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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, p...

♪ >> paul, ringo, george, john. >> the reporters had the same attitude that most adults in america had, which was no one took musicians seriously. they didn't understand anything about youth culture. >> cut that crap out! >> cut that crap out! >> cut that crap out! >> the press had gone into this with the idea that this was a youthful novelty that could be dismissed and maybe even deflated in a press conference. >> are you going to get a haircut at all? >> no, no. >> i had one yesterday. >> nothing but a bunch of british elvis presleys. >> it's not true, it's not true! >> will you sing somet...

The british invasion had legs because there was more great music to back it up. >> a big hello from us. >> rick. >> i'm larry. >> i'm dennis. >> i'm dave. >> for the first six months they were singing, they sold over a million records a month. and in the words of one of their biggest hit songs, we're mighty glad all over to have you with us tonight. ladies and gentlemen, the dave clark five! ♪ ♪ you say that you love me, say that you love me, all of the time, all of the time ♪ ♪ you say that you need me ♪ say you need me ♪ you'll always be mine ♪ i'll be glad all over ♪ yes, i'...

Really political. it wasn't what the beatles were doing or the stones were doing or the kinks were doing or any of those rock and roll bands. and for a period of time there was this distinction between the folk culture and the rock and roll culture. ♪ hey, mr. tambourine man, play a song for me, i'm not sleepy and there is no place i'm 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....