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8.00pm, Monday 4 November 1963

This was the night of The Beatles' famous appearance at the Royal Command Performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London, in the presence of the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret.

By this point Beatlemania was an established phenomenon, with the group drawing huge and frenzied audiences across the country and beyond. Although they were seventh on the 19-act bill on this night, they were by far the most anticipated performers to appear.

The Beatles began playing their opening song, From Me To You, before the curtains had opened. After the final chord John Lennon and Paul McCartney moved their microphone stands nearer the edge of the stage to get closer to the audience.

The group bowed in unison at the end of the second song, She Loves You, after which McCartney made a nervous joke about Sophie Tucker being their "favourite American group". They followed this with a performance of Till There Was You.

When the applause died down John and Paul moved their microphone stands back to their original positions, and Lennon made the announcement which won over any remaining doubters and guaranteed them headlines in all the next day's newspapers.
- "For our last number I'd like to ask your help. The people in the cheaper seats clap your hands. And the rest of you, if you'd just rattle your jewellery. We'd like to sing a song called Twist And Shout."
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La presentación de la Royal variety es un evento de gala realizado anualmente desde 1912 en el Reino Unidos, el cual es organizado por la familia Real Británica; en este evento se realizan una serie de presentaciones como comedia, canto, magia y otros actos, el evento es, en suma un show de variedad, en estricto sentido.
El show se realizó el 4 de noviembre de 1963, cuando los Beatles se encontraban en la cima del éxito en Inglaterra, y es cuando John Lennon acuñó la frase que se hizo famosa en el mundo entero:
- "Para nuestro último número necesito su ayuda. ¿Podría aplaudir la gente de los asientos baratos? El resto, sólo agiten sus joyas."