The Beatles In Central Park , New York City, 8 February 1964

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In the morning a press conference was held in the Baroque Room at New York’s Plaza Hotel, where The Beatles were staying. Following this John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr went for a walk and photo opportunity in Central Park, where their every move was followed by around 400 female fans. George Harrison was suffering from a streptococcal sore throat, and so remained in the Plaza. He was joined there by his sister Louise Caldwell.

At 1.30 pm The Beatles – minus George – traveled by limousine to the CBS studios on Broadway for the first of several rehearsals for their debut appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. During the journey, their cars were charged by fans, and mounted police were forced to intervene to keep order. Ten mounted police guarded the studios along with 52 officers while The Beatles were inside. Their first duty was to join AFRA, the American equivalent of the Musicians’ Union. For the rehearsal, Neil Aspinall stood in for George, as did production assistant Vince Calandra, while the director rehearsed the camera positions for the following day’s filming.

Afterward, The Beatles asked to see a playback of their rehearsal, which no other musical act had previously asked for. The group was also interviewed by The Ronettes. In the evening Lennon, McCartney, and Starr went to the 21 restaurants (photo) with George Martin and executives from Capitol Records. The Beatles ate chops while their music industry companions had pheasant.

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