Pan American flight 101 from London touched down at JFK Airport in New York City on this afternoon in 1964. The cheers and screams from a mostly female throng estimated at 5,000 gave the four lads from Liverpool  as they deplaned on the tarmac made it instantly evident that pandemonium would break-out wherever the Beatles went in the US.  Two days after arriving, 73 million Americans watched the band play live on The Ed Sullivan Show.  Their first concert in the states was staged at the Coliseum in Washington, DC on the 11th and was followed by a pair of concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York on the following day.  Press conferences, meet and greets with a number of influential media members and the taping of an additional Sullivan Show appearance would follow, with the band returning to London February 22.

 

Other Noteworthy events on February 7 include...

1934 King Curtis born.

1949 Wings drummer Joe English is born.

1959 Buddy Holly's funeral takes place at the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Lubbock, TX

1962 Bon Jovi keyboard player David Bryan born.

169 The Who record Pinball Wizard.

1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono are featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

1969 Jim Morrison is arrested on DUI and unlicensed operation of a vehicle charges in LA.

1970 Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson marries Jennie Franks.

1971 Tom Fogerty quits Creedence Clearwater Revival.
1979 The Stooges release Raw Power.

1979 Stephen Stills become first Rocker to record in digital, but does not release the song.

1979 The Clash start first US tour at the Berkeley, California Community Theater.

1979 Tom Petty closes out a 20 night stand at the Fillmore in San Francisco with a live broadcast.

1980 Pink Floyd opens first of 7 nights at LA Sports Arena.

1997 Carlos Santana and BB King perform for inmates at San Quentin.

2000 Foghat and Savoy Brown veteran Dave Peverett dies of cancer.

2006 Cream and David Bowie get Lifetime Achievement Awards during the Grammys.

2010 Who perform at half time during Super Bowl in Miami.

2019 Man seeking to "arrest" John Mellencamp arrested after breaking into the singer's house. John was not home at the time...