four mop-headed anti-Christ beatniks incite orgy of Teen Madness

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The Beatles were in Seattle, Washington, for a "concert" in August 1964. "At 8:07 o' clock the show began. First came the Bill Black Combo, then the Exciters, and after them the Righteous Brothers. Next on the program was Jackie de Shannon, who sang 'Needles and Pins'. Burt McMurtrie, a radio personality in the Northwest and a pro-Beatle fan, had the following to say about the above "entertainers:" "Witness the utter trash of the program the promoters had the nerve to put on the bill with the Beatles. It was not only trash, it was lewd, disgusting, revolting and an insult to the money charged. A trio of colored women with a male companion indulged in such twisting and orgiastic jerks as to put an old time carnival belly dancer to shame. Two groups of male makeup were little better. I would term them the cheapest imitation of what the Beatles have set forth, and a disgrace in the copying. That entire evening seemed designed to arouse every animal and sex instinct in the audience up to uncontrollable pitch and just such did it accomplish.