The Beatles party at New York’s Playboy Club, Peppermint Lounge following ‘Sullivan’ live debut 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 9 1964)


Video: 'The Beatles Dancing At The Peppermint Lounge, New York - Maysles Brothers Footage - 9 February 1964'

(Sunday, February 9, 1964, after 9:00 p.m. EST) — Following their triumphed live American debut on the weekly CBS-TV variety series The Ed Sullivan Show, which attracted a record 73 million viewers, radio DJ Murray The K took John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr of The Beatles to the Playboy Club tonight.


Video: 'Paul McCartney Returning To The Plaza Hotel - Maysles Brothers Footage - 9 February 1964'

After a quick visit back at the group’s hotel (the Plaza) and with a police escort, they walked to 5 East 59th Street, right across from the Copacabana, where they were ushered into the club’s Penthouse lounge for dinner.

They later went on to the Peppermint Lounge at 128 West 45th Street, where they danced the twist until 4:00 a.m. EST.

After the Peppermint Lounge it was back to the Plaza at 768 5th Ave., where Paul was filmed saying goodnight to Murray The K and then going back to his hotel room by himself with the cameras still rolling and finally spotting John and his wife Cynthia, and helping to hide Cyn from the filming as they go into their room.