Description
On April 14, 1963, The Beatles performed on the television show “Thank Your Lucky Stars”, which was filmed on that day and aired across the U.K. on April 20th, 1963. This early TV appearance shows Ringo’s drum head with the hand painted ‘Antenna B’ sash, which was soon to be replaced by the first ‘Drop T logo’ drum head. The song that The Beatles performed for the show was their latest hit single “From Me To You”.
Here is a page taken from a fan magazine that depicts The Beatles mid-performance during that “Thank Your Lucky Stars” show, with text that highlights their top charting hits “Please Please Me”, “from Me To You” and “She Loves You”. The date of the magazine from which this page came is likely October of 1963. All four have autographed beautifully in blue fountain pen, with John Lennon inscribing “To Stephen best wishes from the Beatles (keep drumming)” before signing. It is always great to have John writing “Beatles” on any autograph set, as he was the least likely to do so amongst the four. Paul McCartney has written “best wishes from old old Uncle Paul.”. The signatures all date from October / November of 1963. Additionally, the back of this page features a full page spotlighting British broadcaster and the host of “Thank Your Lucky Stars”, Brian Matthew, who has signed, inscribing “To Stephen”.
The page, which measures 7″ x 9 1/2″, with some creasing evident. Beatles signed performance shots with instruments in hand are incredibly scarce, with less than ten known to exist to date.