“The radio he turned on was not playing a lot of Beatles music. They didn’t hit until Feb of 1964. Maybe the author also watched the Zapruder film that afternoon, too. /s”
Over a million records sold in Dec 63, #1 on the charts in Jan 64.
I remember listening to the Beetles weeks before their Feb. 64 arrival. I was in Fl but listened to WLS from New Orleans. The kept playing “The Beetles are Coming!”. That’s how I remember. When I first heard that, I had no idea who the Beetles were.
I listened to WLS, too. But the one I listened to was out of Chicago. A million records sold in Dec ‘63. That’s a month after Kennedy was shot. I simply don’t remember hearing the Beatles prior to that event. The songs I remember were songs like “Hey, Hey Paula”, Bobby Vinton’s “Blue Velvet” and Elvis.
Here’s a trivial question. What was the Beatle’s first release? Answer “Love Me Do”. It was released in England. It was the third or fourth release in the US.