On 22 November 1963 , the '' CBS Morning News '' ran a five-minute feature on Beatlemania in the UK which heavily featured " She Loves You " . The evening 's scheduled repeat was cancelled following the assassination of John F. Kennedy the same day and the four days ' worth of news coverage that followed . On 10 December , Walter Cronkite decided to transmit the piece again on the '' CBS Evening News '' , and the resulting interest led to the rush-release of " I Want to Hold Your Hand " and – only weeks before the Beatles ' arrival – a US commercial breakthrough
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Assassination of John F. Kennedy
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