The Whale's time machine awaits you. Today we're traveling back to December 17th, 1963. Destination - Washington DC.

As we land in the Nation's Capitol, let's tune to a radio station - WWDC, where  Carroll James is playing a tune from a band out of England.

That band is The Beatles and the song James is playing is I Want To Hold Your Hand.
His listeners loved it so much, the song aired every hour for several days.

The song soared to the number one spot and stayed there on the US singles chart for seven weeks. Happy US debut to the song. For this week's Classic Rock Throwback Thursday, enjoy this awesome live version of The Beatles performing I Want To Hold Your Hand!

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