The View from Inside Beatlemania

The New Yorker's Jill Lepore takes us back to 1964 in England, Germany, and especially America when The Beatles had their first hit, I Want to Hold Your Hand.

"The Beatles had released three singles in the United States; none had broken out. But, on December 26th, their fourth, 'I Want to Hold Your Hand,' blasted off like an Apollo rocket. Bob Dylan heard the song on the radio while driving in California. 'Fuck!' he said. 'Man, that was fuckin' great. Oh, man –– fuck!' "

A trip down memory lane.