Beat-Club
tv show
105 total episodes
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10 seasons
The show might be in German, but the music is still great!
First Aired September 25, 1965
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Overview
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.
The Phantoms / Ian & the Zodiacs / German Blue Flames
Season 1 - Episode 2 - 1h 31m
Air Date
October 30, 1965
Overview
-Opening credits: Letters sent in by viewers are shown, music: ""Satisfaction"" (Rolling Stones recording) --The Phantoms (band from Berlin) - ""C.C. Rider,"" short interview, ""Hang on Sloopy"" and ""Please Mr. Postman"" --Uschi Nerke interviews a man (Herr Gunther?) regarding Beat-Club. --Ian & the Zodiacs (band from Liverpool) - ""Living Loving Wreck,"" ""Face in the Crowd,"" short interview and ""All of Me"" --German Blue Flames - ""Too Much Monkey Business,"" ""You've Got Your Troubles"" and ""Sunbeams At The Sky"" --""Beat Club"" Hitparade segment (Top 10 countdown): The German Blue Flames perform excerpts from ""Look Through Any Window"" (#8), ""Message Understood"" (#6), ""Eve of Destruction"" (#5), ""If You Gotta Go, Go Now"" (#3), ""Almost There"" (#2), and ""Tears"" (#1). --Closing titles: The German Blue Flames play an instrumental song. approx. 30 minutes / Aired 4:00pm - 4:30pm
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