The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show

The Beatles made several appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, including three in February 1964 that were among their first appearances in front of an American audience. Their first appearance, on February 9, was seen by over 73 million viewers and came to be regarded as a cultural watershed that launched American Beatlemania—as well as the wider British Invasion of American pop music^[1]—and inspired many young viewers to become rock musicians.^[2] The band also made another appearance during their 1965 U.S. tour.