Chronological table of german TV performances

• B e a t - C l u b
  Quo appeared 4 times at the well-known german Beat-Club series of TV station Radio Bremen:
  
• 14.09.1968 (BC series 35) with the song 'Ice in the Sun'


• 25.01.1969 (BC series 39) with the song 'Technicolor Dreams'


• 07.06.1969 (BC series 43) with the song 'Are you growing tired of my love'.


• 26.09.1970 (BC series 59) with the songs 'Spinning Wheel Blues' and 'April, Summer, Spring and Wednesdays'.

The first 3 performances were broadcasted in black/white, from series 59 on it was coloured broadcast! Unfortunately you can't buy the different series.

There are Best of Beatclub-Videos and DVD's for sale of each year but without the announcers. Luckily Status Quo is shown on 2 of these Best of-Videos /DVD's. The first video is with the song 'Ice in the Sun' (by the way: on the same video there is Tommy and The Shondells with the original version of 'Mony Mony'. The second video shows Status Quo performing the song "Spinning Wheel Blues" with Bob Young.
• Ilja Richter's DISCO series

Status Quo were invited to this famous german TV music series of showmaster Ilja Richter several times during 1971 - 1982 performing the listed songs below :
Tune to the music (14.8.1971)
Caroline (1973)
Break the rules (1974)
Down,down (1975)
Rockin all over the world (12.11.1977)
Accident prone (1978)
Whatever you want (1979)
What you´re proposin (1980)
Dear John (1982)

more Status Quo performances in german television:

April 1968 - ZDF, "4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet" (Songs: "Pictures of Matchstick Men" - "Black Veils of Melancholy")

1977 - ARD, "Hit Kwiss" Moderator: Pierre Franck (Songs: "Mystery Song", "Is there a better way")

1977 - ARD, "Hit Kwiss" Moderator: Pierre Franck (Song: "Rockin all over the world")

1978 - BR3, "Szene 78" (Songs: "Long Legged Linda" - "Accident Prone")

1982 - ZDF, "Rockpop in Concert" Westfalenhalle Dortmund (45 min. Aufzeichnung des Status Quo-Auftritts am 28.5.1982)

1983 - ZDF "Na sowas" (Song: "Ol' Rag Blues")

1983 - NDR3 "Musikladen" (Song: "Ol' Rag Blues")

1986 - Rock Gala "Rund" DDR-Fernsehen (Songs: "Whatever you want", "What you're proposin'")

Dezember '86 - NDR3 (Song: "In the army now")

1988 - ARD "4 gegen Willy" Mike Krüger Show (Song: "Ain't complaining")

1988 - ZDF Sportstudio (Song: "Running all over the world")

17.06.1990 - ELF99 Konzert Berlin, Weissensee

Dez. 1991 - ZDF "Peters Popshow" (Song: "Rock til you drop")

14.05.1993 - 3SAT "Beat-Club" (Song: "Ice in the sun") originally broadcasted 14.09.1968

18.06.1993 - 3SAT "Beat-Club" (Song: "Are you growing tired of my love" ) originally broadcasted 07.06.1969

1994 - RTL "RTL Nightshow" (Song: "I didn´t mean it")

07.01.1995 - SAT1 "Pack die Zahnbürste ein" (Song: "Going Nowhere") Aufzeichnung 13.10.1994

24.06.1995 - N3 Lüneburg Festival (Rockin all over + Whatever you want)

02.07.1995 - HR3 Rock over Germany

10.02.1996 - HR3 - Bericht Quo-Kurzauftritt beim Fussballspiel Hamburger SV - Bayern München (Song "Fun Fun Fun")

??.??.1996 - ARD "Geld oder Liebe" (Song: "Fun, fun, fun")

09.02.1997 - RTL2 "R.SH Award" (Songs: "Anniversary Waltz 1" - "Rockin' all over the world") Preisverleihung fand am 1.2.1997 statt

28.02.1998 - ZDF "Wetten dass" (In the army now, Medley: Down down, Rockin all over the world)

30.04.1998 - WDR "Gottschalks Talkshow" Rick Parfitt with Brian May und Ringo Starr

Mai/Juni 1998 - HH1 "Kuno's Status Quo Special - Teil 1" with KUNO DREYSSE - Downtown Bluesclub/Hamburg

Mai/Juni 1998 - HH1 "Kuno's Status Quo Special - Teil 2" with KUNO DREYSSE - Downtown Bluesclub/Hamburg

24.09.1999 - SWR3 "Ohne Filter pur" complete Quo-show 17.6. in Baden-Baden

05.04.1999 - ZDF "Lass Dich überraschen" QUO as birthday present in the living-room !!! (The way it goes)

28.04.1999 - BR3 "report about the show at the Bongo Bar - München"

29.04.1999 - HR3 "report about the show at the 'Nachtleben' - Frankfurt"

27.07.1999 - ZDF "Konzert for Kosovo" QUO´s performance at the Munich, Olympiastadion

24.12.1999 - TM3 "Night of the proms" Konzert 14.12. in München

30.03.2000 - ZDF "Gottschalks TV-Welt" QUO with Mike Paxman on drums !!

Juli 2001 - Bodensee-TV "Report about the show in Hohentwiel-Festival"

22.02.2002 - 3SAT "DISCO '71" (Song: "Tune to the music") originally broadcasted 14.8.1971

02.03.2002 - 3SAT "Beat-Club" (Song: "Ice in the sun") originally broadcasted 14.09.1968

18.05.2002 - 3SAT "Beat-Club" (Song: "Are you growing tired of my love" ) originally broadcasted 07.06.1969

26.07.2002 - 3SAT "DISCO '71" (Song: Tune to the music") originally broadcasted 14.8.1971)

09.08.2002 - SWR "The Beat goes on" (Songs: The Way it goes, The Wanderer, Mystery Medley) ca. 11 min. of the 1999 "Ohne Filter Pur"-show (originally broadcasted 24.9.1999)

28.09.2002 - NDR3 "Extra-Tour - die 80er Kult-Show m.Schreinemakers" (Songs: In the army now) (originally broadcasted December 1986)

12.03.2003 - SAT1 "Harald Schmidt Show" (Songs: All stand up / Rockin all over the world)

23.03.2003 - Privatsender Westerwald-Wied TV (10 min. report of the show in Hachenburg)

30.03.2003 - ZDF "Kultnacht - Best of Disco" (Song: "Rockin' all over the world") originally broadcasted 12.11.1977

01.06.2003 - 3SAT "Kultnacht - Best of Disco" (Song: "Rockin' all over the world") originally broadcasted 12.11.1977

01.06.2003 - BR3 "BR - Rocknacht" (Songs: "Long legged Linda" - "Accident Prone") originally broadcasted 1978 "Szene '78"

05.07.2003 - 3SAT "Beat-Club" (Songs: "Spinning Wheel Blues" - "April, Summer,Spring and Wednesdays") originally broadcasted 26.9.1970

29.07.2003 - HR3 "Le petit snob" (Interview with Francis Rossi)

09.08.2003 - RBB-Brandenburg "Beat-Club" (Song: "Ice in the sun") originally broadcasted 14.09.1968

23.08.2003 - ZDF - within the show "40 Jahre Sportstudio bits of Quo's poerformance with "Running all over the world" was shown

23.08.2003 - RBB-Brandenburg "Beat-Club" (Song: "Technicolor Dreams") originally broadcasted 25.01.1969

29.08.2003 - SWR "Kaffee oder Tee" (Song: "Ice in the sun") originally broadcasted 14.09.1968

06.09.2003 - RBB-Brandenburg "Beat-Club" (Song: "Are you growing tired of my love" ) originally broadcasted 07.06.1969

14.11.2003 - 3SAT "Disco '77" (Song: "Rockin' all over the world") originally broadcasted 12.11.1977

15.12.2003 - Bayern3 "Beat-Club" (Song: "Ice in the sun") originally broadcasted 14.09.1968

21.12.2003 - RBB-Brandenbrug "Beat-Club" (Songs: "Spinning Wheel Blues"; "(April) Spring Summer and Wednesdays") originally broadcasted 26.9.1970.

15.02.2004 - Bayern3 "Beat-Club" (Song: "Are you growing tired of my love" ) originally broadcasted 07.06.1969

17.04.2004 - ZDF "50 Jahre Rock" (Song: "Rockin' all over the world" )

09.06.2004 - ARTE "Le petit snob" (Rossi-Interview )

02.10.2004 - ZDF "Kultnacht - Best of Disco II" (Song: "Accident Prone") originally broadcasted 1978

09.10.2004 - RTL "Chart-Show" (Song: "Rockin' all over the world")

20.11.2004 - 3SAT "Disco-Kultnacht" (Song: "Caroline") originally broadcasted 1.2.1974

20.02.2005 - WDR3 "Bananas" (Song: "Dear John") originally broadcasted

13.03.2005 - Eins-Festival "Beatclub-Night" (Songs: "Ice in the sun" - "Technicolor Dreams") originally broadcasted: 14.9.68 / 25.1.1969

16.03.2005 - Kabel 1 "Best of Formel 1" (Ausschnitte des "Running all over the world"-Videos)

09.04.2005 - Eins-Festival "Beatclub-Night" (Songs: "Spinning Wheel Blues" - "(April) Spring Summer and Wednesdays") originally broadcasted: 26.9.1970

24.04.2005 - WDR3 "Bananas" (Song: "Going Down Town Tonight") originally broadcasted 1983

16.06.2005 - MDR "Dabei ab zwei" (kurzer Bericht über Status Quo)

14.07.2005 - HR "Status Quo - 40 Jahre Rockin all over the world" (german Status Quo Documentary)

26.07.2005 - Eins Festival "Status Quo - 40 Jahre Rockin all over the world" - "Ohne Filter pur" (Baden-Baden '99) - "Out in the green" ('86)

27.07.2005 - Eins Festival "Status Quo - 40 Jahre Rockin all over the world" - "Ohne Filter pur" (Baden-Baden '99) - "Out in the green" ('86)

29.08.2005 - WDR "Status Quo - 40 Jahre Rockin all over the world" (german Status Quo Documentary)

10.09.2005 - SWR/SR "Status Quo - 40 Jahre Rockin all over the world" (german Status Quo Documentary)

11.10.2005 - Pro 7 "TV Total" (3 Songs "Rockin all over the world" "Whatever you want" "The party aint over yet")

30.12.2005 - NDR "40 Jahre Beatclub" (Song: Ice in the Sun") originally broadcasted: 14.9.68

24.02.2006 - 3SAT "AVO Session" 60 min. of the concert in Basle / Switzerland at the 10th December 2005

05.03.2006 - RBB / SFB1 "Musikladen Nr.82" (Song: "Ol' Rag Blues") originally broadcasted 8.9.83

28.05.2006 - ARD - Football World Bowl (short interview plus "The party ain't over yet")

29.06.2006 - WDR3 - Report in front of the Fifa-Fanfest in Gelsenkirchen with Status Quo; Fans are singing their favourite Quo songs.

03.08.2006 - BR3 - "Hits der 70er" (Song: Long legged Linda"); originally broadcasted in 1978 "Szene '78"

14.10.2006 - N3 - "Buten und Binnen" (4-minutes review of the show in Bremen, 12.10.2006

17.12.2006 - Radio Bremen TV "Musik aus Studio 3 (short report about Status Quo with the review from the 14th October)

03.01.2007 - ZDF Theaterkanal - "Disco '74" (Song: "Caroline"); originally broadcasted 5.1.1974

29.06.2007 - HR "Status Quo - 40 Jahre Rockin all over the world" (german Status Quo documentary)

10.-13.09. - SAT1: Frühstücksfernsehen - each day one videoclip about Parfitt or Francis Rossi entitled "Die Rockstars zuhause" (the homes of rock stars)

14.09.2007 - SAT1: Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt live at SAT1-Frühstücksfernsehen

01.11.2007 - N3 regional, priv.TV-Leipzig, Sachsen: "KUNO" 30-minutes report about Status Quo with pictures of this years show in Hamburg (21.10.)

12.01.2008 - RBB "Vorhang auf ... Das Jahr 1978" (Song "Rockin all over the world") Originalsendung aus Disco 22.11.77

13.01.2008 - MDR "Damals wars" (Song "Again and Again") Originalsendung des DFF 1979

02.04.2008 - Eins Festival "Vinyl - Rock Pop-Geschichte(n)" - "Status Quo Special" (ca.30 min.)

26.04.2008 - 3SAT "Vinyl - Rock Pop-Geschichte(n)" (Interview with Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi)
12.11.2008 - NDR "Nordmagazin" (gig review Rostock and Francis Rossi interview)
31.12.2008 - RTL "Hits des Jahres" Scooter "Jump that Rock with Status Quo)

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