Welcome USA Today Readers: Search for the Stars of Ringo's Photograph

USA Today aretrying to locate the people in Ringo Starr’s photograph – can you help?

Ringo took this picture during The Beatles’ first visit to the USA,almost 50 years ago. The Beatles were booked to play The Ed SullivanShow whilst still relatively unknown in America, but by the time theyarrived, they were greeted by a crowd of 4,000 fans. An estimated 73 millionpeople tuned in to see the show, and Beatlemania swept the States.

‘They’re looking at us, and I’m photographing them. The first couple ofyears, we saw a lot of places from the car because we couldn’t go out anywhere.We were just too big time. Everybody wanted a piece of us, so getting out was abig day.’– Ringo Starr in PHOTOGRAPH

Are you one of the people in the picture, or do you know them? Do youknow where this photograph might have been taken? Would you like to share yourmemories of The Beatle’s first visit to the USA? You can email your stories to sasha@genesis-publications.com 

This photograph is one of many unseen images in Ringo Starr’s new,signed limited edition book. To find out more about PHOTOGRAPH,click here.