1964 was a transitional year in America. The optimism of youth inspired by the vision of President Kennedy was extinguished by his assassination in November 1963. However, as if to confirm that life still belonged to the living, Beatlemania lifted America from the abyss in early 1964. The tears caused by Kennedy's assassination yielded to the screams of teenaged girls infatuated with John, Paul, George, and Ringo. The transformation of...