Re: I Want To Hold Your Hand @ #1

On Mar 5, 12:39=A0pm, Skokiaan <skoki...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Mar 4, 9:21?pm, fattuc...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>
>
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> > 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?
>
> Paul still makes this claim, but he tends to believe many of the
> Beatle myths. =A0The fact is the Beatles were already booked on Sullivan
> before "I Want to Hold You Hand" hit #1. =A0As George said, having a hit
> record a hit record in America before they arrived was "handy."


I suspected as much.  Thanks.

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