Episode #4: 'The Profumo Affair - Sex, Lies... and Beatlemania' - a podcast by Richard Buskin & Erik Taros

Pimps, drug dealers, call girls, kinky orgies involving members of the ruling class, a government minister sharing a mistress with a Russian spy, a suicide… and the Prime Minister’s resignation. This was the scandal that rocked Britain in 1963—along with The Beatles simultaneously providing an alternative form of entertainment.

Among the featured tracks:

• ‘From Russia with Love’ – Matt Monroe


• ‘Do You Want to Know a Secret’ – Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas


• ‘On the Rebound’ – Floyd Cramer


• ‘Runaway’ – Del Shannon


• ‘My Bonnie’ – Tony Sheridan & The Beatles


• ‘You Don’t Know’ – Helen Shapiro


• ‘Tower of Strength’ – Frankie Vaughan


• ‘Come Outside’ – Mike Sarne with Wendy Richard


• ‘Telstar’ – The Tornados


• ‘All I Do is Dream’ – Mandy Rice-Davies


• ‘Please Please Me’ – The Beatles


• ‘Dance On’ – The Shadows


• ‘Let’s Dance’ – Chris Montez


• ‘Summer Holiday’ – Cliff Richard


• ‘The Cruel Sea’ – The Dakotas


• ‘How Do You Do It’ – Gerry and the Pacemakers


• ‘From Me to You’ – The Beatles


• ‘Confessin’ (That I Love You)’ – Frank Ifield


• ‘(You’re The) Devil in Disguise’ – Elvis Presley


• ‘She Loves You’ – The Beatles


• ‘I’ll Get You’ (live) – The Beatles


• ‘Nothing Has Been Proved’ – Dusty Springfield

PLUS ultra-rare clips of The Beatles performing at London’s Royal Albert Hall and Walthamstow Granada in the spring of 1963.

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