E783 - SPECIAL COLLECTIONS: THE BRITISH INVASION

After more than 750 episodes, I’ve observed that many of my remarkable guests are connected by one or more common threads.

Each episode of Special Collections focuses on a particular thread that ties together some of my guests.

In this episode, that common thread is the British Invasion era of the 1960s.

The era began, in essence, with the appearance of The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964. It was the most-watched television broadcast up to that time, with an audience of more than 70 million people. And like other “invasions,” this one ha...