I Saw Them Standing There: Adventures of an Original Fan During Beatlemania and Beyond by Gendler, Debbie

I Saw Them Standing There: Adventures of an Original Fan During Beatlemania and Beyond

After February 9, 1964, everyone wanted to be Debbie Gendler. On that date, she was just one...
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I Saw Them Standing There: Adventures of an Original Fan During Beatlemania and Beyond by Gendler, Debbie

I Saw Them Standing There: Adventures of an Original Fan During Beatlemania and Beyond

$74.63

I Saw Them Standing There: Adventures of an Original Fan During Beatlemania and Beyond

$74.63
Author: Debbie Gendler
Format: Paperback
Language: English

After February 9, 1964, everyone wanted to be Debbie Gendler. On that date, she was just one of a relative handful of lucky fans who were in the live audience for The Beatles' historic performance on The Ed Sullivan Show--an iconic television event viewed in the living rooms of 73 million Americans. Everyone has a story to share about where they were when they watched the appearance, but very few were there in person--and even fewer would actually go on not just to meet the Beatles, but end up building an entire career around the band. But Debbie did.

This is the story of a New Jersey teenager who managed to accomplish what millions only dreamed about. Prior to the Beatles arrival in America, Gendler met with the group's manager Brian Epstein regarding the establishment of a U.S. Fan Club. Atthe start of the Beatles' historic 1965 summer tour, she was the only teen to welcome them to America, and after their press conference at The Warwick Hotel she finally meets them in person.

Continuing her journey, Debbie recounts her unique and sometimes wacky experiences having witnessed first-hand some of the most historic events in pop culture. She shares concert antics from Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, Shea Stadium and Suffolk Downs and describes the mayhem outside the Plaza Hotel and later that year at the Delmonico Hotel chanting for the Beatles. Organizing fans to sleep on Broadway to purchase tickets for A Hard Day's Night, representing the Official Beatles Fan Club on television, and promoting the Ringo for President novelty record are just some of the requests she fulfilled as one of the band's leading ambassadors in the US.This coming-of-age tale details the adolescent journey of a devoted Beatles fan in all her youthful innocence against the backdrop of the turbulent 1960s, and a shifting cultural landscape.



Author: Debbie Gendler
Publisher: Backbeat Books
Published: 02/06/2024
Pages: 344
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781493079742


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/11/2023

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