On this day in 1964, The Beatles recorded their video special, Around The Beatles

Recorded at Wembley Studios in London, the show went for just over an hour and featured performances from PJ Probe, Long John Baldry, The Jets, Millie, Cilla Black, Sounds Incorporated and the Vernons Girls. 

The Beatles themselves performed and sang backup for some of the other musicians, as well as announcing PJ Proby’s performance. A skit was also recorded a parody of Act V Scene I of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Lennon, McCartney and Harrison all mimed a trumpet fanfare at the start of the show before Ringo Starr appeared to set off a cannon.

The show aired in the UK on May 6th and was very popular amongst British audiences. A bootleg of the special was released on video and segments from the show have appeared in numerous compilations and specials.