The Beatles on 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' - January 13, 1963
From BeatlesWiki
| Event | |
| Date | January 13, 1963 |
| Short description | The Beatles appear on 'Thank Your Lucky Stars,' a nationally broadcast British TV program. |
| Location | Liverpool |
Music publisher Dick James got this gig for them, possibly one of their most important ones. It made The Beatles become nationally seen by teenagers all over Britain. The day's taping took place at Alpha Television Studios, where they lip-synched Please Please Me. The Beatles performance, which was last on a seven-act bill, was aired at the end of the first half right before commercial break. It aired from 5:50 PM to 6:30 PM on January 19. During the taping on this date, Andrew Loog Oldham, a friend of their press agent, Tony Barrow, asked Brian for a job as a press agent. Oldham recalls this, "I went up to John and told him he was good. He agreed. I then asked who handled them and he pointed over his shoulder to a paisley scarf-clad businessman chatting nervously to Ringo in the corner. I hustled Epstein and got the job, mainly because nobody else had asked." He was disappointed, though, when Brian had assigned him to cover Billy J. Kramer and Gerry And The Pacemakers only instead. Four months later, he would see The Rolling Stones play at the Crawdaddy Club and quit NEMS to manage them.
[edit] Source
- LEWISOHN M., 1992, The Complete Beatles Chronicle, Hamlyn -- Buy it on Amazon.com
