That triumphant moment when The Beatles disembarked from their Pan Am jet at New York’s JFK airport on February 7th 1964, to be met by the rapturous screams of an assembled mob of freshly minted (but already diehard) American fans, is often pointed at as the beginning of the British Invasion.
Although this whirlwind trip - punctuated by three momentous appearances on the televised Ed Sullivan Show - would expose the Fab Four to innumerable households around America, the first US visit was riding the crest of a wave, triggered by the release of their first American chart-topper.
