A question often argued among historians is - Do the times make the man - or does the man create the times?

This question is relevant in looking at The Beatles, especially with respect to their impact on American Culture in the early 1960's.

If you were "alive" in 1963, you were probably smitten with the New Frontier. A young, vigorous, and ambitious President had promised to take us to the moon by the close of the decade. He challenged us, and there seemed to be no limits.

And then suddenly on a beautiful fall day in Dallas, it was over. America was reeling.

For three days, we were riveted to our televisions. On Sunday afternoon, we witnessed the live murder of the assassin himself. If only we could forget..............

If only.........

Four months later, on a cold February afternoon at Idlewild Airport in New York City, a landing Pan American jet turned our culture upside down again.

Three nights later on Feb.9, Ed Sullivan introduced America to the Beatles amidst a frenzy of screams and melodic music and something called a 4/4 beat.

Popular music would never be the same...........