Get Back To 1964…The Beatles Come to America
When?
Sat, February 3, 2024
9:00 am — 5:00 pm EST
Where?
Great Hall Auditorium at Monmouth University
Information
SYMPOSIUM DAY INFORMATION AND SCHEDULE BELOW:
8:00 AM DOORS OPEN Great Hall Auditorium
9:00 AM SYMPOSIUM BEGINS AT IN GREAT HALL AUDITORIUM
FREE PARKING IS AVAILABLE IN LOTS 13, 14, 16 and 18.
ONCE YOUR TICKET HAS BEEN CHECKED, YOU WILL BE PROVIDED A WRISTBAND WHICH YOU MUST WEAR IN ORDER TO LEAVE THE SYMPOSIUM AND RE-ENTER.
THERE ARE ADA ENTRANCES TO ENTER THE GREAT HALL.
IF YOU REQUIRE ADA ACCOMODATIONS AND SEATING, PLEASE ADVISE US IN ADVANCE.
THERE IS A LINK TO A PRINTABLE CAMPUS MAP BELOW.
BOOKS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE FROM AUTHORS, BRUCE SPIZER, ROB SHEFFIELD, KEN CAMPBELL AND MAY PANG. THE AUTHORS WILL ALSO BE ON HAND TO SIGN THEIR BOOKS/DVDS DURING THE LUNCH HOUR BREAK.
THERE WILL BE AN HOUR BREAK FOR LUNCH. LUNCH WILL NOT BE PROVIDED, BUT DUNKIN DONUTS WILL BE OPEN IN THE STUDENT CENTER (#42 ON THE MAP) AND THERE IS BUFFET STYLE FOOD OFFERED IN MAGILL COMMONS DINING HALL (#34 ON THE MAP). WEATHER PERMITTING, THE CAMPUS HAS MANY OUTDOOR SEATING AREAS AVAILABLE FOR PICNIC LUNCHES IF YOU BRING A COOLER OR BAGGED LUNCH. THERE ARE ALSO DINING OPTIONS WITHIN 10 MINUTES FROM THE CAMPUS. YOU MAY PRE-ORDER AND PICK THEM UP OR EAT THERE. YOU WILL FIND A LIST OF NEARBY CAFES BELOW.
IF YOU WILL BE COMING IN FOR THE WEEKEND, YOU CAN FIND LINKS TO AREA ACCOMMODATIONS BELOW.
THE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN ARCHIVES STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE DURING YOUR VISIT. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE EMAIL US AT
JHOUSEWO@SPRINGSTEENARCHIVES.ORG
MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY CAMPUS MAP
DIRECTIONS TO MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY
MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY AREA ACCOMMODATIONS
LA SCARPETTA ITALIAN GRILL & PIZZERIA
Get Back . . . to 1964 SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE Saturday, February 3, 2024
9:00 AM Introductions, Bob Santelli (BSACAM)
9:15-10 AM American Music: Setting the Scene
Melissa Ziobro (moderator, BSACAM), Kenneth Campbell (author, MU), Bob Santelli (BSACAM), Ken Womack (author, MU), Bruce Spizer (author)
10-10:45 AM Beatlemania!
Kenneth Womack (moderator, MU), Tom Frangione (Sirius XM), May Pang (author), Rob Sheffield (author, Rolling Stone)
11 AM-noon The Ed Sullivan Show and the Making of American Cultural Iconography
Melissa Ziobro (moderator, BSACAM), Rob Sheffield (author, Rolling Stone), Kenneth Campbell (author, MU), Bruce Spizer (author)
Noon-1:00 PM Lunch and Book-Signings (see below)
1:00-2:00 PM Screening the Episode (season 16, episode 19, February 9, 1964, CBS); featuring the Beatles, Frank Gorshin, Fred Kaps, McCall and Brill, Tessie O’Shea), introduced by Ken Womack
2-2:45 PM The Music of the Beatles: What Made It Different?
Bob Santelli (moderator, BSACAM), Bob Burger (The Weeklings), Jim Babjak (The Smithereens), Dennis Elsas (Sirius XM), May Pang (author)
2:45-3:30 PM 60 Years Later: Why Do They Still Matter?
Eileen Chapman (moderator, BSACAM), Dennis Elsas (Sirius XM), Glen Burtnik (The Weeklings), Tom Frangione (Sirius XM)
4:00-4:30 PM Meet the Beatles! (musical revue)
Performers—Bob Burger and Glen Burtnik (The Weeklings)
Book publications for author-signings:
Ken Campbell, The Beatles and the 1960s: Reception, Revolution, and Social Change (book)
Bruce Spizer, The Beatles: Please Please Me to With the Beatles (book)
May Pang, The Lost Weekend: A Love Story (DVD)
Rob Sheffield, Dreaming the Beatles (book)
The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University will present a symposium on Saturday, February 3, 2024 that celebrates the arrival of the Beatles in America sixty years ago. Titled Get Back…To 1964, the day-long event will include panel discussions, interviews, book signings, and musical performances of early Beatles’ songs performed by regional musicians. Participants in the symposium include Beatles’ authors Ken Womack (Living the Beatles Legend), Bruce Spizer (The Beatles Please, Please Me); Rob Sheffield (Dreaming The Beatles), Ken Campbell (The Beatles & the 1960s), radio personalities Dennis Elsas (WFUV and Sirius XM Radio) and Tom Frangione (Sirius XM Radio); musicians, Jim Babjak (Smithereens) and Glen Burtnik & Bob Burger (The Weeklings) and former John Lennon assistant, May Pang (The Lost Weekend: A Love Story). The symposium will also include a special, intimate performance by Weeklings’ members, Glen Burtnik and Bob Burger. “The arrival of The Beatles in February 1964 profoundly changed the course of American music,” said Bob Santelli, Executive Director of the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music. “They inspired musicians here from New York to San Francisco and brought to rock & roll brand new ideas as to how the music could be made.” “The Beatles transformed American music, fashion and culture. Their mop-top hair styles, Beatle boots and mod clothing became an overnight obsession in the 1960’s”, said Eileen Chapman, Director of the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music. “They encouraged the younger generation to take a deeper look at what was happening in the world.”
The symposium, which is open to the public, will be held in the auditorium of Monmouth University’s historic Great Hall.
Tickets are $64 and can be purchased online or at the Monmouth University Box Office in the Ocean First Bank Center.
