The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles was hosted by L.L Cool J. Katy Perry pissed off a lot of Beatle fans when she changed the gender of the Paul McCartney standard "Yesterday." Didn't Katy Perry sing "I kissed a girl?" Didn't she used to like it? Maybe she should have sung "You've Got to Hide your Love Away,"

The Beatles revolutionized music, not just because they broke from rock and roll's three-chord roots, but because John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr dared to take their instruments, their arrangements and their lyrics to unexplored areas.The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles that aired on CBS .

The Beatles changed America fifty years ago with their appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. Everybody watched. Criminals took off. The Beatles Ed Sullivan performance energized a country mourning the death of its most charismatic president, John F. Kennedy. An All-Star lineup came together to celebrate fifty years at The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles.

McCartney and fellow Beatle Ringo Starr were joined by Stevie Wonder, Dave Grohl, Pharrell, Alicia Keys, Gary Clark Jr. and Joe Walsh who all performed inspired versions of Beatles classics. The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles will to air on CBS on February 9th.

The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles opened with Maroon 5 doing "All My Loving" and "Ticket to Ride."  Monty Python's Eric Idle was  commentator "Nigel Spasm" saying it had been fifty years since "the Rutles appeared in America. I think it's remarkable that the Beatles were also there."

The Beatles got an MBE, a member of the British Empire, in 1965. Dozens of Brits who had received the honor returned their medals in protest. George Harrison, at the time, said The Beatles deserved their medals more, because they didn't win it by killing anyone. They got theirs for making music. John Lennon famously said the Beatles smoked a joint in the royal bathroom before accepting the honor. Lennon returned his for Britain's involvement in Vietnam, Biafra and "Cold Turkey" falling in the charts. Lennon had a wicked sense of humor.

The Beatles introduced the world to eastern philosophies, religion and even food.Their Carnaby Street look revolutionized fashion. And that hair. When the Beatles first came to America, all anyone wanted to talk about was that hair.