
> suite at the Delmonico Hotel on Monday, Nov. 11. This was followed by
> a 5 p.m. dinner meeting the next day at the Delmonico Hotel's
> restaurant.
>
> The initial meeting was apparently attended only by Epstein and
> Sullivan. They tentatively agreed that The Beatles would appear on
> Sullivan's Feb. 9, 1964"
>
> http://www.beatlesagain.com/the-beatles-on-ed-sullivan.html


Thanks for the info.  I thought that was the case.



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