1967 (Feb 9) – Videos For ‘Penny Lane’ & ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ First Shown
February 9, 1967
The film for the latest Beatles single ‘Penny Lane’ and ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ was shown on BBC-TV’s Top Of The Pops. It was the first Beatles single not to make No.1 in the UK since 1963, held off the top by Engelbert Humperdinck’s ‘Release Me.’