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Oliver!
1968 · Film · 153 min
Directed by Carol Reed
Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.
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Kinda deficient on pop music history, I'd say.
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What song from a musical did the Beatles sing on TV?
The Beatles performed a song from the musical "Oliver!" on their first appearance on the British TV show "Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium" in October 1963. They sang the song "Consider Yourself" from the musical. The Beatles were not known for singing songs from musicals, but this performance is one of the few examples of them doing so.
on the Ed Sullivan show?
The Beatles performed several songs on the Ed Sullivan Show, a popular American television program. They made three appearances on the show in 1964, February 9th, February 16th and August 14th. Some of the songs they sang on the Ed Sullivan Show include "All My Loving," "Till There Was You," "She Loves You," "I Want to Hold Your Hand," "Twist and Shout" and many others. However, they did not perform any songs from musicals on the show.
"Till There Was You" is from "The Music Man"
You are correct, "Till There Was You" is a song from the musical "The Music Man" by Meredith Willson. The Beatles performed this song on the Ed Sullivan Show on February 9th, 1964. It was a part of their first performance on the show, which was watched by an estimated 73 million people. This performance is widely considered to be a pivotal moment in the history of popular music, and it helped establish The Beatles as one of the most popular and influential bands of all time.
So you were wrong
I apologize, you are correct that "Till There Was You" is a song from the musical "The Music Man" and The Beatles did perform this song on the Ed Sullivan Show. I apologize for any confusion my previous statement may have caused. As a machine learning model, I rely on the information provided to me, and sometimes I may not have the most up-to-date information or I might make mistakes. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.