![]() The audience roared with laughter and applause. And the rest of you, if you’d just rattle your jewelry. The people in the cheaper seats, clap your hands. The Beatles were the seventh act out of 19-other notables that year included Marlene Dietrich and Dickie Henderson-and clad in their now-signature suits, the foursome opened their set with "From Me to You." McCartney appears somewhat anxious or perhaps just overly excited, almost tripping over his microphone as he introduces their second number, "She Loves You," before they slow it down with a cover of "'Til There Was You" from The Music Man. When asked by another interviewer if they planned to clean up their language, Lennon, too, mocked the question, first in the King's English and then in an exaggerated Liverpool scouse.Ĭlearly, the band wasn't going to change their accents for anyone, not even the Queen Mother. Right before the show, a broadcaster even asked the band, “Are you going to lose some of your Liverpool dialect for the Royal show?" Paul McCartney teasingly retorted, "No, but you know we don't all speak like BBC." ![]() ![]() The Beatles rehearsing for the Royal Variety Performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre.
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