life: April 10, 1970: A week before McCartney debuted his solo album, McCartney, Paul was asked a series of questions by the press where ultimately, he told the world what they didn’t want to hear: the Beatles were breaking up. On this anniversary, here, then, a short, fond selection of pictures from 1964, when a quartet of mop-topped Brits landed on America’s shores, plugged in their amps, and changed the world forever. Pictured: At press dates, like this one in August 1964 at the start of their U.S. tour, the Beatles offer typically wry remarks. John Lennon quips that he’s writing a book called “Snore Wife and the Seven Dwarfs.” 

life:

April 10, 1970: A week before McCartney debuted his solo album, McCartney, Paul was asked a series of questions by the press where ultimately, he told the world what they didn’t want to hear: the Beatles were breaking up.

On this anniversary, here, then, a short, fond selection of pictures from 1964, when a quartet of mop-topped Brits landed on America’s shores, plugged in their amps, and changed the world forever.

Pictured: At press dates, like this one in August 1964 at the start of their U.S. tour, the Beatles offer typically wry remarks. John Lennon quips that he’s writing a book called “Snore Wife and the Seven Dwarfs.”