Re: I Want To Hold Your Hand @ #1

On Feb 5, 2:01=A0pm, Edvado <Edvadoj...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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? =A0Could 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?

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