This was the album American teenagers were listening to the day before The Beatles made their American debut on The Ed Sullivan Show the following night.

Released on January 20, 1964, Meet The Beatles was at the top of the Billboard albums chart in less than a month and remained at number one for eleven weeks, when it was replaced by The Beatles’ Second Album on May 2.
Meet The Beatles sold over 4 million copies in 1964, a figure that was, at that time, simply phenomenal. Before this album was released, the teenage market had been predominantly singles. But with the arrival of The Beatles, hearing a song or two on a 45 was no longer enough to satisfy teenage ears. The record album industry as a whole was transformed with the release of this record … played here in its entirety.

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‘Meet The Beatles’