*HD-UPSCALED/CORRECTED* The Music of Lennon & McCartney - Dec. 6, 1965 ITV Broadcast #beatles #itv

Aired on Granada TV on December 16th and then nationwide on ITV on December 17th,1965; this hour long special was filmed in Manchester on November 1st & 2nd, 1965, during the “Rubber Soul” recording sessions. It features other artists performing Beatle songs. It also had The Beatles lip syncing to "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Out", which was their current single at the time. They had just received thier MBE's in October and were hugely popular. They had refused to do a Christmas Special, this was the compromise. Part 1 *The George Martin Orchestra, medley including "I Feel Fine" – ends with a cut to Lennon and McCartney playing a cymbal with drumsticks *Peter and Gordon, "A World Without Love" – introduced by Lennon and McCartney after the pair have listened to some cover versions of their songs played on set props such as a Victrola, a reel-to-reel tape machine, and a transistor radio *Lulu, "I Saw Him Standing There" *Alan Haven and Tony Crombie,[12] "A Hard Day's Night" *Fritz Spiegl's Barock and Roll Ensemble,[16] medley including "She Loves You" – introduced by Lennon and McCartney; the ensemble members wear Baroque-era costumes and powdered wigs, and are surrounded by a crowd of women dressed in contemporary Mod fashions *The Beatles, "Day Tripper" – accompanied by a group of go-go dancers Part 2 *Paul McCartney/Marianne Faithfull, "Yesterday" – starts with McCartney miming to the Beatles' 1965 track and cuts abruptly, at the start of the second verse, to Faithfull miming to her recent recording, which she sings in a different key[17][nb 1] *Antonio Vargas, "She Loves You" – preceded by Lennon and McCartney walking around the set while they discuss foreign-language interpretations of their songs *Dick Rivers, "Ces Mots Qu'on Oublie un Jour (Things We Said Today)" *Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas, "Bad to Me" *Cilla Black, "It's for You" Part 3 *The George Martin Orchestra, "Ringo's Theme (This Boy)" – accompanied by a group of go-go dancers *Henry Mancini, "If I Fell" – introduced by McCartney *Esther Phillips, "And I Love Him" – introduced by Lennon *The George Martin Orchestra"Another Girl" *Peter Sellers, "A Hard Day's Night *The Beatles, "We Can Work It Out"