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Of fear, blackouts and war, suddenly the national mood shifted to celebration. the children, many of whom have known nothing else but war, this day must have seemed like an entry into never—never land. on may 8th1945, more than a million people in britain took to the streets after winston churchill announced the war in europe was over. hostilities will end officially at one minute after midnight tonight, tuesday the 8th of may. we may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing. to recreate th...

Been backed by more than 40% of voters across the state of nevada. the us. presidential election takes place in november. a the generation who helped the war effort are being urged to come forward to help mark the 75th anniversary of ve day. a series of events will be held to mark the end of the second world war in europe, on the 8th of may, as katharine da costa reports. sardines had nothing on the crowds in trafalgar square and piccadilly. after six long years of fear, blackouts and war, sudde...

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It. ♪ >> suddenly, its like the gates of hell are opened. ♪ something tells me im into something good ♪ ♪ something tells me >> i mean, every transatlantic ocean liner seems to have another british band that rockets up to the top of the american charts. ♪ so ferry cross the mersey and always take me there ♪ >> there was this powder keg of energy from the young people in england and it touched the flame to the fuse and boom. ♪ we are walking down the highways and byways ♪ ♪ >> m...

Lets go. its getting late. ♪ nice, nice. ♪

They were very big those days. >> we had no idea who the people were, the mysterious mr. king was. wrote the songs, chains the beatles did, im into something good. which was part of the british invasion. we did discover this remarkable woman, carole king. >> carole king made the transition from being behind the scenes woman to a star in her own right. ♪ i feel the earth move under my feet i feel the sky tumbling down ♪ ♪ i feel my heart start to tremble whenever youre around ♪ >> carole ...

Idols and its a great pleasure hes booked on the show. it really is a pleasure. so i think its about time you shut up and we let howlin wolf onstage. ♪ how many more years that i have to let you dog me around ♪ >> the rolling stones invite howlin wolf, who is a 60-year-old black man from the south side of chicago who never in a million years would have been on "shindig," and there he is. ♪ you dont believe a word i said ♪ >> the stones clearly wore their heart on their sleeves for blues ...

♪ the hounds begin to howl >> weve got to get the chicago kids used to rhythm and blues. thats where it started. you know, the white people over there know nothing about rhythm and blues at all. >> because its negro music, isnt it? >> in america, even in the black community had abandoned certain aspects of black culture. even by the mid-60s. the blues in particular had been sort of pushed aside by soul music and r&b, which was considered more modern. ♪ pretty little women stand in a line ♪...

♪ i, i, i >> and it really began his journey into becoming a mainstream figure. ♪ babe, babe, babe, babe ♪ >> the stones then close, and they were afraid it was the biggest mistake they ever made following james brown. ♪ ♪ what a crazy town ♪ never stop rockin until the moon went down ♪ >> we see, you know, jagger coming alive, you know, doing things that he hadnt done before. >> it was great, because youre

♪ play a song for me ♪ im not sleepy ♪ and there is no place im going to ♪ >> in 1964, during that first tour, the beatles had the opportunity to meet bob dylan. he understood what they were doing musically, and they were awakened by the more personal perspective of his songs. >> dylan was a huge influence on john lennon. i think it inspired him to write more serious songs, deeper songs and be more experimental lyrically. ♪ i once had a girl or should i say she once had me ♪ >> bob d...