Culture Gabfest Presents: Hit Parade, The Fab Four Sweep Edition

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Arts, Tv & Film, Music

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In episode two, Chris Molanphy takes a look at the historic week the Beatles swept the entire Billboard Top Five. You can see that chart right here. It’s a feat that’s never been repeated. But the Fab Four’s total domination of the pop charts was both a reflection of their massive popularity and a huge screwup by their American record label. Here’s the story of how Capitol Records nearly sabotaged the biggest rock band of all time. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at Slate.com/gistplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The new Samsung Galaxy Z-Flip 5 and Chromebook are better together.
0:07.0	Take hands-free selfies which automatically sync to your Chromebook, ready to edit, and access
0:11.5	recent chrome tabs across both devices.
0:14.0	The new Galaxy Z Flip5 and Chromebook, better together.
0:18.0	Available on Sky Mobile.
0:20.0	Bluetooth and internet connection required.
0:22.0	You must be signed into the same Google account on both
0:23.8	your phone and Chromebook.
0:27.0	Close your eyes and I'll kiss you. Tomorrow I'll miss you.
0:33.0	Remember I'll always be true.
0:38.0	Welcome to Hit Parade, a podcast of pop chart history from Slate and Panoply about the hits from
0:44.4	coast to coast. I'm Chris Milanthi, chart analyst, pop critic, and writer of
0:48.9	Slate's Why Is This Song Number One series. On today's show, it's been called The Most Famous Week in Pop Chart History,
0:56.3	the week in 1964 when the most famous group in rock and roll history dominated
1:02.1	Billboard's iconic Hot 100, topped off by this song.
1:07.0	Can Bobby Love?
1:10.0	Love!
1:12.0	Can Bobby Love! It was the first dizzying peak of Beatleania.
1:17.0	America finally joining Britain in a total frenzy over the Liverpool mop tops.
1:25.8	In the pages of Billboard magazine, the US music industry's Bible, the Beatles sweep of the charts
1:31.0	was epic.
1:32.4	They locked down the entire top five. 53 years later, that
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