BEATLES – Day By Day – 12/11/63
December 13th, 2008Wednesday, 11 December, 1963
The Beatles play at the Futurist Theatre in the Yorkshire seaside town of Scarborough.
BEATLES – Day By Day – 12/10/63
December 13th, 2008Tuesday, 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 for use outside the UK and was broadcast as part of the Dateline London transmission and the Calling Australia radio show.
BEATLES – Day By Day – 12/9/63
December 9th, 2008Monday, 9 December, 1963
The Beatles traveled from London to the seaside resort of Southend for a gig at the town’s Odeon Cinema. As was becoming customary before the show they received a visit from a local BBC TV film crew for the inevitable interview.
BEATLES – Day By Day – 12/8/63
December 9th, 2008Sunday, 8 December, 1963
The Beatles continued their tour with a gig at the Odeon Cinema in the London suburb of Lewisham.
BEATLES Day By Day – 12/7/63
December 9th, 2008Saturday, 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 day.
The day’s activities kicked off at the Empire Theater with a specially recorded edition of the popular BBC TV show Juke Box Jury in which celebrity guests listened to new pop releases and determined if they would be a “Hit” or a “Miss.” On this occasion all four panelists would be Beatles. The show was recorded in front of 2500 screaming members of the Northern Area Beatles Fan Club, and broadcast (screams and all) later that evening.
30 minutes after the taping of Jule Box Jury had wrapped, The Beatles once again took to the stage of the Empire, in front of the same (still screaming) fans for a 45 minute show. 30 minutes of the show would be broadcast by the BBC as It’s The Beatles later that same evening.
Apparently the screaming was so loud that the BBC cameramen and sound recordists couldn’t hear the directors instructions and the end result was deemed to be somewhat of a technical embarrassment by the BBC management.
After the show The Beatles still had one other task to do for the BBC. They recorded a short interview segment for later transmission on the Christmas Day radio show Top Pops of 1963.
With all their BBC obligations fulfilled The Beatles received a police escort down especially closed off streets as they transferred to the near by Odeon Cinema, where they gave two evening performances as part of their continuing tour.
BEATLES – Day by Day – 12/3/63
December 4th, 2008Tuesday, 3 December, 1963
The Beatles returned to the Guildhall in Portsmouth for the gig that was postponed from 12th November.
BEATLES – Day By Day – 12/2/63
December 4th, 2008Monday, 2 December, 1963
The Beatles spent most of the day at the Elstree studios of ATV taping an appearance on the top TV comedy show, The Morecambe and Wise Show which would be broadcast on 18 April, 1964.
The Beatles performed This Boy, All My Loving and I Want To Hold Your Hand, as well as giving as good as they got when it came to exchanging banter with the famous double-act.
After the TV show they traveled to the Groverner House Hotel on Park Lane in London for a cabaret style gig in the hotel’s ballroom in aid of charity.
BEATLES – Day By Day – 12/1/63
December 4th, 2008Sunday, 1 December, 1963
The Beatles played at the DeMontfort Hall in Leicester.
BEATLES – Day By Day – 11/30/63
December 4th, 2008Saturday, 30 November, 1963
The Beatles play a gig at the Empire Theatre in Sunderland.
BEATLES – Day By Day – 11/29/63
November 29th, 2008Friday, 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 loved TV comedians.
