American Bandstand - January 18, 1964 - I Want To Hold Your Hand, The Beatles

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Airdate: January 18, 1964

At the dawn of Beatlemania.

"I Want To Hold Your Hand" enters the Billboard Hot today at #45...and away we go.

Dancers: Bruce Richard, Steve Lewis, Gary Stapleford, Sandi Bartholomew, Bobby Baritz, and Michelle Liebowitz

Thank you for watching!

[YCDTI]

Link to whole video on Internet Archive:

[plusme]

You can just sense the uplifting mood this song brought to the room. I especially loved the foursome dancing their dance in a circle having a great time. Great clip.

[engineer]

And the world was never the same after the Beatles. They changed it all

[bob]

American Bandstand was there for the Dawn of the British Invasion. Thanks for yet another great time capsule, Aaron!!

[nuwavedave]

Mindblowing - the moment Teenage America crossed from the '50s into the FUTURE! The best part is watching these '50s teenagers trying to adapt their '50s dance steps to The Beatles. Don't worry, kids - Dance steps tailor-made for the '60s are right around the corner!

[josephguagenti]

Fantastic!! They don't know how to dance to the Beatles yet!!

[thewilscott]

Great music and great dancing. Thank you

[geor]

I just watched the clip. The Beatles are my number one group of all time😃. I’m happy I saw the kids dance to it on AB😃

[aimsterg]

Thank you so much for this. I collected Beatles video for many years and I never saw this one.

[jeffscheiner]

Been waiting for this one. The record went to number 1 the following week

[timconklin]

Strange to see kids dancing to the Beatles, rather than just screaming.

[gregmoore]

A little before my time but still a pleasurable bit of bandstand history.That reminds me i have the 45 of I W T Hold Your Hand with I Saw Her Standing There on The flip.Thanks Again for the sugar in my coffee Aaron.

[MosesPreciado-mp]

I actually the kids dancing to the beatles!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉 thats what i was hoping to see. It was totally cool! Love american bandstand❤❤❤❤

[maryjopaolinelli]

Like American bandstand....👌 carry on God bless....

[joycebaker]

Play the entire episode with "I Want to Hold Your Hand" the Beatles!

[richarddambrosio]

The waning days of the Philadelphia era of Bandstand.

[redrocket]

Every teen looked like a parent back then 🤣

[bradsense]

Big Smile here.
So this was just prior to them on Sullivan's show. I was in first grade so quite young but do have memories of the Beatles appearing on Sullivan show. I remember kids talking about it and asking each other whose parents were going to let them watch. My memory was the late afternoon before the program kids in the neighborhood out playing and all excited about watching. But here is where I get confused. Being early February with cold and dark in late afternoons in Chicago area where I lived is not fitting in with my memory. I wonder if those shows were replayed later in the season...or if my memory is tricking me?

[AdrianDeVore]

After dancing to a depressing Brenda Lee song, these kids were really getting down to The Beatles. 🙂

[finderskeepers]

They didn't even know how to dance to that sound yet.