In this Feb. 9, 1964 file photo, Paul McCartney, right, shows his guitar to Ed Sullivan before the Beatles' live television appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in New York. (AP file photo)

It was 50 years ago today, Kabir Bhatia from in Cleveland reminds our Newscast Desk, that Capitol Records released the Beatles' I Want To Hold Your Hand in the U.S. The fab four, as he says, had "sold millions of records in Europe throughout 1963, but had flopped in the U.S. after several releases on small, regional labels." Then came I Want To Hold Your Hand. Capitol, , had planned to release the song in early 1964. But ", a Washington, D.C., deejay began playing a U.K. import of I Want to Hold Your Hand on WWDC radio. Faced with unprecedented public demand, Capitol released the single ahead of schedule in late December"/Mark Memmott, NPR. More here.

Question: Your favorite, all-time Beatle's song?

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