1964 was an unnerving year for Florida.
Russian missiles on Cuban soil, only 90 miles from Miami, were poised for deployment just a finger away by an angry, vengeful dictator. Civil Rights demonstrations hit the streets with determined protestors on both sides. President John Kennedy had been assassinated just a few months earlier. Americans lived in fear and uncertainty of what could happen next.
Then, this young group of British rockers appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, amazing Americans with something new and exciting. Soon after their appearance, they boarded a plane, and flew to Miami…