One week after their record-breaking debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Beatles made their second live appearance.
A rehearsal took place at 2pm, which was filmed but not broadcast.
The performance took place at The Beatles' Miami hotel, the Deauville, from 8pm-9pm, in front of an audience of 2,600. CBS had given out 3,500, and police had to calm angry ticket holders who were denied entry.
Remarkably, given the ratings success of their appearance on 9 February, The Beatles did not top the bill this time; Mitzi Gaynor was the headliner. Also on the bill was Myron Cohen, and boxers Joe Louis and Sonny Listen were both in the audience at the Deauville.
The Beatles performed six songs: She Loves You, This Boy, All My Loving, I Saw Her Standing There, From Me To You and I Want To Hold Your Hand.
The show was watched by an estimated 70 million people in 22,445,000 homes, and was repeated on 20 September 1964 at 8pm. After filming the hotel's owner, Maurice Lansberg, gave a party for the performers and crew who worked on the show; the food included lobster, beef, chicken and fish.
As a veteran of the B'way production of Beatlemania I feel obliged to contribute..though my opinion carries no more merit than any other Betales fan. It's Myron Cohen the comedian, not Myra Cohen for God's sake, who appeared on the Sullivan show with the group. I try not to have tunnel vision and have an appreciation for things other than Beatles, as great as they were.
Richi - hi, thanks for joining us. Of course it was Myron, not Myra - my mistake. Sticky fingers and all that...
ive seen 2 distinct versions of the 16 broadcast. One was on a compilation of the complete sullivan performances, the other was on the First US Visit DVD. Each starts with a different Sullivan introduction, and the former even has Paul's microphone crap out during "I saw her Standing There". Could one of these be the rehearsal footage?