Good Day Sunshine State - 9780813068930

Good Day Sunshine StateHow the Beatles Rocked Florida\nAuthor(s): Bob Kealing\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University Press of Florida, United States\nImprint: University Press of Florida\nISBN-13: 9780813068930, 978-0813068930\nSynopsis\nThe musical and cultural impact of the Fab Four in FloridaIn 1964, Beatlemania flooded the United States. The Beatles appeared live on the Ed Sullivan Show and embarked on their first tour of North Americaand they spent more time in Florida than anywhere else. Good Day Sunshine State dives into this momentous time and place, exploring the bands seismic influence on the people and culture of the state.\n\nBob Kealing sets the historical stage for the bands arrivala nation dazed after the assassination of John F. Kennedy and on the precipice of the Vietnam War; a heavily segregated, conservative South; and in Florida, recent events that included the Cuban Missile Crisis and the arrest and imprisonment of Martin Luther King Jr. in St. Augustine. Keal.