It Happened 50 Years Ago: The Beatles “I Feel Fine”

Beatlemania hit the United States in 1964, as the Beatles hit number one on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart for seven weeks with their first charting single, “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” and went on to score six number one hits in total for the year, spending a total of 18 weeks at the top of the chart in 1964. Fittingly, the sixth of those number one singles — “I Feel Fine” — hit number one exactly 50 years ago today, giving the Fab Four the final chart-topper of the year and putting an exclamation point on what is arguably the most dominant year by any one act in Hot 100 history.