The Beatles first appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964, so John and Ringo were 23, Paul was 22, and George was 21. George Harrison - Born 25-Feb-1943 John Winston Lennon - Born 09-Oct-1940 James Paul McCartney - Born 18-Jun-1942 Richard (Ringo Starr) Starkey - Born 07-Jul-1940
John Lennon was 40 when he was killed in 1980, George Harrison was 58 when he died from cancer in 2001 Paul McCartney is still alive and he is 73 as of 2015 and Ringo is still alive and 75 as of 2015.
1964 was the first year the Beatles came to America. They also toured the country in 1965 and 1966.
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Their first US appearance was in spring 1963; Jack Paar ran a promotional film clip of them lip synching Love Me Do. They next appeared on a CBS Evening news report from Walter Cronkite's London correspondent on November 21, 1963.
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Davy Jones appeared as part of the cast of Oliver!, performing a song from the musical, the same night the Beatles debuted on the Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964. (Columbia Pictures talent scout Ward Sylvester signed Jones based on this appearance, leading to his later being cast in The Monkees.)
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1964 was the first year the Beatles came to America. They also toured the country in 1965 and 1966.
Feb.12 of 1964. That was their first American TV performance. The Beatles performed a total of 4 times on The Ed Sullivan Show. There's a DVD collection I recently bought that has all 4 Ed Sullivan Shows where The Beatles performed. I absolutely recommend it! http://www.edsullivan.com/products/the-4-complete-ed-sullivan-shows-starring-the-beatles Correction: The Beatles actually appeared on February 9th, 1964 which was a Sunday. The Ed Sullivan Show was broadcast on Sunday's, not Wednesday, which was the date of February 12th, 1964. The Beatles appeared three consecutive weekends, February 9th, February 16th and February 23rd. The last was a taped performance.
The muppets did appear on Ed Sullivan's show. The characters were not the same as the Sesame Street characters. They appeared several times through out the shows run.
Cronkite did a news story about the Beatles' popularity in England late in 1963. This got Ed Sullivan interested in featuring them on his show.
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The Beatles appeared in a live performance for the final time on September 12, 1965, on the Ed Sullivan Show. But that performance was actually taped live on August 14, 1965. They did appear on the show later, although not live, via "promotional clips" (arguably the first music videos) which aired in 1966 and 1967.