Beat-Club (1965)
Beat-Club was a German music program that ran from September 1965 to December 1972. It is notable for being the first German show to be based around popular music, and featured artists such as The Equals, Grateful Dead, Zager and Evans, Cream, Frank Zappa, The Rolling Stones, Gene Pitney, Ten Years After, Rory Gallagher, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Ike & Tina Turner, The Who, Black Sabbath, Harry Nilsson, David Bowie, The Bee Gees, The Beach Boys, Chicago, The Doors, Kraftwerk and Robin Gibb in its seven-year run. In 1972, it was replaced by Musikladen.
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Episode 1 - Chris Andrews / Remo Four / Lords
Release Date: 1966-01-22Opening credits music: ""Shakin' All Over"" (performed by the Lords) --Chris Andrews - ""Yesterday Man"" --The Lords - ""Wishing and Hoping,"" ""Poor Boy,"" ""Green Sleeves,"" ""Boom Boom,"" ""I'm A Hog For You Baby"" and ""Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be)"" (Note: some of these songs may have been performed on 18Jun66.) --The Remo Four - ""Peter Gunn"" theme, ""But I Was Cool"" & ""Like A Rolling Stone"" (Note: some of these songs may be from 24Sept66.) 30 minutes / Aired 5:15pm - 5:45pm
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Episode 2 - Boots / Ian & the Zodiacs / Isabella Bond & Tramps
Release Date: 1966-02-12Guests: --Boots - ""Gloria"" and ""In The Midnight Hour"" --Ian & the Zodiacs - ""Leave it to Me"" & ""Why Can't It Be Me"" --Isabella Bond & Tramps - ""Bread and Butter"" 30 minutes / Aired 4:45pm - 5:15pm From this show? --The Beatles (on film) - ""Ticket to Ride"" promo
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Episode 3 - Sandie Shaw / Twinkle / Spencer Davis Group (on film)
Release Date: 1966-03-26Guests: --Spencer Davis Group (on film) - ""Keep On Running"" --Sandie Shaw - ""Tomorrow"" --Twinkle - ""Sha-La-La-La-Lee"" (with The German Blue Flames) --The Birds and the Bees - ""Shout"" and ""Down In The Boondocks"" --Overlanders - ""Michelle"" --Eileen - ""These Boots Are Made for Walking"" 30 minutes / Aired 4:40pm - 5:10pm From this show? --Beatles (on film) - ""We Can Work it Out"" promo
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Episode 4 - The Pretty Things / Silkie / German Bonds
Release Date: 1966-04-16Guests: --The Silkie - ""The Times They Are A Changin‘"" and ""You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"" --The Pretty Things - ""Midnight to Six Man,"" ""Rainin' In My Heart"" and ""Roadrunner"" --The German Bonds - ""We Are Out of Sight,"" ""Sing Hallelujah"" and Mozart's ""Sonata Facile"" --The German Bonds (featuring Tanja May) - ""Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O"" 30 minutes / Aired 4:45pm - 5:15pm
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Episode 5 - The Hollies / Walker Brothers / Dave Dee & Co.
Release Date: 1966-05-28Opening credits: stop-motion movie of girl on park bench. --The Remo Four - ""'Peter Gunn' theme,"" ""Whatcha Gonna Do About It"" & ""Rock Candy"" --Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - ""Hideaway"" and ""Hold Tight"" --Graham Bonney - ""Supergirl"" & ""Barefootin'"" --On film: The Who - ""Substitute"" promo --The Hollies - ""Look Through Any Window,"" interview with Graham Nash, ""The Very Last Day"" & ""I Can't Let Go"" --The Walker Brothers - ""Land of 1000 Dances,"" ""Love Minus Zero (No Limit)"" & ""The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore"" 45 minutes / Aired 3:45pm - 4:30pm
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Episode 6 - Sandie Shaw / The Rattles / Chris Andrews / Graham Bonney
Release Date: 1966-06-18Guests: --Chris Andrews - ""To Whom lt Concerns"" --Sandie Shaw - ""Nothing Comes Easy"" (or ""I Don't Need That Kind Of Lovin'"") Other guests (probably clips from past Beat-Club shows): --The Rattles --The Yankees - ""Always and Ever"" & ""Help"" --The Lords --Eileen - ""These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"" --The Overlanders - ""Michelle"" --Graham Bonney --The Beatles (on film) --Liverbirds - ""Bo Diddley Daddy"" 35 minutes / Aired 5:10pm - 5:45pm
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Episode 7 - Monks / Image / Neil Christian
Release Date: 1966-07-16Guests: --The Monks - ""Boys are Boys,"" ""Monk Chant"" and ""Oh How to Do Now"" --Image - ""Red Rubber Ball"" --Sandy Sarjeant - ""Can't Stop The Want"" --Neil Christian - ""That's Nice"" --Country Stars - ""Folsom Prison Blues,"" ""Orange Blossom Special"" and ""Busted"" 33 minutes / Aired 4:27pm - 5:00pm
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Episode 8 - Moody Blues / Sounds Incorporated / Cliff Bennett & his Rebel Rousers
Release Date: 1966-08-27Taped at the Tiles Club, London: --Sounds Inc. - ""Fingertips,"" ""My Little Red Book"" and ""Rinky Dink"" (another source listed the songs ""Rinky Dink,"" ""Oxford Street"" and ""Rock Candy"") --Cliff Bennett and The Rebel Rousers - ""Hold On I'm Coming"" and ""Got To Get You Into My Life"" --The Moody Blues - ""Really Haven't Got the Time"" and ""Bye Bye Bird"" --Shapes and Sizes - ""A Little Lovely Something"" (and possibly ""I Want You To Like It"") --The Washington DCs 30 minutes / Aired 4:45pm - 5:15pm
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Episode 9 - Sonny & Cher / Graham Bonney / Bunch of Fives / Carol Friday & Remo Four
Release Date: 1966-09-24Guests: --Sonny & Cher - ""Then He Kissed Me"" --Cher - ""I Feel Something In The Air"" --Sonny Bono - ""Laugh At Me"" --Sonny & Cher - ""Little Man"" --The Bunch Of Fives - ""Jump Back"" and ""Can You Hear Me?"" --Graham Bonney and the Remo Four - ""Barefootin'"" and ""Super Girl"" --Carol Friday & the Remo Four - ""Heatwave,"" ""Everybody I Know"" and ""Little By Little"" From this show? --Graham Bonney & Don Lock - ""Don't Fight It"" 30 minutes / Aired 4:45pm - 5:15pm Saturday
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Episode 10 - Episode 10
Release Date: 1966-10-22 -
Episode 11 - Dave Dee & Co. / David & Jonathan / John Smith & the New Sound
Release Date: 1966-11-19Guests: --Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich - ""Bend It"" and ""Hard To Love You"" --David & Jonathan - ""Lovers of the World Unite"" --John Smith & the New Sound - ""Big Time Operator,"" ""Winchester Cathedral"" and ""You Don't Know (Like I Know)"" --David Garrick - ""Dear Mrs. Applebee"" --Jacques Dutronc - ""Et Moi, Et Moi, Et Moi"" 30 minutes / Aired 4:30pm - 5:00pm
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Episode 12 - Easybeats / Paul Jones / Neil Christian / Washington DCs
Release Date: 1966-12-31Guests: --The Easybeats - ""Friday on My Mind"" & ""Loving Machine"" --Paul Jones - ""My Way"" & ""High Time"" --Neil Christian - ""Two At A Time"" --Washington DCs - ""Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever"" 30 minutes / Aired 4:30pm - 5:00pm