"Now yesterday and today our theater's been jammed with newspaper and 
hundreds of photographers from all over the nation and these veterans 
agree with me that the city has never witnessed the excitement stirred 
by these youngsters from Liverpool who call themselves The Beatles. Now 
tonight you're going to be twice entertained by them, right now and 
again in the second half of our show. Ladies and gentlemen, The 
Beatles..."

Ed Sullivan
Feb. 9, 1964