I was the first to promote The Beatles in the States, and Ed Sullivan called me first about them before he ever booked them on his television show.
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The Beatles did treat me as a member of the group. And that was a great honor, you know?
I grew up a massive Beatles fan.
One day when I was like 9, I heard the Beatles on the radio, and I asked my dad who they were. He told me they were the best band in the world, and I became obsessed. He started giving me their albums in sequential order, and I listened to them - and only them - until I was probably in high school.
I never saw The Beatles live. I was very aware of them, though.
The Beatles did everything first, and they did it the best.
The Dave Clark Five had more appearances on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' than The Beatles.
It was great fun to hang around the Beatles. They had amazingly fast minds, and they were incredibly amusing and funny and witty. They were great. There was a very high energy surrounding them.
At the end of the Beatles, I really was done in for the first time in my life. Until then, I really was a kind of cocky sod.
I met The Beatles and Stones at the same time, because Michael Cooper was doing several of their album covers.
When I was growing up, the people who liked the Beatles, I didn't like, so I didn't pay attention to them.