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West Ministâr band in 1970: kneeling, Chuck Henderson; back row, from left: Kirk Kaufman, Dean Davis, Rusty Bell and Frank Wiewel. -Submitted photo
The Rogues in basement of Dean Davis’ home in 1965: from left, Brian Nelson, Robbi Dunn, Dean Davis and Doug (Luther) Thompson.
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West Ministâr band in 1970: kneeling, Chuck Henderson; back row, from left: Kirk Kaufman, Dean Davis, Rusty Bell and Frank Wiewel.
“Ladies and gentlemen, the Beatles!”
With those five words of introduction from Ed Sullivan, the Beatles – John, Paul, George and Ringo – took the stage of The Ed Sullivan Show on Feb. 9, 1964, and sang “I Want to Hold Your Hand” and four other hits to a live audience of screaming young people and 73 million CBS viewers nationwide.