Audio: 'The Beatles and The Karl Denver Trio - Side By Side (BBC, Side By Side #01 - 13 May 1963)'

(Monday, April 1, 1963, rehearsal/recording: 2:30-5:30 p.m. BST) — The Beatles recorded two shows for the radio series Side By Side, to be broadcast on the BBC Light Programme service, today at Studio 1, BBC Piccadilly Studios in London.

The show’s format was that the house band, The Karl Denver Trio, invited a guest act to perform each week. Both acts typically performed the theme tune together.

For the first show The Beatles additionally sang “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.”

For the second show, their songs were: “From Me To You,” “Long Tall Sally,” “A Taste Of Honey,” “Chains,” “Thank You Girl” and “Boys.”

Including the rehearsals, the radio sessions took place from 2:30-5:30 p.m. and 6:30-10:30 p.m. BST. The first show was broadcast from 5:00 p.m. on Apr. 22, 1963, and the second one at the same time on May 13, 1963.