It's been almost exactly 50 years since The Beatles first landed in America and changed the world.
There are many commemorations planned, including a book by Penelope Rowlands called The Beatles Are Here!Rowlands was a Beatlemaniac herself, appearing among a flock of screaming girls in the New York Times at the height of the mania.
Her story and those of many artists and performers takes us back to a more innocent—and screaming—America.