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An Oral History of The Beatles’ First U.S. Concert

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    This weekend marked the anniversary of The Beatles’ first U.S. concert, the Washington Post has an oral history:


    I never was a screamer. It was all about the music for me. The concert started with some warm-up groups, and I was relieved because I had heard about the screaming that went on in England. And I thought: Nobody’s screaming. This is going to be nice; we’re going to be able to hear them. (Laughs.) When they started playing, you couldn’t hear a thing. It was unbelievably loud, like white noise. I remember the policeman near me stuck bullets in his ears.