Embed from Getty Imagesįor though The Beatles didn’t land on the soil of the Promised Land until February 1964 George had spent two weeks there in September 1963.
The ‘British Invasion’ had begun and from that day on for the rest of the decade there was no question about who the most popular and successful group in the world was and who were the most famous and instantly recognisable faces on the entire planet.īut, before an invasion there is usually a reconnaissance.Īnd, for The Beatles, the scout was George Harrison. When they touched down at JFK they were greeted by scenes of pandemonium as fans and the media pushed and shoved to get their first glimpse of the Fab Four. Those passengers were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr – The Beatles! No, for Pan Am 101 was carrying a very special group of passengers whose arrival in America that day would change the course of History. Thousands of young women, barely controlled by massed ranks of British Bobbies in blue, screamed and sobbed as the plane took off. On 7 February 1964 Pan Am Flight 101 took off from London’s Heathrow Airport bound for New York City. ‘A true message always gets through – sometimes it just takes a while’ (Immortal Jukebox) ‘It’s gonna take time, a whole lot of precious time ….’ (Rudy Clark/James Ray)
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