ON this date in 1964 - The Beatles made the first of three record-breaking appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show."

73 million people watched the show.

It was their American TV debut.

Ringo left during the day and toured NYC.

There he found two dudes standing on a street corner, Bun Man and Mr. Purple were strummin' their geetars and...

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Bun sang "It was 50 years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play..."

Ringo liked it, the Beatles eventually stole it; the Boyz?

Well, you can still find 'em on a street corner talkin'...

(Did ya like the way I threw in that Savoy Brown reference also?)

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