{"id":18784,"date":"2022-10-13T13:49:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T11:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=217380"},"modified":"2022-10-14T14:05:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T12:05:08","slug":"why-bond-and-the-beatles-ruled-the-sixties","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/why-bond-and-the-beatles-ruled-the-sixties\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Bond and the Beatles ruled the sixties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Spencer Mizen\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 13 October 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p><span data-sheets-value=\"'{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Why\" bond=\"\" and=\"\" the=\"\" beatles=\"\" ruled=\"\" sixtiesn=\"\" njohn=\"\" higgs=\"\" reveals=\"\" how=\"\" two=\"\" cultural=\"\" giants=\"\" a=\"\" gentlemanly=\"\" spy=\"\" gang=\"\" of=\"\" guitar-wielding=\"\" young=\"\" men=\"\" transformed=\"\" modern=\"\" british=\"\" historyn=\"\" nthe=\"\" october=\"\" was=\"\" big=\"\" bang=\"\" moment=\"\" for=\"\" culture.=\"\" john=\"\" takes=\"\" spencer=\"\" mizen=\"\" back=\"\" to=\"\" momentous=\"\" day=\"\" when=\"\" first=\"\" single=\"\" love=\"\" me=\"\" do=\"\" released=\"\" james=\"\" film=\"\" dr=\"\" no=\"\" debuted=\"\" in=\"\" cinemas=\"\" explore=\"\" what=\"\" meteoric=\"\" rise=\"\" these=\"\" about=\"\" britain=\"\" early=\"\" n=\"\" is=\"\" author=\"\" let=\"\" die:=\"\" psyche=\"\" buy=\"\" it=\"\" now=\"\" from=\"\" waterstones:=\"\" https:=\"\" data-sheets-userformat=\"'{&quot;2&quot;:1049089,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;23&quot;:1}'\" data-sheets-textstyleruns=\"'{&quot;1&quot;:0}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:682,&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:1136076},&quot;9&quot;:1}}'\" data-sheets-hyperlinkruns=\"'{&quot;1&quot;:682,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=71026X1535947&amp;xcust=historyextra-social-histipad&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fact-of-oblivion%2Frobert-harris%2F2928377088361crid%3D2QB83NOYQD92C%26keywords%3Diwan%2Bmorgan%2BFDR%26qid%3D1662116942%26sprefix%3Diwan%2Bmorgan%2Bfdr%2Caps%2C98%26sr%3D8-1&quot;}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:988}'\">The 5th October 1962 was a big bang moment for modern British culture. John Higgs takes Spencer Mizen back to the momentous day when the Beatles\u2019 first single, Love Me Do, was released and the first James Bond film, Dr No, debuted in British cinemas, to explore what the meteoric rise of these two cultural giants reveals about Britain in the early 1960s.<\/span><\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-217380-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/10\/HistoryExtra20221025-137ecfe.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/10\/HistoryExtra20221025-137ecfe.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/10\/HistoryExtra20221025-137ecfe.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><strong>John Higgs is the author of <em>Love and Let Die: Bond, the Beatles and the British Psyche<\/em> (Orion, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/bookshop.org\/books\/love-and-let-die-the-beatles-james-bond-and-the-british-psyche\/9781639363308&quot;\">Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Love-Let-Die-Beatles-British\/dp\/1399600168\/ref?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">Buy now on Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/love-and-let-die\/john-higgs\/\/9781399600163?awaid=3787&amp;utm_source=redbrain&amp;utm_medium=shopping&amp;utm_campaign=css&amp;gclid=EAIaIQobChMIv9j57vHX-gIV0e3tCh0xtwKWEAQYAyABEgIDJ_D_BwE&amp;awc=3787_1665481449_b6f53717286730e88f556aa09b8db551&quot;\">Buy now on Waterstones<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Spencer Mizen Published: Thursday, 13 October 2022 at 12:00 am The 5th October 1962 was a big bang moment for modern British culture. 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