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During the Beatles' grand conquest of America in 1964, when their initial appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show drew an astonishing 73 million viewers and made them an overnight phenomenon, Harrison spent his days holed up in the Plaza Hotel with a high fever while the fab other three paraded around town, wowing the world's press with their vitality and wit. Then it was on to Washington for a concert at the Coliseum before more than 7,000 screaming fans. "It was bloody awful," Harrison told biographer Geoffrey Giuliano. "Some journalist had apparently dug up an old quote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: His Magical, Mystical Tour: GEORGE HARRISON (1943-2001) | 12/10/2001 | See Source »

...sell an astonishing 101 million records--and sales figures, more than anything, are how he has come to be defined. To the guardians of traditional country, the figures are license to write off Brooks as a popular errata. For the faithful, the numbers validate their participation in a phenomenon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: G'bye, Garth | 12/10/2001 | See Source »

...During the Beatles' grand conquest of America in 1964, when their initial appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show drew an astonishing 73 million viewers and made them an overnight phenomenon, Harrison spent his days holed up in the Plaza Hotel with a high fever while the fab other three paraded around town, wowing the world's press with their vitality and wit. Then it was on to Washington for a concert at the Coliseum before more than 7,000 screaming fans. "It was bloody awful," Harrison told biographer Geoffrey Giuliano. "Some journalist had apparently dug up an old quote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: His Magical, Mystical Tour | 12/10/2001 | See Source »

...Cocky, Rock repeats enough of the style that made him a pop phenomenon to please his fans. For the rest, there’s nothing new or interesting enough to merit a second look. —Matthew F. Quirk

Author: By Thomas J. Clarke, James Crawford, Thalia S. Field, Andrew R. Iliff, P. PATTY Li, Michael T. Packard, Matthew F. Quirk, and Marcus L. Wang, CRIMSON STAFFS | Title: GimmeGimmeGimme | 12/7/2001 | See Source »

...Only Remaining Phenomenon That Modern Economic Theory Cannot Explain: The Continued Existence of R.C. Cola...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Rejected Freshman Seminars | 12/6/2001 | See Source »

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