It's no secret the Beatles were popular in both the US and the UK in the mid-60's. What is impressive is that they held 12 spots on the Billboard Top 100 charts, including the whole top 5 on April 3, 1964. It's even more impressive when you realize the Beatles were virtually unknown in the US at the beginning of the year. This is a feat that has yet to be matched, and probably never will.
The top 5 songs on April 4 were; Can't Buy Me Love, Twist and Shout, She Loves You, I Want to Hold Your Hand, and Please Please Me.
Clearly the Beatles had arrived in America.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxha1IUsSPI
Other notable events for April 4:
-Bucks Fizz won the Eurovision song contest on April 4, 1981 with Making Your Mind Up. The group had been specially formed to enter the contest
-Starship, the group formed by ex-members of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship scored their third US number 1 single in 18 months on April 4, 1987 with Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
-U2 entered the US album chart at number 7 on April 4, 1987 with the Joshua Tree, this was the highest new entry in the chart since 1980
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