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Was Meryl Streep at the Beatles\u2019 Historic 1965 Concert at Shea Stadium?<\/a> originally appeared on Parade<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n Beatlemania reached its zenith on Aug. 15, 1965, when the Fab Four\u2014John Lennon<\/a><\/strong>, Paul McCartney<\/a><\/strong>, George Harrison<\/a><\/strong> and Ringo Starr<\/strong><\/a>\u2014played to 55,000 screaming fans at Shea Stadium. Though the band would continue for five more years, releasing critically acclaimed and culturally significant albums like Revolver<\/em>, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band<\/em>, and Abbey Road<\/em>, the Beatles’ power as pop sensations was at its greatest on that night in New York City.<\/p>\n So, was Meryl Streep<\/a><\/strong>there to witness it firsthand? With the upcoming celebrations planned<\/a> for the concerts’ 60th anniversary, fans are rediscovering a clip that shows a young girl, who looks eerily like the Academy Award-winning actress, being interviewed before a concert at Shea Stadium.<\/p>\n Streep said that she attended the historic concert at Shea (marking the first time a rock band played at a sports stadium). In 1990, when presenting Sir Paul McCartney with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 32nd Grammys, Streep opened up about her Beatlemania.<\/p>\n “In August 1965, after I cried for about three days and promised that I’d do dishes for the next four years, my parents finally relented and they let me go into New York, on a date for the first time, to see this new English band that we were all so emotional about,” she said. “I remember I sat in about the 116th row, and I had a better view of New Jersey than I did of the little stage that was set up on center field.”<\/p>\n “I can remember the sight of those four boys running across the grass to the stage,” she added. “And I can remember the downbeat of the first few chords of ‘I Saw Her Standing There’ and I can remember the roar that just rose up and surrounded those four boys for the next 25 years of our lives.”<\/p>\n So, that means that the clip is the first on-screen appearance of Meryl Streep, right? Not exactly.<\/p>\n As Snopes <\/a>pointed out, the clip of “Meryl” comes from a 1966 CBS News interview<\/a>, because The Beatles played Shea Stadium in 1965 and <\/em>on Aug. 23, 1966.<\/p>\n The interviewer asked the Streep lookalike if she attended any of the Beatles’ concerts last year, and she said, “no, I didn’t get a chance.”<\/p>\n Streep said in her speech that she had a “little sign that said ‘I love you forever, Paul'” at the show. In the interview, the girl is standing without a sign. Streep was also 16 in 1965, whereas the girl in the video appears much younger. So, the girl in the clip might look similar, but she’s not Meryl Streep.<\/p>\n This is also where things get a bit fuzzy. Streep said she could remember the band playing “I Saw Her Standing There,” but Setlist.fm says that the Beatles didn’t play that song (from 1963’s Please Please Me<\/em>) at either the 1965<\/a> show or the one in 1966<\/a>.<\/p>\n It’s possible that Streep misremembered the song, or she changed it for one that sounded better in her speech.<\/p>\n Related: New York Mets To Celebrate 60th Anniversary of Historic Beatles Concert<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n