The Beatles: Gary Pig Gold Presents A Fab Forty
Gary Pig Gold, fufkin.com, February 2004
HAS IT REALLY been four decades already since television's greatest-ever talent scout took a chance on a brash young musical novelty act from far-off Britain? Yes, even to those who weren't extremely tuned into the 2/9/64 Ed Sullivan Show, the look, spunk, and above all sound of J, P, G & R continues to ring within eyes and ears this whole world over. But nobody needs me to tell them that.
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