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(Tuesday, July 14, 1964, 7:00-11:00 p.m. BST) — The Beatles recorded an appearance for the first edition of the BBC Light Programme Top Gear tonight at Studio S2, Broadcasting House in London, for airing on July 16, 1964, at 10:00 p.m. BST.

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The Beatles performed six songs: “Long Tall Sally,” “Things We Said Today,” “A Hard Day’s Night,” “And I Love Her,” “If I Fell” and “You Can’t Do That.”

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This was the only occasion in which The Beatles performed “And I Love Her” outside EMI Studios. The song never made it into their stage repertoire, despite its popularity, and the group never performed it during their other numerous television and radio appearances.

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The band’s producer, George Martin, was supposed to have joined The Beatles to play the piano solo on “A Hard Day’s Night,” but failed to show up. As a result, the solo from the studio version was edited into the recording.

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Another anomaly was the inclusion of “I Should Have Known Better” in the program. The Beatles did not perform the song during this session, but the EMI recording was played as if it had been.

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