Dizzy? Hear about 1963, when The Beatles opened for Tommy Roe! VIDEO - Mr. Media Interviews by Bob A

Today's Guest: Tommy Roe, singer and songwriter of 'Dizzy,' 'Sheila,' 'Sweet Pea' and 'Everybody.' The Beatles opened for him in the UK in 1963 and he opened for them at the first US concert on February 11, 1964.Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Tommy Roe, singer and songwriter of 'Dizzy,' 'Sheila,' 'Sweet Pea' and 'Everybody' by clicking on the video player above!

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There are two pictures on Tommy Roe’s website of him with The Beatles.

I glanced at them last night and then moved on, looking for ideas about what to ask the man behind such immortal 1960s bubblegum hits as “Sheila,” “Dizzy” and “Jam Up and Jelly Tight.”

This morning, I got to thinking about it some more. Those were some very young Beatles in those photo, gathered around behind Roe. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr are dressed alike in suits and ties, not unlike what they wore on the cover of their first album, Meet The Beatles.
TOMMY ROE podcast excerpt: "At first, I thought The Beatles were our backup band in London in 1963! I'd never heard of them, didn't know who they were. They came in with all that hair and I thought that was kind of strange lookin'. After the first night, I knew Chris Montez and I were going to have a tough go of it because they created such chaos during their part of the show."
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Hair is about the same length, too.

So I did a little more research and this is the moment when my eyebrows shot up. Two days after The Beatles made their American debut, February 9, 1964, on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” they made their first-ever U.S. concert appearance at the Washington Coliseum in