Re: New info: first Beatles newspaper articles in USA/Canada

On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:40:02 -0500, saki <saki@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>While researching the question Pete had about Ed Sullivan in England, I 
>decided to revisit another assumption. Some time ago I'd searched 
>through the New York Times for the first mention of the Fabs, which I 
>found in the newspaper for 4 Nov 1963, an apparently truncated AP or UPI 
>story about fans rioting over an English pop group called the Beatles.
	[snip]
>All carry the same two-paragraph UPI story (truncated to one paragraph 
>in two cases). Here's an example from the Tucson Daily Citizen:
>
>http://www.sakionline.net/uploads/tucsondailycitizen14oct1963.jpg

Splendid research!  Well done.

I love the confusion of (presumably) the sub-editor in describing the
music style as...

	rock-'n-roll

I've seen rock-n-roll, and I've seen rock'n'roll, but never that
delightful amalgam.

-- 
steve.hat.stephencarter.not.com.but.net
Nothing is Beatle Proof!!

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