TRIBUTE TO THE LEGENDARY BEATLES
By: Hope Wilkos, Writer/Blogger
One of the most iconic musical groups of all time is the Beatles. It doesn’t quite matter if you are middle-aged or in your teens, everyone knows all about the life and times of the Beatles. To this day, we still hear their songs on the radio and it sparks memories.
Now, exactly 50 years later, The Recording Academy® along with AEG Ehrlich Ventures and CBS, will present “The Night That Changed America: A GRAMMY® Salute To The Beatles.” This event is truly a Grammy salute to the masters of music themselves. It will be broadcast on CBS on Sunday, February 9, 2014 which is the very same day 50 years ago that the Beatles made their United States debut on the Ed Sullivan Show. This tribute show will be taped on Monday, January 27, 2014, the day after the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards®, On this very same day 50 years ago, a historic event changed the face of music forever throughout the world.
The prime-time special commemorates a talented group that was awarded the coveted Grammy Award 7 times. Now we celebrate a two-hour special with some of the most outstanding names in the musical industry today and they will be performing some of the very same songs that the Beatles performed on that evening in 1964. We will also get to see them perform some of our favorite Beatles classics.
It will be a real treat to watch some of the history making moments with footage shown from the 1964 iconic evening along with materials brought specially out of the archives. We look back on what a cultural impact that the Beatles left on our society. On that Sunday evening in 1964, 74 million people turned on their television sets to watch the group perform five of their songs on the “Ed Sullivan Show.”
“The Beatles are one of music’s most iconic groups, who won their first two GRAMMYs, including one for Best New Artist, in 1964 — the same year they took America by storm,” said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. “As the GRAMMY Awards are Music’s Biggest Night®, it’s only fitting that we recognize this milestone moment in music history and pay tribute to this larger than life group and their enduring music and legacy.”
“Whether you were alive to witness it on television that night, or you’ve just known about it all your life, that first television appearance by the Beatles on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ is historic,” said executive producer Ken Ehrlich of AEG Ehrlich Ventures. “To be able to celebrate this significant event 50 years later — and to the exact day, date, and time — with an all-star cast of GRAMMY participants shapes up to be one for the books.”
Stay tuned because the American public will have an opportunity to purchase tickets to see this event live. The Recording Academy® will soon be announcing the lineup of stars set to perform. Keep following all the action at www.grammy.com and for breaking news and exclusive content, follow @TheGRAMMYs on Twitter, like “The GRAMMYs” on Facebook and join The GRAMMYs‘ social communities on Foursquare, GetGlue, Google +, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, and YouTube.
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