Video: 'Ready Steady Go! - Volume 1'
(Friday, August 9, 1963) — Ready Steady Go!, one of the UK’s first rock/pop music television programs, debuted today on ITV. It would eventually feature artists such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who and Jimi Hendrix.
Video: 'Very rare: 1963 Beatles home movie - Jersey, Channel Islands' (Aug. 8, 1963, at :20-1:13; the rest was shot Aug. 6-10, 1963)
(Thursday, August 8, 1963) — The Beatles were filmed today at Jersey Airport, boarding their chartered flight for Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
(Saturday, August 3, 1963) — The Beatles debuted on the American pop charts today when “From Me To You” appeared at #125 on Billboard‘s Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart. The track would peak at #116 on Aug. 10, then fall out of the chart after only a total of three weeks.
The Beatles would not chart again in the U.S. until Jan. 18, 1964; “From Me To You” would be re-leased on Jan. 30, 1964 as the B-side to “Please Please Me” and returned to the chart on Feb. 22, 1964.
(Sunday Wednesday, July 31, 1963, 8:34 p.m.) — A fictional BJ (Billy Joel) and the Affordables performed “Tell Her About It” tonight on The Ed Sullivan Show. Although the 1983 promotional video indicates July 31, 1963, fell on a Sunday (the real ‘Sullivan’ show having aired on Sundays at 8 p.m. on CBS), July 31, 1963, actually fell on a Wednesday. Also on that date, Joel was in reality a 14 year old living in Hicksville, New York.
Video: 'Our Car Club by the Beach Boys'
(Tuesday, July 16, 1963) — The Beach Boys recorded (or completed recording) nine songs today at Western Recorders Studio in Hollywood for their third studio album Surfer Girl, including “Our Car Club,” “The Rocking Surfer,” “South Bay Surfer (The Old Folks at Home),” “Surfer’s Rule,” “Your Summer Dream,” “Boogie Woodie,” “Catch a Wave,” “Hawaii,” and “In My Room.” Continue reading The Beach Boys complete nine songs for ‘Surfer Girl’ album 50 years ago today (1963)
(Saturday, June 29, 1963) — The first song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of the British rock band The Beatles debuted on today’s Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart at #96 in the form of “From Me To You” by Del Shannon.
Audio: 'The Beatles - Juke Box Jury (29th June 1963)'
(Saturday, June 22, 1963, 8:30-9:15 p.m. BST) — John Lennon appeared without the other Beatles tonight on the BBC television show Juke Box Jury for broadcast on June 29, 1963, at 6:35 p.m. (only some of the audio survives).
Video: 'Beach Boys "Little Deuce Coupe"'
(Wednesday, June 12, 1963) — The Beach Boys recorded “Little Deuce Coupe” and re-recorded “Surfer Girl” at Western Recorders Studio in Hollywood. Continue reading The Beach Boys record ‘Little Deuce Coupe’ and ‘Surfer Girl’ 50 years ago today (1963)
Video: 'Barbra Streisand - "When The Sun Comes Out"'
(Sunday, June 9, 1963, 8 p.m. EDT) — Barbra Streisand performed “When the Sun Comes Out” on tonight’s edition of the CBS-TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show.
Video: 'The Searchers - Sweets for my sweet (HQ)'
(Tuesday, June 4, 1963) — The Searchers, a beat group from Liverpool, England, today released their debut single — a cover of The Drifters’ “Sweets for My Sweet.”
