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On February 7th, 1964, the Beatles (Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Star, John Lennon) arrived at Kennedy Airport in New York, their first time in America as a band according to "How the Beatles Changed the World" by Martin W. Sandler.

The Beatles, being a British rock-and-roll band, did not expect to be successful in America as all of the rock-and-roll bands to make it big in America prior to them had all been Americans themselves. Despite their disadvantage in America, their song "I Want to Hold Your Hand" made it to the top of U.S. music charts before ever performing or doing an interview in the U.S.

"What do they want us for? Going to the States was a big step. People said just because we were popular in Britain, why should we be there?" - Ringo Star

When the Beatles got off of their plane they were greeted by thousands of fans, ending their worries of there being little interest in their upcoming performance on the Ed Sullivan Show.

"I stood in for (George) so that they could mark where everyone would stand, and I had a guitar strapped round me. It wasn't plugged in - nobody was playing anything - and it was amazing to read in a major American magazine a few days later that I 'played a mean guitar.'" - Neil Aspinall