Top of the Mountain: The Beatles at Shea Stadium 1965

by Laurie Jacobson

On a sweltering Sunday evening in August 1965, 56,000 people traveled by plane, car, bus, ferry, and subway train to pack New York's Shea Stadium. They were there not for a ballgame, but a rock and roll concert--the audacious dream of promoter Sid Bernstein. No band had ever played a baseball stadium, and few believed it could be pulled off, but on that glorious night, The Beatles sold out Shea Stadium, shattering all existing box office and attendance...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493065289
• ISBN13: 9781493065288
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Backbeat Books
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 2.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.8" x 11.2"