♪ woo, when i saw her standing there ♪ >> the beatles took this dream of what america represented, the freedom that was in american music, and they brought it back to us with an excitement and a ferocity that we didn't have, and with longer hair. ♪ ♪ and the way she looked was way beyond compare ♪ >> 73 million people watched that night. ♪ since i saw her standing there ♪ >> yeah! >> when the beatles did the sullivan show, everything at the radio station changed. there were no more requests other than the beatles. >> looking back, i believe without ed sullivan, there wouldn't have been a british invasion. ♪ >> gerry and the pacemakers.