OT: Feb. 9, 1964, the night that changed everything

[Elefantino]

Sixty years ago tonight, The Beatles changed America.

I was 6. My sister was in high school. We had one of the only color TVs among her group of friends, so everyone came to our house -- even though The Ed Sullivan Show was in black-and-white.

About a dozen girls were in our family room, and I still hear the screaming in my head. (My sister: "PAAAAAAUUUUUUULLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!")

I had been taking guitar lessons since the start of that year, but my mom -- in a nod toward The Lawrence Welk Show and its American wholesomeness -- immediately made me stop and take accordion lessons instead.