How The Beatles escaped to Harlem as 'prisoners' in their US invasion 60 years ago New York Post

Love them, they did.

When The Beatles launched their US invasion in 1964 — complete with their historic debut appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” — the mop-topped Brits were under siege by the screaming masses upon their arrival in New York.

“It was like being in the eye of a hurricane,” says John Lennon in “Beatles ’64,” the Martin Scorsese-produced documentary that premieres on Disney+ Nov. 29.

But as the Fab Four were taking refuge from the hysteria at Manhattan’s Plaza Hotel, the Ronettes came to their rescue.

“We were already friends with them from England. George [Harrison] was dating Estelle, my sister, so it was very simple,” says head Ronnie Spector — front woman of the “Be My Baby” girl group — in the doc.

“John called me at my house, and he said, ‘Ronnie, we’re prisoners. We can’t get out. The whole place is surrounded by girls around the whole Plaza building.’ ”

But Spector, along with the other two Ronettes, came to the hotel and orchestrated The Beatles’ great escape uptown to the home of the Apollo.

Source: Chuck Arnold/nypost.com

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