Thursday, 18 April, 1963
The Beatles perform at London’s Royal Albert Hall for the first time. for a live BBC radio broadcast of “Swinging Sound ‘63.” The show is divided into two halves, with The Beatles appearing in both halves, but only the second half is broadcast. In the first half, The Beatles perform “Please Please […]
Tuesday, 9 April, 1963
The Beatles are interviewed on the live radio program, the BBC show “Pop Inn.” Their about-to-be-released single “From Me to You” is played during the interview. The program is broadcast live from the BBC Paris Studio in London. From there The Beatles travel to Wembley Studios for a live television appearance. This […]
Thursday, 4 April, 1963
At the BBC Paris Studio, London, The Beatles record a third radio appearance for the BBC program “Side by Side.” For their third program, The Beatles perform “Too Much Monkey Business,” “Love Me Do,” “Boys,” “I’ll Be On My Way,” and “From Me to You.” The show is broadcast on June 24. […]
Wednesday, 2 April, 1963
The Beatles at the Playhouse Theatre in London, record another radio appearance, this time for the BBC show “Easy Beat,” their first appearance on this program. They record three songs, “Please Please Me,” “Misery,” and “From Me to You.” In addition to performing those three songs, John Lennon and Paul McCartney take […]
Monday, 1 April, 1963
The Beatles record two radio appearances for later broadcast, both for the BBC program “Side by Side.” For the first radio show, The Beatles record “I Saw Her Standing There,” “Do You Want to Know a Secret,” “Baby It’s You,” “Please Please Me,” “From Me to You,” and “Misery.” That show is […]
Thursday, 21 March, 1963
Between 1:00 and 2:00pm The Beatles were at the BBC studios in Picadilly, London to record a session for the Light Programme show On The Scene. They performed three songs, Misery, Do You Want To Know A Secret and Please Please Me. The show would be broadcast on the following Thursday.
After the […]
Saturday, 16 March, 1963
The Beatles travel to Broadcasting House in London for a live radio appearance. They had been forced to cancel a March 11 recording date for the BBC radio program “Saturday Club,” so they perform six songs that are inserted live into the pre-recorded radio broadcast. The songs: “I Saw Her Standing There,” […]
Monday, 11 March, 1963
During a one day break in the “Roe/Montez” tour The Beatles head to EMI House in London to record their fourth, and final, appearence on Radio Luxembourg’s “The Friday Spectacular.”
This weekend Ringo Starr will make an appearence on Little Steven’s Underground Garage radio show. Check out the fun promo here.
Wednesday, 6th March, 1963
The Beatles appear at the Playhouse Theatre in Manchester to record their fifth, and final, appearance on the BBC radio program “Here We Go” performing “I Saw Her Standing There,” “Misery,” “Do You Want to Know a Secret,” and “Please Please Me.”
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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.
