It was 50 years ago today…
I purposely put John’s “hair” on top of the ‘9’ in the attached graphic. Very significant, in addition to the fact that they performed on Sullivan Feb. 9, 1964: John’s mystical association with number 9 goes back to his youth. See also ‘Dream #9’, etc. (http://www.beatlesbible.com/features/john-lennon-number-nine/). “Number nine, number nine, number nine…”