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Feb 7, 1964
Meet The Beatles! The Fab Four arrives in New York for the first time. Johnny Rodriguez will score a country hit with their song "Something"; Sweethearts of the Rodeo will cover "I Feel Fine"
Feb 9, 1964
The Beatles appear on "The Ed Sullivan Show" for the first time. The event inspires Clint Black guitarist Hayden Nicholas to become a musician
Feb 10, 1964
Elvis Presley sends a congratulatory telegram to The Beatles in New York, one day after their American TV debut on "The Ed Sullivan Show"
Feb 12, 1964
The Beatles perform at New York's prestigious Carnegie Hall. Three of the English band's members--John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison--will appear in future decades as songwriters on country hits
Feb 25, 1964
Lyricist Johnny Burke dies in New York. Known for such standards as "Pennies From Heaven" and "Swing On A Star," he also co-wrote Erroll Garner's "Misty," which becomes a country hit for Ray Stevens in 1975
Mar 16, 1964
Rock & roll deejay Alan Freed is charged in New York with evading more than $37,000 in income tax. He earned co-writing credit on the '50s pop hit "Sincerely," eventually remade for the country charts by The Forester Sisters
May 16, 1964
Buck Owens, Ernest Tubb and Bill Monroe draw fans to all-country concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York. Also featured: Webb Pierce, Bill Anderson, Stonewall Jackson, Skeeter Davis, Carl Smith, Hank Snow, Ray Price, Porter Wagoner and Leon McAuliffe
Jun 1, 1964
The Rolling Stones arrive in America for the first time. After an on-air interview, WINS disc jockey Murray The K encourages them to remake a song called "It's All Over Now." Eventually, John Anderson remakes it, too, as a country hit
Jun 9, 1964
Bob Dylan records "It Ain't Me, Babe" at the Columbia Studios in New York. Johnny Cash successfully turns it into a country hit within months
Jun 12, 1964
Broadway composer Cole Porter, a co-writer of the country hit "Don't Fence Me In," checks into Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York with a fractured hip and a bladder infection. He remains for 10 days
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