The Beatles Are Coming: The Birth Of Beatlemania In America

The Beatles are Coming: The Birth of Beatlemania in America

Review A fabulous, fabulous, fabulous, fabulous book. -- Time.com, February 7, 2004 A lavishly illustrated, carefully researched, fine-graned examination of the Beatles' first visit and everything leading up to it. -- The New York Times, February 6, 2004 A thoroughly researched entertaining account of the group's first U.S. visit, full of interesting and little known stories. -- Walter Cronkite, from the foreword Expansive and authoritative...The definitive story of the year leading up to homegrown Beatlemania, with hundreds of photos and documents. -- The Washington Post, January 30, 2004 Remarkable...an easy-reading, visually stunning package. -- Beatlefan, Jan-Feb 2004 The definitive historical account of how the Beatles truly conquered America. Beatles Book of the Year...2004. -- Goldmine, March 19, 2004 Product Description The Beatles Are Coming! covers the Beatles first visit to the United States and the events leading up to the group's arrival on February 7, 1964. It is the most thorough and accurate book ever published on how Beatlemania evolved in America. The book details why Capitol Records turned down the Beatles four times before finally agreeing to release their records. It tells the stories of two small companies, Vee-Jay and Swan, who issued the group's records without success in 1963. It details the American media coverage of the Beatles in late 1963, when Beatlemania was viewed as a curious fad happening in England that could never catch on in the United States. It explains how the Beatles were booked for The Jack Paar Program and The Ed Sullivan Show, as well as two concerts at Carnegie Hall. The book concludes with stories and pictures of the Beatles historic first U.S. visit in February, 1964. The book contains over 450 images, including many previously unpublished photos of the Beatles. Foreword by Walter Cronkite. About the Author Bruce Spizer is a life-long native of New Orleans and a first generation Beatles fan. He is a well-known Beatles author/historian and is considered one of the world