On August 28, 1964, thousands of girls converged on the Delmonico Hotel on Park Avenue in New York City to greet The Beatles upon their second visit to the United States. WABeatleC played this to the hilt and even got the girls to sing along to PAMS jingles, which must have sounded strange to observers who weren’t listening along on the radio. WABC was also lucky enough to have one of their listeners find a St. Christophers medal that Ringo had lost. “Cousin Brucie” Morrow and Scott Muni covered the hotel and Dan Ingram worked the crowd from the WABC studios.
In spite of the crowd manipulation, it all seems more exciting and less contrived than the crowds that clog Broadway today outside of the MTV studios. (Would the MTV crowd sing “Happy Birthday” to the President?)
Aircheck quality is pretty good except for some occasional static of unknown origin. Featured: Dan Ingram, Bruce Morrow, Jim Gordon, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, and Scott Muni (d. 9-28-2004)