In January 1964, a few month or so after I first became aware of the the Beatles, I happened to discover that a clip of the Beatles was going to be shown on The Jack Paar Show, which was one of the early "late night" television shows. Armed with this little-known tidbit of information, I spread the word to my girl friend and all of my other high school friends. I made sure I was in front of the television late that night, when the Beatle clip was shown.
It was a dark, black and white clip that showed the Beatles performing, and the whole first part of the film mostly featured closeups of screaming girls, with a few clips of the Beatles playing in the background. Then it went into a segment showing closer views of the Beatles playing “She Loves You”.
Despite the brevity of the film, I was excited by what I saw of the Beatles, and I could tell from the song, that their rock and roll had a different sound from what was normally being played on the radio. It had a good beat and vocal harmonies. The group was tight, and very animated in their playing.
Those of my friends who had bothered to tune in to see the Beatles gave positive reviews of what they saw and my girl friend liked them, but for most of North Americans, the Beatles remained unknown for another month.
At the end of the clip, Jack Paar announced that The Beatles would be appearing live on the Ed Sullivan Show on February 9th. That set me anxiously awaiting for another whole month.
Here is a link to that film shown on the Jack Paar Show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYd5oYlutgU
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