The Beatles November 1963

Title: Royal Variety Performance
Type: TV Special
Filming Location: Prince of Wales theatre, London, England
Filming Date: November 4th 1963
Broadcast Date: November 10th 1963
Country Of Broadcast: UK
Duration: 20:05 Minutes
Quality: B-
Source: "The Beatles Back To The Past 1963 Vol 2" (BA Productions/BedHead Productions)
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Notes: This was the night of The Beatles famous appearance at the Royal Command Performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London, in the presence of the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret.

By this point Beatlemania was an established phenomenon, with the group drawing huge and frenzied audiences across the country
and beyond. Although they were seventh on the 19-act bill on this night, they were by far the most anticipated performers to appear.

The Beatles began playing their opening song, "From Me To You", before the curtains had opened. After the final chord John
Lennon and Paul McCartney moved their microphone stands nearer the edge of the stage to get closer to the audience.

The group bowed in unison at the end of the second song, "She Loves You", after which McCartney made a nervous joke about Sophie
Tucker being their "favourite American group". They followed this with a performance of "Till There Was You".

When the applause died down John and Paul moved their microphone stands back to their original positions, and Lennon made the
announcement which won over any remaining doubters and guaranteed them headlines in all the next day`s newspapers.

At the close of the song Ringo joined the others centre stage and the curtain closed behind them. They bowed, firstly to the audience, then to the royal box, before running off the stage.