In our text, writer Lester Bangs explains the connection he saw between the Beatles
overwhelming success on the Ed Sullivan Show and what major event in US history
that preceded the Beatles appearance by just a few months.
The assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November of 1963.
Soviet missiles discovered in Cuba. The "Cuban" missile crisis.
The public's general boredom with Doo-Wop, which peaked at Christmas 1963.
American teenager's affinity with the night life of Hamburg, Germany.