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Nov. 1-2, 1965: TV stages tribute to songwriters Lennon and McCartney

November 1, 10:48 PMBeatles ExaminerSteve Marinucci
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It's a real tribute to the incredible success of John Lennon and Paul McCartney that a TV show like "The Music of Lennon and McCartney," which was taped Nov. 1-2, 1965, was done at all. Ordinarily, one doesn't see shows like this until many years of success.

But here it was, 1965, a year after Beatlemania swept the world, that Granada TV in the UK worked up an hourlong special featuring several artists covering Lennon-McCartney songs -- plus a performance by the Beatles themselves.

The artists appearing included Cilla Black, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, the George Martin Orchestra, Henry Mancini, Esther Phillips, Peter Sellers and Lulu. Certainly a well-rounded bunch.

Lennon and McCartney -- as well as the Beatles -- had most definitely arrived.

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