The Flying Falcon Marching Band stepped onto the spongy artificial turf at the Pisgah Papertown Tournament of Bands apprehensive about their performance. The weather was bitterly cold and the wind...

As teenage girls shrieked, Paul, John, George and Ringo stepped onto the stage of the Ed Sullivan Show — Feb. 23, 1964. The floppy-haired British youth, known as The Beatles, opened their performance...