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Fact #97859

When:

18011964

Short story:

The Beatles make their first Top 50 singles chart entry in the USA, when I Want To Hold Your Hand enters at No45.

Full article:

Brian Wilson [The Beach Boys] : I Want To Hold Your Hand really blew my mind. I knew we were good but it wasn't until The Beatles arrived that I knew we had to get going. The Beatles Invasion shook me up a lot. They eclipsed a lot of what we'd worked for. We were naturally jealous. I just couldn't handle the fact that there were these four guys from England coming over here to America to invade our territory.

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