Thursday, September 19, 1968
“Revolution” promo film is broadcast on Top Of The Pops
Last updated on November 25, 2024
Thursday, September 19, 1968
Last updated on November 25, 2024
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On this day, the “Revolution” promotional film was first aired on UK television on “Top Of The Pops” in black and white. It was later broadcast in color on US television during “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” on October 13, 1968.
Beatles’ hit notches two million — film for world showing, TV tribute
THE Beatles have filmed promotional clips on their new hit single — one on “Hey Jude,” and the other on the flip side “ Revolution.” The former was screened unexpectedly in London Weekend TV’s “Frost On Sunday” this week — announced by David Frost as “live,” but in fact filmed the previous Wednesday. Negotiations were finalised on Wednesday for this same clip to be featured in BBC-1’s “Top Of The Pops” yesterday (Thursday) and again on September 26, and for the “Revolution” sequence to be included in Thursday’s show (19). Southern-TV has also acquired the “Revolution” clip for the special edition of “Time For Blackburn” on September 21, which is being planned as a tribute to the Beatles.
The group has already won a Gold Disc for U.S. sales of the single — this week, “Hey Jude” stands at No. 10 in the “Billboard” Hot 100, and “Revolution” at No. 38. A spokesman for the group told the NME that world sales had already topped the two-million mark.
The two promotional clips on the new single were filmed in colour, and are being distributed on the international market. It is expected they will be incorporated into several U.S. TV shows, including the Ed Sullivan series.
Southern-TVs “Time For Blackburn” on September 21 will be devoted entirely to Lennon-McCartney compositions. Grapefruit, Long John Baldry, John Walker, P. P. Arnold and Tony Blackburn will perform numbers of their own choosing, and the “Revolution” clip will climax the show.
From New Musical Express – September 14, 1968
The Beatles Diary Volume 1: The Beatles Years
"With greatly expanded text, this is the most revealing and frank personal 30-year chronicle of the group ever written. Insider Barry Miles covers the Beatles story from childhood to the break-up of the group."
We owe a lot to Barry Miles for the creation of those pages, but you really have to buy this book to get all the details - a day to day chronology of what happened to the four Beatles during the Beatles years!
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