Comments by "J Nagarya" (@jnagarya519) on "Voice of America" channel.

  1. At a New York radio station, on December 31, 1963, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" was "bubbling under" the Top 40. One January 1, 1964, it was #1 on that chart.
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  2. There is no evidence for that theory. It was a news reporters summing up, without any actual facts to support it.
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  3.  @MrDaiseymay  I was born in 1948: do the math. We had music from my earliest memories. I grew up with all that. And was and am a huge "Beatles" fan. But I'll say it AGAIN: The comment was made by Walter Cronkite; it was EDITORIALIZING, an OPINION, NOT A FACT. It was adopted as Gospel by those who viewed Cronkite as some sort of elder statesman, a sage. But there was then and is not still any EVIDENCE to support the OPINION. I heard "The Beatles" BEFORE the assassination. My interest in them wasn't affected by the assassination, though I was certainly impacted by the assassination. In the real world there was no connection between the two.
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  4.  @MrDaiseymay  What EVIDENCE do I have that there is no EVIDENCE to support Cronkite's OPINION? It is the LACK of evidence for his opinion that is the reality. "The Beatles" achievement can stand on its own; it doesn't need the artificial support or boost of Cronkite's opinion -- which, if you look at it, takes credit AWAY from "The Beatles," as it suggests that the assassination is the reason they caught on.
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  5.  @MICKEYISLOWD  An appeal of "The Beatles" was their range. They were in all "genre".
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  6. There is no substantiated relationship between the two. It was pure speculation by someone in the media looking for a way to end a news article.
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  7. You didn't listen: They were thoroughly skilled in dealing with media, whereas the US news reporters at that first press conference went there to burst the bubble -- but instead were charmed. The press had no idea who they were, or their history, and certainly didn't know that they were pros at dealing with media, despite their being "only kids".
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  8. "The Beatles" were NEVER a "boy band". And there's no EVIDENCE that the JFK assassination figured in "The Beatles" taking off.
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  9. The irony is that Capitol Records was owned by EMI, for which latter "The Beatles" recorded.
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  10.  @chucky1time337  More paranoid conspirabunk. News reporters were writers. They summed things up in non-toxic terms, even at times without any provable basis. It wasn't about "manipulating" anyone.
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