McCartney Times

There’s an entire wave of musicians who each had an epiphany from the exact same source: The Ed Sullivan Show. The Beatles in 1964 was it for most people, but for Joey Ramone, it was Elvis Presley in 1956. “I guess that was it for me,” he once said. Even as a young kid, watching it for the first time was like a lightbulb flicking on.Of course, it all makes perfect sense. Most of the performances on The Ed Sullivan Show were others’ first experiences witnessing all the striking energy of live performances. The Beatles’ show, for instance, is one of the most widely cited across the entire industry, especially for those who grew up around the time it aired, eyes and ears fresh with a new kind of charge that made them want to follow in the exact same footsteps.

Read more, click link below…

Source: Joey Ramone names the most important Beatles album