February 7th, 1964, The Beatles land at New York’s Kennedy Airport, and they were greeted by 3,000 screaming fans. Six days before that The Beatles had scored their first No. 1 in America with “I Want to Hold Your Hand”. Two days later The Beatles would make their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. “ An estimated 73 million U.S. television viewers, or about 40 percent of the U.S. population, tuned in to watch”(History Top). But, what if “Beatlemania” never arrived to American soil. Would today’s music, style, and art be the same, or would we still be listening to Buddy Holly’s “It’s So Easy”? The Fab Four’s appearance in the U.S changed American culture and started the “Beatlemania”.
The Beatles appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show changed America's perspective on music. “Many see the Beatles as the light at the end of a dark tunnel in American history – they arrived here months after the November 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the
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Artist who copied the Beatles album are Jay Z, Prince, Metallica, and Weezer created The Blue Album and The Green Album. The Beatles were also some of the earliest pioneers of rock videos. Promoting songs like Strawberry Field forever, Rain, and Paperback
Writers (10 Ways Middle). The film A Hard Day's Night showed music in full length sequences that did not further the plot of the movie. But movies like A Hard Day's Night paved the way for american music videos.
The Beatles contribution to changing American culture is endless. But the Beatles appearance in America really changed our music,style, and arts. Without the Beatles we would still be stuck in the 50s with greased hair, Buddy Holly, and cartoon bears stealing picnic baskets. A reporter once asked “How long do you think Beatlemania will last?” And John Lennon answered with, “ As long as you all keep coming.” And sometime later we are still following in their