The Beatles spend part of the day at the US Embassy in Paris to their visas and permits to visit and work in the United States.

In the US, The Beatles and Tony Sheridan album “The Beatles With Tony Sheridan and Their Guests” (MGM 4215) is released in the U.S. Tracks: “Why,” “Cry For a Shadow,” “My Bonnie,” “The Saints,” and other non-Beatles material and will spend 14 weeks on Billboard chart.

Back in Paris The Beatles perform two more shows at the Olympia Theatre.

Various sections of this gig were filmed by TV crews from all three major US networks, NBC, ABC and CBS.

The CBS section (below) earned the distinction of being the first appearance of The Beatles on US TV when it was aired on November 18th. They overdubbed the concert performance of She Loves You with the recorded version from the single.

Brian Epstein flies to the U.S. with Billy J. Kramer for a promotional visit. While there, Epstein meets with television variety show host Ed Sullivan, who wants to let the American audience see the latest crazy fad from overseas on his program. To Sullivan’s astonishment, Epstein insists that The Beatles be given top billing. Eventually they work out a deal: The Beatles will be given top billing in return for three appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show”

Back in the UK, The Beatles tape a strange interview for Rediffusion TV. The TV puts the Fab Four in a hire-car and drives them around London asking questions. Due to the space limitations in the car they interview The Beatles in pairs, first George and Ringo, and then John and Paul. The resulting footage is shown as part of the This Week TV show broadcast on November 7th.

In the evening The Beatles resume their Autumn Tour with two performances at the Adelphi Cinema in Slough.

The Roy Orbison tour heads in to Wales with a stop at the Capitol Cinema in Cardiff.

In the USA, VeeJay release the single “From Me to You/Thank You Girl” (VeeJay 522) it will only reach No.116 on Billboard’s singles chart.