Beat! Beat! Beat!

Beat! Beat! Beat!

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1. The Kinks / Kenny Lynch / The Koobas

Air Date: 1966-01-07

Show #1 (broadcast 7 Jan 1966) 42 minutes --The Kinks - ""A Well Respected Man,"" ""Milk Cow Blues,"" ""Till The End Of The Day,"" ""I'm A Lover Not A Fighter"" and ""You Really Got Me"" (taped 23-Nov-1965, at the Stadthalle (city hall) in Offenbach) --Kenny Lynch - ""I'll Stay By You"" and ""Get Out Of My Way"" --The Koobas - ""Rollin' Stone,"" ""Somewhere In The Night,"" ""Stubborn Kind of Fellow"" and 2 unknown songs (please see Recap). --Cherry Wainer & Don Storer - ""Walk On The Wild Side"" and two unknown instrumental songs.

2. The Sorrows / The Kentuckies / Casey Jones & the Governors

Air Date: 1966-02-04

Show #2 (1966) 44 minutes --Casey Jones and The Governors - ""Dizzy Miss Lizzy,"" ""Don't Ha Ha,"" ""Yesterday Man"" and ""Don't You Know Yockomo"" --The Sorrows - ""You've Got What I Want,"" ""No, No, No, No,"" ""Take A Heart"" and ""Let Me In"" --The Kentuckies - ""Saturday Night,"" ""Hi-Heel Sneakers"" and ""Uncle Willy""  --Jack Hammer (with Cherry Wainer & Don Storer) - ""Granada"" and ""Go Get Him Girl"" --Cherry Wainer & Don Storer - ""Peter Gunn,"" ""Cleo's Beat"" and ""Back At The Chicken Shack""

3. The Rainbows / Gene Williams / Johnny B. Great & The Quotations

Air Date: 1966-03-18

Show #3 (1966) 33 minutes --Johnny B. Great & The Quotations feat. Beryl Marsden - ""Everything's Gonna Be Allright,"" ""In The Midnight Hour,"" ""I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)"" and ""Strong Love"" --The Rainbows - ""Kommando Pimperle,"" ""Louie, Louie,"" ""Bald Headed Woman"" and ""My Baby Baby Balla Balla"" ) --Gene Williams & The Echo Sound - ""What's New Pussycat?"" and ""Under The Boardwalk"" --Cherry Wainer & Don Storer - ""Organ Grinder's Swing/Melody"" and ""Love For Sale""

4. The Searchers / Freddie & The Dreamers / Pete Lancaster

Air Date: 1966-05-06

Show #4 (1966) 34 minutes --Sten & Stanley - ""Girl, Those Where The Good Old Days"" (or ""Good Old Days, Girl""), ""Nur der Silbermond"" and ""Wiggy Woggy"" --Tawney Reed (or Tanny Reed) - ""Needle In A Haystack"" and ""I've Got A Feeling"" --Freddie & The Dreamers - ""Run For Your Life,"" ""You Were Made For Me,"" ""I'm Telling You Now"" and ""If You've Got A Minute, Baby"" --Pete Lancaster - 2 songs (please see ""Recap"") --The Searchers - ""Love Potion No. 9,"" ""Sweets For My Sweet,"" ""C.C. Rider"" and ""Jenny Take A Ride""

5. Helen Shapiro / Sounds Incorporated / The Rattles / Lee Curtis

Air Date: 1966-06-03

Show #5 (1966) 43 minutes --The Rattles - ""La La La,"" ""Come On And Sing,"" ""(Stopping In) Las Vegas"" and ""Sha-La-La-La-Lee"" --Lee Curtis - ""Nobody But You"" and ""Little Egypt"" --The Sounds Incorporated - ""William Tell Overture"" and 2 other songs. --Helen Shapiro - ""It Might As Well Rain Until September"" and ""My Guy"" --The Overlanders - ""Barbara Ann,"" ""Michelle,"" ""Along Came Jones"" and ""The Girl From New York City""

6. Spencer Davis Group / Mindbenders / Dave Dee & Co. / Dave Berry

Air Date: 1966-07-01

Show #6 (May 1966) 50 minutes --Dave Berry - ""Now"" and ""Little Things"" --Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - ""You Make It Move,"" ""Why Do Fools Fall In Love?"" ""Hideaway"" and ""Hold Tight"" --The Mindbenders - ""Land Of 1000 Dances,"" ""In The Midnight Hour,"" ""C.C. Rider,"" ""A Groovy Kind Of Love"" and ""Don't Cry No More"" --The Spencer Davis Group (feat. Steve Winwood) - ""Somebody Help Me,"" ""Sittin' and Thinkin'',"" ""Please Do Something"" (or ""You Gotta Do Something"") and ""Keep On Running"" --Cherry Wainer & Don Storer - ""A Taste Of Honey,"" ""What Now, My Love?"" and ""Green Onions""

7. Peter & Gordon / The Creation / The Shapes / The Koobas

Air Date: 1966-09-23

Show #7 (1966) 51 minutes --The Shapes - ""Where Have All The Good Times Gone?"" and ""Pretty Flamingo"" --The Creation - ""I'm A Man,"" ""That's How Strong My Love Is"" and ""Making Time"" --Adam & Eve - ""Adam & Eve"" and ""They Can Look At Us (And Laugh)"" --Barry Monroe - ""Baby, Think Before You Act"" --Peter & Gordon - ""To Show I Love You,"" ""Homeward Bound"" and ""Woman"" --The Koobas - ""Shake,"" ""Take Me for a Little While,"" ""You'd Better Make Up Your Mind,"" ""You Don't Love Me"" (or ""Baby Don't Leave Me"")

8. The Small Faces / Tony Sheridan / The Rangers / The Untamed

Air Date: 1966-10-21

--The Small Faces - ""Hey Girl,"" ""All Or Nothing,"" ""What'cha Gonna Do About It?"" and ""Sha-La-La-La-Lee"" --Tony Sheridan - ""Shake It Some More"" and ""Just You And Me"" --The Rangers - ""Black Is Black"" and ""Lovers Of The World Unite"" --The Untamed - ""One More Heartache,"" ""I'll Go Crazy"" and ""Daddy Longlegs"" --Cherry Wainer & Don Storer - ""Soul Organ Blues"" and ""What Now, My Love?""

9. Manfred Mann / Chris Farlowe / The Monks / Les Knack

Air Date: 1966-11-18

Show #9 (1966) 48 minutes --The Monks - ""Complication,"" ""I Can't Get Over You"" and ""Cuckoo"" --Chris Farlowe - ""Out Of Time"" and ""Ride On Baby"" --Manfred Mann - ""The Nitty Gritty,"" ""You Don't Know Me,"" ""Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James"" and ""Hound Dog"" --Les Knack - ""Serre-Moi La Main"" and ""The Price of Love"" (or ""Power Of Love"") --Cherry Wainer & Don Storer - ""Happy Organ"" and ""Love For Sale""

10. Herman's Hermits / Neil Christian / The Lords / The Hep Stars

Air Date: 1966-12-16

Show #10 (1966) 46 minutes --Herman's Hermits - ""No Milk Today,"" ""Dandy,"" ""Jezebel"" and ""My Reservation's Been Confirmed"" --Neil Christian - ""That's Nice"" and ""Two At A Time"" --The Lords - ""Late Last Sunday Evening"" & ""Don't Mince Matter"" --The Hep Stars (feat. Benny Andersson) - ""Sunny Girl,"" ""No Response"" and ""Wedding"" --Cherry Wainer & Don Storer - ""Red River Valley,"" ""Morning"" (or ""Moanin'"") Note: According to a few sources, The Who taped a performance for ""Beat Beat Beat"" on 1 Nov 66. This appears to be an error as the Who do not appear on any BBB transcripts.

11. Eric Burdon & The New Animals / The Troggs / Chris Andrews / Graham Bonney

Air Date: 1967-01-20

Show #11 (January 1967) 46 minutes --Eric Burdon & The New Animals - ""Tobacco Road,"" ""Roadrunner"" and ""C.C. Rider"" --Graham Bonney - ""No One Knows (That I'm The Luckiest Boy In Town)"" and ""Super Girl"" --The Troggs - ""With A Girl Like You,"" ""I Can't Control Myself"" and ""You Can't Beat It"" --Chris Andrews - ""You're Gonna Like This"" and ""Yesterday Man"" --The Shamrocks - ""How The Time Flies"" and ""Nobody Cares About Me"" --Cherry Wainer & Don Storer - ""Take Five"" and ""Got My Mojo Working""

12. The Hollies / The Easybeats / Paul Jones / Carol Friday

Air Date: 1967-02-10

Show #12 (February 1967) 45 minutes --The Easybeats - ""River Deep, Mountain High,"" ""Made My Bed, Gonna Lie In It,"" ""Lovin' Machine"" and ""Friday On My Mind"" --Paul Jones - ""I've Been A Bad, Bad Boy"" and ""High Time"" --The Hollies - ""Stop, Stop, Stop,"" ""On A Carousel"" and ""Bus Stop"" --The Thoughts - ""If You Don't Come Back"" and ""Until You Love Someone"" --Carol Friday - ""Wasted Days"" and ""I Look Around Me""

13. Helen Shapiro / Freddie & The Dreamers / David Garrick

Air Date: 1967-03-03

Show #13 (1967) 45 minutes --Casey Jones and The Governors - ""Come On And Dance,"" ""It's Allright,"" ""Have Mercy Baby"" and ""Hold On I'm Comin'"" (live) --Helen Shapiro - ""Wait A Little Longer"" and ""Make Me Belong To You"" --Freddie & The Dreamers - ""Some Other Guy,"" ""Playboy,"" ""Nashville Cats"" and ""If You've Got A Minute, Baby"" --The Mersey-Counts - ""(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave"" and ""Hooray for Hazel"" --David Garrick - ""I've Been Loving You Too Long (to Stop Now)"" and ""Dear Mrs. Applebee""

14. The Yardbirds / Poor Things / Ebony Keyes / The Tages

Air Date: 1967-03-31

Show #14 (1967) 43 minutes (March 15, 1967 might be the date the show was taped) --The Yardbirds (feat. Jimmy Page) - ""Shapes Of Things,"" ""Happenings Ten Years Time Ago,"" ""Over Under Sideways Down"" and ""I'm A Man"" (4th song interrupted by host). --Poor Things - ""I'm So Lonesome"" and ""Don't Leave Me Alone"" --Ebony Keyes - ""If You Knew"" and ""Sitting In The Rain"" --The Tages - ""Wanting,"" ""In My Dreams"" and ""Every Raindrop Means A Lot"" (or ""Every Raindrop has A Meaning"") --Cherry Wainer & Don Storer - ""Night Train"" and ""Call Me""

15. Episode 15

Air Date: 1967-04-17

16. Episode 16

Air Date: 1967-05-08

17. Episode 17

Air Date: 1967-05-29

18. Episode 18

Air Date: 1967-06-26

19. Episode 19

Air Date: 1967-09-18

20. Episode 20

Air Date: 1967-10-16

21. Episode 21

Air Date: 1967-11-13

22. Episode 22

Air Date: 1968-02-16

23. Episode 23

Air Date: 1968-11-07

24. Episode 24

Air Date: 1969-01-24

25. Episode 25

Air Date: 1969-02-07

4. P. P. Arnold / The Move / The Creation / Graham Bonney

Air Date: 1967-08-28

--P. P. Arnold - ""Speak To Me"" and ""The First Cut Is The Deepest"" --Graham Bonney - ""Thank You Baby"" and ""Happy Together"" --The Creation - ""Try And Stop Me,"" ""If I Stay Too Long,"" ""Painter Man"" and ""Tom Tom"" --Don & Dotty (with Cherry Wainer & Don Storer) - ""Summer Wine"" --The Move (with Jeff Lynne of ELO) - ""Walk Upon The Water,"" ""I Can Hear The Grass Grow"" and ""Night Of Fear"" --The Warriors - ""Mr. Nobody Nothing"" and ""Tango"" (live) --Cherry Wainer & Don Storer - ""Lara's Theme""

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Release Date

1966-01-07

Episodes

26 (2 seasons)

Status

Returning Series

Cast