"I Want to Hold Your Hand" was released fifty years ago yesterday in the United States.  It was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and went to #1 in the US the following January.  It held the #1 spot for seven weeks (back when that sort of thing mattered) only to be replaced by "She Loves You."  Makes you feel old doesn't it?  This video is of The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show on February 9th, 1964.  I remember watching that performance on our black and white television in Chino.