The Beatles performed at this London night club and restaurant on just this one occasion, following their first appearance at the New Musical Express Poll-Winners' All-Star Concert in Wembley.
Although the Pigalle later became a fashionable destination for London clubbers, on this occasion the audience almost entirely consisted of Jewish people, as the concert had only been advertised - for reasons unknown - in the weekly Jewish Chronicle newspaper.
21/04/63 Pigalle Club, Picadilly
The reason the gig was only advertised in the Jewish Chronicle was because it was a charity "do" with all proceeds going to a (Jewish, I think) charity.
Check Jewish Chronicle archives for 19/04/63 for more information.
i remember it well i was there ,my one and only beatles concert but i love them still
I've yet to come across anyone from N.W. London who WASN'T there! Perhaps we should have a reunion.
be a bit hard for me steph ,i now live in the hills of north wales ,i can get to greece quicker than i can to london
I was there and I lived in South London. So was my future husband, who was from Ilford, although we didn't meet until 1967. I stood outside the Pigalle and shook hands with them all as they left. Stupidly I didn't get their autographs. A great night!!
I was there with my best mate Barry Milner
we caught up in a crush with loads of birds and dolly's huge bundle later on
Smashing time those were the day's