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Episode #4: 'The Profumo Affair - Sex, Lies... and Beatlemania'
Episode #4: 'The Profumo Affair - Sex, Lies... and Beatlemania'
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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Jan 23, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Pimps, drug dealers, call girls, kinky orgies involving members of the ruling class, a government minister sharing a mistress with a Russian spy, a suicide… and the Prime Minister’s resignation. This was the scandal that rocked Britain in 1963—along with The Beatles simultaneously providing an alternative form of entertainment.
Among the featured tracks:
‘From Russia with Love’ – Matt Monroe
‘Do You Want to Know a Secret’ – Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas
‘On the Rebound’ – Floyd Cramer
‘Runaway’ – Del Shannon
‘My Bonnie’ – Tony Sheridan & The Beatles
‘You Don’t Know’ – Helen Shapiro
‘Tower of Strength’ – Frankie Vaughan
‘Come Outside’ – Mike Sarne with Wendy Richard
‘Telstar’ – The Tornados
‘All I Do is Dream’ – Mandy Rice-Davies
‘Please Please Me’ – The Beatles
‘Dance On’ – The Shadows
‘Let’s Dance’ – Chris Montez
‘Summer Holiday’ – Cliff Richard
‘The Cruel Sea’ – The Dakotas
‘How Do You Do It’ – Gerry and the Pacemakers
‘From Me to You’ – The Beatles
‘Confessin’ (That I Love You)’ – Frank Ifield
‘(You’re The) Devil in Disguise’ – Elvis Presley
‘She Loves You’ – The Beatles
‘I’ll Get You’ (live) – The Beatles
‘Nothing Has Been Proved’ – Dusty Springfield
PLUS ultra-rare clips of The Beatles performing at London’s Royal Albert Hall and Walthamstow Granada in the spring of 1963.
Among the featured tracks:
‘From Russia with Love’ – Matt Monroe
‘Do You Want to Know a Secret’ – Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas
‘On the Rebound’ – Floyd Cramer
‘Runaway’ – Del Shannon
‘My Bonnie’ – Tony Sheridan & The Beatles
‘You Don’t Know’ – Helen Shapiro
‘Tower of Strength’ – Frankie Vaughan
‘Come Outside’ – Mike Sarne with Wendy Richard
‘Telstar’ – The Tornados
‘All I Do is Dream’ – Mandy Rice-Davies
‘Please Please Me’ – The Beatles
‘Dance On’ – The Shadows
‘Let’s Dance’ – Chris Montez
‘Summer Holiday’ – Cliff Richard
‘The Cruel Sea’ – The Dakotas
‘How Do You Do It’ – Gerry and the Pacemakers
‘From Me to You’ – The Beatles
‘Confessin’ (That I Love You)’ – Frank Ifield
‘(You’re The) Devil in Disguise’ – Elvis Presley
‘She Loves You’ – The Beatles
‘I’ll Get You’ (live) – The Beatles
‘Nothing Has Been Proved’ – Dusty Springfield
PLUS ultra-rare clips of The Beatles performing at London’s Royal Albert Hall and Walthamstow Granada in the spring of 1963.
Released:
Jan 23, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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