This was the third night of The Beatles' Christmas Show, which took place at the Astoria Cinema in Finsbury Park, London. The show's 16-night run continued until 11 January 1964.
Friday 27 December 1963
The Times: What Songs The Beatles Sang by William Mann
William Mann, The Times newspaper's music critic, wrote this famous discourse on The Beatles' music in the first flush of Beatlemania.

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