Get the latest gossip
Chart Rewind: In 1964, The Beatles’ ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ Hit No. 1 on the Hot 100
The iconic track became the first of the band’s record 20 leaders.
Alongside a photo of the mop-topped members smiling – from left to right, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison and John Lennon – Billboard informed readers, “These four youngsters have created an international stir with ‘beatlemania,’ and have hit our shores with unprecedented impact. Noted one story, New York’s WINS radio “upstaged CBS-TV by taping exclusive interviews with The Beatles, which were aired once an hour on Thursday (6) and Friday (7). Excluding holiday fare, The Beatles broke the record for the longest top 10 span on the Hot 100 among all acts in November: 59 years, nine months and three weeks, from “I Want to Hold Your Hand” to the debut of their newly-released, No.
Or read this on Billboard