Friday, 24 January, 1964 The Beatles spent part of the day at the Paris studios of the American Forces Network recording a radio interview that would be broadcast on a show called Weekend World to US troops stationed in West Germany. In the evening it was back to the Olympia Theatre for two more shows.
Monday, 20 January, 1964 The Beatles played another two shows at the Olympia Theatre in Paris. Earlier in the day a short interview with the group was broadcast on the French radio station Europe 1
Sunday, 19 January, 1964 The on going series of performances at the Olympia Theatre in Paris usually consisted of two shows each night, with a third show, a matinee performance, added on Sundays. A portion of this Sunday’s matinee was broadcast live by the French radio station Europe 1 during its Musicorama show. Listeners heard [...]
Tuesday, 7 January, 1964 During the afternoon The Beatles recorded an appearance on the BBC radio show Saturday Club. The recording took place at the BBC studios in the Playhouse Theater in London and would be broadcast on the 15th February. After the taping The Beatles headed back to the Astoria Cinema in Finsbury Park [...]
Sunday, 5th January, 1964 Before the Beatles performed two more houses of The Beatles Christmas Show at the Astoria Cinema in Finsbury Park, George and Ringo taped a segment for the BBC radio show The Public Ear. The segment took the form of an audio letter encouraging listeners to listen to the American R&B artists [...]
Wednesday, 18 December, 1963 At the BBC Paris Studios in London, The Beatles record a two-hour radio special to be broadcast on the Boxing Day Holiday (26th December). Originally developed under the title Beatletime, the show was renamed as From Us To You and The Beatles recorded a suitable altered version of From Me To [...]
Tuesday, 17 December, 1963 At the Playhouse Theatre in London, The Beatles tape an appearance for the BBC radio show Saturday Club to be broadcast on 21st December. The group performed six songs, All My Loving, This Boy, I Want To Hold Your Hand, Till There Was You, Roll Over Beethoven and She Loves You [...]
Tuesday, 10 December, 1963 The Beatles play a gig at the Gaumont Cinema in Doncaster. On this occasion the usual pre-gig interview has a twist. Instead of being interviewed for a local TV or radio station the boys are interviewed by Australian Dibbs Mather for the BBC’s Transcription Service. The interview will only be available [...]
Saturday, 7 December, 1963 The Beatles returned from a few days off to what was probably one of the busiest days of their career to date. At home in Liverpool for the first time in four months they would record two TV shows, record a radio interview and play two shows – all in one [...]
Friday, 29 November, 1963 The Beatles played two houses at the ABC Cinema in Huddersfield. Between the two houses they were interviewed by a representative from the Huddersfield Tape Recording Society for a local hospital-radio show called Music Box. The interviewer was a young Gordon Kaye, who years later would become one of Britain’s best [...]
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Alan J. Porter has been a Beatles fan since he first saw them perform on a regional British TV show back in 1963 when he was just a wee lad. He is the author of the critically acclaimed BEFORE THEY WERE BEATLES and occasional contributor to Beatlology Magazine. He now lives in Central Texas and occasionally writes about things other than The Fab Four. You can find out more here.
