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Topic: Ed Sullivan Show

The Beatles with television host Ed Sullivan. 9th February 1964 (Daily Mirror/Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)

Beatles on "Ed Sullivan," 60 years later

Nicole Michael
Television host Ed Sullivan stands with English rock 'n' roll sensations the Beatles in between rehearsals at CBS television studios in Manhattan. (Getty Images/Bettmann)

The real Beatles on "Ed Sullivan" story

Nicole Michael
John Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison and Ringo Starr rehearse their appearance on the Ed Sullivan show. February 1964. (Staff/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)

The day the Beatles changed the world

Kenneth Womack
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