Legend has it the Beatles rubber ball drew inspiration from The Cyrkle’s hit “Red Rubber Ball” — a band discovered by Brian Epstein, with a name coined by John Lennon himself. Manufactured in the U.S. by Holland Hall Products, Inc., this inflatable ball turned any playground game of Four Square into a Fab Four occasion.

No mid-’60s party favor list was complete without these. Manufactured by United Industries Incorporated of Southington, Connecticut, the latex balloons came in six colors — red/pink, blue, yellow, white, green, and orange — each printed with a black-and-white band portrait, in a 5½” size.

Manufactured by Koss Electronics in 1966, based on their landmark SP/3 model, these blue plastic mono headphones with Beatles earpiece graphics hold a notable distinction: the first-ever signature headphones sold commercially. Licensed through FOMISA in Lugano, Switzerland, they retailed at $29.95 and were marketed to retailers as “The Beatles Own Listening System” — pitched hard at teenage record fans and young musicians alike.

Best known for sports games, Subbuteo pivoted in 1964 to hand sculptor Charles Stadden eight days to craft 2½” figures of the band for “The Pop Stars In Miniature Series.” The UK got standing plastic figures; the U.S. got pin-back versions sold as “Beatles Official Pins,” complete with countertop display cards. UK sales flopped — killing plans for similar Cilla Black or Dave Clark Five figures — but American teens made the pins a hit.