Beat-Club
1965
📺 10 Seasons
🎬 105 Episodes
📅 Canceled
🌐 DE
⏱️ 60 min/episode
Reality
Beat-Club was a German music program that ran from September 1965 to December 1972. It is notable for being the first German show to be based around popular music, and featured artists such as The Equals, Grateful Dead, Zager and Evans, Cream, Frank Zappa, The Rolling Stones, Gene Pitney, Ten Years After, Rory Gallagher, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Ike & Tina Turner, The Who, Black Sabbath, Harry Nilsson, David Bowie, The Bee Gees, The Beach Boys, Chicago, The Doors, Kraftwerk and Robin Gibb in its seven-year run. In 1972, it was replaced by Musikladen.
Seasons
Season 1
Show begins with an introduction by William Wieben --Opening credits: The Yankees - "Halbstark" --Beat-Club hosts: Gerd Augustin and Uschi Nerke --The Yankees (band from Bremen) - "Tequila", "Always and Ever" and "Help" --The Liverbirds (all-female band from Liverpool) - "Peanut Butter", short interview, "Why Do You Hang Around Me" & "Bo Diddley Daddy" --John O'Hara & his Playboys (band from Scotland) - "I'm Down" and "We've Gotta Get Out of This Place" --John O'Hara & his Playboys perform "Wolly Bully" (while audience members demonstrate a dance called "The Memphis") Closing credits: John O'Hara & Playboys continue with "Wolly Bully" approx. 30 minutes / Aired 4:45pm - 5:15pm Saturda
Season 2
Opening credits music: ""Shakin' All Over"" (performed by the Lords) --Chris Andrews - ""Yesterday Man"" --The Lords - ""Wishing and Hoping,"" ""Poor Boy,"" ""Green Sleeves,"" ""Boom Boom,"" ""I'm A Hog For You Baby"" and ""Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be)"" (Note: some of these songs may have been performed on 18Jun66.) --The Remo Four - ""Peter Gunn"" theme, ""But I Was Cool"" & ""Like A Rolling Stone"" (Note: some of these songs may be from 24Sept66.) 30 minutes / Aired 5:15pm - 5:45pm
Season 3
Guests: --The Who - ""I'm A Boy,"" ""Heatwave"" and ""Happy Jack"" --The Animals - ""C.C. Rider,"" ""A Love Like Yours"" and ""Shake, Rattle and Roll"" --The Lords - ""Have a Drink on Me"" and ""Late Last Sunday Evening"" --The Rattles - ""Hey Sally,"" ""It Is Love"" ""Love Of My Life"" ""Good Times"" and ""(Stopping In) Las Vegas"" --Lee Curtis & the All-Stars (Lee Curtis' All-Stars) - ""What Are You Gonna Do?"" 35 minutes / Aired 4:30pm - 5:05pm
Season 4
Guests: --Billie Davis - ""Angel Of The Morning"" --Long John Baldry - ""Let The Heartaches Begin"" --The Herd - ""Paradise Lost"" --Dave Davies - ""Sussanna's Still Alive"" --Procol Harum - ""Homburg"" --Carla Thomas - ""B-A-B-Y"" (and/or ""Isn't It A Great Feelin'"") --Dave Justin - ""Everybody's Gone Home"" --Neil Christian - ""Let Me Hear You Laugh"" 30 minutes / Aired 4:45pm - 5:15pm
Season 5
Guests: --The Who - ""Magic Bus"" --The Easybeats - ""Gonna Have A Good Time Tonight"" (title might be ""Good Times"") --Spooky Tooth - ""The Weight"" --Blue Cheer - ""Summertime Blues"" --Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - ""Wreck Of The Antoinette"" --Bee Gees - ""I Gotta Get a Message to You"" --The Hollies - ""Listen to Me"" --Barry Ryan - ""Eloise"" --Family Dogg - possibly ""Brown-Eyed Girl"" --The Beatles (on film) - possibly ""Lady Madonna"" (charted 20Mar68 UK) & ""Hey Jude"" (4Sep68 UK) From this episode? --Hedgehoppers Anonymous - ""lt's Good News Week"" 60 minutes / Aired 4:45pm - 5:45pm
Season 6
Guests (final black & white show): --Man - ""2:30 Definitely"" --Yes - ""No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed"" --Champion Jack Dupree - ""Barrelhouse Blues"" and ""Calcutta"" --Delaney and Bonnie and Friends - ""Where There's A Will There's A Way"" & ""Poor Elijah"" (with Eric Clapton and others - see Notes below) --The Beatles (on film) - ""Something"" (probably the correct song) --Caravan - ""Place Of My Own"" or ""Magic Man"" --Babylon - ""Into the Promised Land"" 60 minutes / Aired 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Season 7
Guests: --Muddy Waters - ""Blow Wind Blow"" & ""Honey Bee"" --Colosseum - ""Take Me Back To Doomsday"" --Fotheringay - ""Too Much of Nothing"" (and possibly ""Black Lady"") --Stone the Crows - ""Danger Zone"" and ""Love 74"" 60 minutes / Aired 4:15pm - 5:15pm
Season 8
Guests: --The Move (feat. Jeff Lynne) - ""Down on the Bay"" --Hardin & York - ""Like a Rolling Stone"" --Slade - ""Coz I Luv You"" --Fanny - ""Special Care"" & ""Blind Alley"" --Redbone - ""The Witch Queen of New Orleans"" --Man - ""Angle Easy"" --Hardin & York - ""Freedom"" 60 minutes / Aired 3:45pm - 4:45pm
Season 9
Season 10
Network
Das Erste
Keywords
pop culturelive performance