{"id":11780,"global_id":"www.thevillagetrip.com?id=11780","global_id_lineage":["www.thevillagetrip.com?id=11780"],"author":"1","status":"publish","date":"2023-12-19 10:29:25","date_utc":"2023-12-19 15:29:25","modified":"2024-01-12 12:10:50","modified_utc":"2024-01-12 17:10:50","url":"https:\/\/www.thevillagetrip.com\/event\/it-was-60-years-ago-today\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/www.thevillagetrip.com\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/11780","title":"It Was 60 Years Ago Today: A Beatles Conversation with Cousin Brucie and Jamie Bernstein","description":"
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A celebration of\u00a0the 60th anniversary of the Beatles\u2019 first visit to America and their historic appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show<\/em> on February 9, 1964. The harmonies of the duo Blac Rabbit (\u201cMaybe the Best Beatles Cover Band Ever,\u201d New York Times<\/em>) will transport us back to the heady days of Beatlemania.<\/p>\n

Bruce Morrow<\/strong>, the much-honoured and legendary radio personality \u2013 who hosts Cousin Brucie\u2019s Saturday Night Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll Party<\/em> on WABC \u2013 helped launch Beatlemania in America, interviewing \u201cthe boys\u201d in their suite at the Plaze Hotel and introducing them to 65,000 screaming fans at Shea Stadium in 1965. Jamie speaks for an entire generation when she says: \u201cCousin Brucie was in my ears every day of my life back in those years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jamie Bernstein<\/strong>, the Maestro\u2019s daughter, who grew up playing Beatles songs on the piano with her father, was at both an Ed Sullivan Show<\/em> rehearsal and at Shea Stadium. She will engage Morrow in a lively give-and-take about music, radio, the Fab Four, and the power of popular culture to bring people together while revealing underlying truths.<\/p>\n