Sunday morning dose of The Beatles

Before their appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964, The Beatles were introduced to the United States via a film that was shown on The Jack Paar Program in January 1964.

Get a load of how loud their Shea Stadium concert was in 1965.

The Beat tv show

The Beat was a syndicated tv show from Dallas, Texas that aired for one year in 1966. It was hosted by Nashville-based deejay Bill "Hoss" Allen and featured a house band led by Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. Below, are some fine, soul performances from the program.

• show intro
• Jerkin' the Dog, The Mighty Hannibal
• I Can't Turn You Loose, Jimmy Church
• Uptight, Jimmy Church
• You'll Lose a Good Thing, Barbara Lynn
• Suffering Soul, Mighty Joe Young
• Hold On To What You've Got, Joe Tex
• Something's Got a Hold On Me, Etta James
• Hide Away, Freddie King

Somebody Help Me

A teenage Steve Winwood and The Spencer Davis Group perform
live on the German television show Beat Beat Beat in 1966. Below,
are some fantastic, live performances with groovin' audiences.

• James Brown's I'll Go Crazy
• Sha La La La Lee, Small Faces
• Cherry Wainer and Don Storer
• With a Girl Like You, The Troggs
• I Can't Control Myself, The Troggs
• more Wainer and Storer
• C.C. Rider, Eric Burdon

Happy New Year

What was going on in London for New Year's Eve 1965? Big heads.