Beat-Club was a German music program that ran from September 1965 to December 1972. It is notable for being the first German show to be based around popular music, and featured artists such as The Equals, Grateful Dead, Zager and Evans, Cream, Frank Zappa, The Rolling Stones, Gene Pitney, Ten Years After, Rory Gallagher, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Ike & Tina Turner, The Who, Black Sabbath, Harry Nilsson, David Bowie, The Bee Gees, The Beach Boys, Chicago, The Doors, Kraftwerk and Robin Gibb in its seven-year run. In 1972, it was replaced by Musikladen.
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3 episodes • 1965
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yankees / Liverbirds / John O'Hara & his Playboys | Sep 25, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Phantoms / Ian & the Zodiacs / German Blue Flames | Oct 30, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Gerry and the Pacemakers / The Rattles / The Mushroams | Dec 4, 1965 | 0.0 |
12 episodes • 1966
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Andrews / Remo Four / Lords | Jan 22, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Boots / Ian & the Zodiacs / Isabella Bond & Tramps | Feb 12, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Sandie Shaw / Twinkle / Spencer Davis Group (on film) | Mar 26, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Pretty Things / Silkie / German Bonds | Apr 16, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Hollies / Walker Brothers / Dave Dee & Co. | May 28, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Sandie Shaw / The Rattles / Chris Andrews / Graham Bonney | Jun 18, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Monks / Image / Neil Christian | Jul 16, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Moody Blues / Sounds Incorporated / Cliff Bennett & his Rebel Rousers | Aug 27, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Sonny & Cher / Graham Bonney / Bunch of Fives / Carol Friday & Remo Four | Sep 24, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Episode 10 | Oct 22, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Dave Dee & Co. / David & Jonathan / John Smith & the New Sound | Nov 19, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Easybeats / Paul Jones / Neil Christian / Washington DCs | Dec 31, 1966 | 0.0 |
12 episodes • 1967
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Animals / The Who / Lords / Rattles / Lee Curtis & the All-Stars | Jan 21, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Percy Sledge / The Equals / Wilson Pickett / Sandy Posey / Remo Four | Feb 25, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 3 | From London: Jimi Hendrix Experience / The Who / Cliff Bennett / Smoke | Mar 11, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Who / Jimmy Cliff / Julie Felix / David Garrick | May 1, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Small Faces / Who / Kinks / Cream / Bee Gees / Equals | May 20, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Kinks / Lulu / Cat Stevens / Small Faces / P.P. Arnold | Jun 24, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Troggs / Dave Clark Five / Jimmy Cliff / The Hollies / Herd | Jul 22, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Episode 8 | Jul 22, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Small Faces / Manfred Mann / Cat Stevens / Bee Gees | Sep 23, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Vanilla Fudge / Fortunes / Equals / The Herd / Family Dogg | Oct 14, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Sam & Dave / Scott McKenzie / Bee Gees / Sharon Tandy | Nov 25, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Small Faces / Bee Gees / P.P. Arnold / Dave Dee & Co. | Dec 30, 1967 | 0.0 |
11 episodes • 1968
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Procol Harum / Dave Davies / Carla Thomas / Long John Baldry / Herd | Jan 13, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Moody Blues / B.B. King / Traffic / Manfred Mann / Georgie Fame | Mar 9, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Hollies / Gene Pitney / Manfred Mann / Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger Trinity | Apr 6, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Gene Pitney / Bee Gees / Small Faces / Reparata & the Delrons | Apr 27, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Manfred Mann / Small Faces / Driscoll & Auger / The Herd | Jun 22, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 6 | P.P. Arnold / Gene Pitney / P.J. Proby / Unit 4 plus 2 | Jul 13, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Arthur Brown / The Equals / Bruce Channel | Aug 31, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Ben E. King / Status Quo / The Hollies / Nice / Canned Heat | Sep 14, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Who / Yardbirds / Troggs / Easybeats / Sandie Shaw | Oct 12, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Blue Cheer / The Who / Bee Gees / Spooky Tooth | Nov 16, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Who / Yardbirds / Troggs / Easybeats / Sandie Shaw | Oct 12, 1968 | 0.0 |
12 episodes • 1968
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Cheer / The Who / Bee Gees / Spooky Tooth | Nov 16, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Beach Boys / Joe Cocker / Manfred Mann / Gene Pitney / Tiny Tim | Dec 31, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Donovan / Status Quo / Beach Boys / 1910 Fruitgum Co. / Tremeloes | Jan 25, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Canned Heat / Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger Trinity / Billie Davis / Tremeloes | Feb 22, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Sly & the Family Stone / Creedance Clearwater Revival / Melanie / Hollies | Mar 29, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Kinks / Melanie / Manfred Mann / Clodagh Rodgers | Apr 26, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Fleetwood Mac / Beach Boys / Steppenwolf | Jun 7, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Richie Havens / Procol Harum / 3 Dog Night / Searchers / Ohio Express | Jun 28, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Paul Revere & the Raiders / Dave Clark 5 / Steppenwolf | Aug 2, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Deep Purple / Humble Pie / 3 Dog Night / Procol Harum | Aug 30, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 11 | The Who / Fat Mattress | Sep 27, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Joe Cocker / Vanilla Fudge / Ten Years After | Oct 25, 1969 | 0.0 |
12 episodes • 1969Avg: 9.0Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes / Delaney & Bonnie / Caravan / Champion Jack Dupree | Nov 29, 1969 | 9.0 |
| 2 | Dave Dee & Co / Terry Reid / Chicago Transit Authority | Dec 31, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 3 | John Mayall / Canned Heat / Humble Pie / Free | Jan 31, 1970 | 9.0 |
| 4 | Badfinger / Joe Cocker / Arlo Guthrie / Jethro Tull | Feb 28, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Led Zeppelin / Mott the Hoople / Marsha Hunt | Mar 28, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Johnny Winter / Taj Mahal / It's a Beautiful Day / Move | Apr 18, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Black Sabbath / Canned Heat / Renaissance | May 30, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Santana / Mungo Jerry / Family / Van der Graaf Generator | Jun 27, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Jethro Tull / Dr. John, The Night Tripper / Steamhammer | Aug 15, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Cat Stevens / Humble Pie / Pretty Things / Free | Aug 5, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Jimi Hendrix / Black Sabbath / Eric Burdon & War / Status Quo | Sep 26, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Ginger Baker's Airforce / Incredible String Band / Amon DuuI | Oct 24, 1970 | 0.0 |
12 episodes • 1970
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muddy Waters / Colosseum / Fotheringay | Nov 28, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Emerson, Lake & Palmer / Move / UFO / Warm Dust | Dec 31, 1970 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Joe Cocker / Iron Butterfly / Patto / Ashton Gardner & Dyke | Jan 31, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 4 | T. Rex / Ike & Tina Turner / Golden Earring | Feb 27, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Skid Row / Curved Air / Soft Machine | Mar 27, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Yes / Santana / Man / Popol Vuh | Apr 24, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Byrds / Kraftwerk / Rory Gallagher | May 22, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Fleetwood Mac / Mountain / Lucifer's Friend | Jun 24, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 9 | James Gang / Grease Band / Caravan | Jul 24, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Weather Report / Beggar's Opera | Aug 9, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Canned Heat / Creedence Clearwater Revival / Deep Purple | Sep 25, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 12 | T. Rex / Alice Cooper / Richie Havens / Jethro Tull | Oct 30, 1971 | 0.0 |
11 episodes • 1971
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fanny / Slade / Redbone / Move | Jan 27, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Pink Floyd / Santana / Rory Gallagher | Dec 26, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Curtis Mayfield / Billy Preston / Poco | Jan 29, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Nazareth / Mouth & MacNeal / Earth & Fire | Feb 26, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 5 | MC5 / Jeff Beck Group / Steve Miller Band | Mar 25, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Grateful Dead / Kinks / Chuck Berry / Rolling Stones (on film) | May 27, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Captain Beefheart / Deep Purple / Don McLean | Jun 24, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Johnny Cash | Sep 30, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Ike & Tina Turner / Byrds / James Taylor | Oct 28, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Fanny / Alice Cooper / King Crimson / Maggie Bell | Nov 25, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Final show: The Osmonds | Dec 9, 1972 | 0.0 |
17 episodes • 1980
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | Mar 6, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | Mar 20, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | Apr 17, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Episode 4 | May 8, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Episode 5 | Jun 5, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Episode 6 | Jul 2, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Episode 7 | Aug 30, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Episode 8 | Sep 5, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Episode 9 | Sep 6, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Episode 10 | Sep 13, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Episode 11 | Oct 3, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Episode 12 | Oct 31, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Episode 13 | Nov 28, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Episode 14 | Dec 20, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Episode 15 | Dec 21, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Episode 16 | Dec 22, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Episode 17 | Dec 23, 1980 | 0.0 |
3 episodes • 1981
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | Jan 2, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | Jan 3, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | Jan 4, 1981 | 0.0 |
