we first heard about the beatles in the london airport. there was an enormous crowd of kids gathered around. and we asked what was going on? we didn t each know who the beatles were, we never heard of them. that night i booked ringo starr, paul mccartney, george harrison and john lennon for three shows for $10,000. for four white guys that were british, to come out of nowhere and be everywhere was quite unbelievable. the beatles are a butch of guys from liverpool. i mean, people in london would have looked down at liverpool back then. but liverpool was a port town and port towns become places where all sorts of contraband gets exchanged. one of them at that point was great music. a lot of the sailors coming back to america were bringing back these records. some were pop records. some were race records because they were by black artists.
i have to ask how you first found out about them. we first heard about the beatles in the airport. the kids were gathered around and we asked what was going on? we didn t each know who the beatles were, we never heard of them. that night i looked ringo starr, paul mccartney, george mccartney and john lennon for three shows for $10,000. for four white guys that were british, to come out of nowhere and be everywhere was unbelievable. the beatles are a butch of guys from liverpool. i mean, people in london would have looked down at liverpool back then. but liverpool was a port town and port towns become place where is contraband gets exchanged. one of them at that point was great music.
we first heard about the beatles in the london airport. there was an enormous crowd of kids gathered around. and we asked what was going on? we didn t each know who the beatles were, we never heard of them. that night i booked ringo starr, paul mccartney, george harrison and john lennon for three shows for $10,000. for four white guys that were british, to come out of nowhere and be everywhere was quite unbelievable. the beatles are a butch of guys from liverpool. i mean, people in london would have looked down at liverpool back then. but liverpool was a port town and port towns become places where all sorts of contraband gets exchanged. one of them at that point was great music. a lot of the sailors coming back to america were bringing back these records. some were pop records. some were race records because they were by black artists.
found out about them. we first heard about the beatles in the london airport. there was an enormous crowd of kids gathered around. and we asked what was going on? we didn t each know who the beatles were, we never heard of them. that night i booked ringo starr, paul mccartney, george harrison and john lennon for three shows for $10,000. for four white guys that were british, to come out of nowhere and be everywhere was quite unbelievable. the beatles are a butch of guys from liverpool. i mean, people in london would have looked down at liverpool back then. but liverpool was a port town and port towns become places where all sorts of contraband gets exchanged. one of them at that point was great music. a lot of the sailors coming back to america were bringing back these records. some were pop records. some were race records because they were by black artists.
sense. president of ghana. i interviewed him last night. he was in new york giving a speech last night and got on a plane to come here. ghana is a sight of pilgrimage for presidents, including president obama, one of the port towns there as well. many of the slaves boarded those it terrible ships and shackled. when president obama visited there several years ago at the exit point where slaves were brought to the colonies. we are joined by rick stengel is watching this. the crowds are streaming in right now. there is a very measured approach to this. you can see the authorities haven t let people literally storm the gates or the