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>> i have to ask how you first found out about them. >> when i first heard about the beatles, it was at london airport, with an enormous crowd of kids gathered around. sylvie and i asked them what was going on. and they said the beatles were here. we didn't even know who the beatles were, never heard of them. and that night, i booked ringo starr, paul mccartney, george harrison and john lennon for three shows for $10,000. >> you know, for four white guys who are british to come out of nowhere and be everywhere was quite unbelievable. >> the beatles are a bunch of guys from liverpool. i mean, people in london would have looked down at liverpool back then, but liverpool was a port town, and these port towns become places where all sorts of contraband gets exchanged, and one of them at that point was great music. >> a lot of the sailors and people coming back from america were bringing back these records.