THE FAB 40!
Celebrating The 40th Anniversary Of
The Beatles Coming To America
BEATLES HISTORIAN'S NEW BOOK SPARKS MAJOR NEWS STORIES IN USA TODAY, WASHINGTON POST AND LONDON TIMES.
BOOK REVEALS STORY OF MARSHA ALBERT - THE TEENAGE GIRL WHO JUMP-STARTED BEATLEMANIA IN THE USA
JOURNALIST FOLLOWS CLUES IN BOOK (FROM HIS ADVANCE REVIEW COPY) AND LOCATES THE NOW 55-YEAR-OLD LADY
GIRL WHO WAS CRUCIAL LINK IN U.S. BEATLEMANIA IS LOCATED ON EXACT 40th ANNIVERSARY OF BEATLES FIRST #1 HIT IN USA
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Spizer had hoped that his book - published to coincide with the huge 40th anniversary celebrations planned for February 9th (the anniversary of the Beatles historic first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show - seen by a record 73 million Americans) would generate a little media interest.
Especially because his book reveals the untold story of HOW the Beatles went from being virtual unknowns in America (on Christmas Day 1963) to such mega-star status in just six very short weeks. (In a world without MTV, cable TV or the Internet.) And it all started in December 1963 with a 15-year-old schoolgirl in Silver Spring, Maryland. Spizer relates the story in his book - but despite much searching had failed to locate the now-55 year-old lady who had changed her name by marriage and disappeared from view.
But Spizer had no idea that a journalist for the Washington Post - who received an advance review copy of his book - might do detective work based on his book that would lead to her discovery. And that that discovery would spark such major media coverage.
Now - the lady who as a 15-year-old teenager jump-started Beatlemania in America has been invited to be guest-of honor at a huge celebrity party at New York's Hard Rock Café on Monday February 9th - a party thrown by Rolling Stone magazine and Springsteen/Sopranos star Steve van Zandt - together with the owners of the Ed Sullivan Archive - to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the legendary Beatles appearance on Ed Sullivan.
Beatles scholar Martin Lewis who is spearheading many of the 40th anniversary celebrations and who was about to initiate a nationwide search for Marsha after private sleuthing failed to find her - said:
"I'm thrilled that someone's found her. We'd almost given up hope. What Marsha did in December 1963 was just the simple act of a teenage fan. But it set in motion a chain of events that hastened history - and hastened it for the better."
And Spizer is thrilled that his exhaustive research and six-year odyssey into the untold story behind the Beatles American breakthrough is leading to belated appreciation for Marsha Albert.
"Marsha Albert is a key figure in the Beatles early story in America. The new documents I discovered while researching the book indicate that if it hadn't been for her - we would never have had the amazing experience of 73 million Americans watching the Beatles debut on the Ed Sullivan show. I can't wait to meet her and thank her."
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