December 23, 1964 –
The Beach Boys made their first appearance on ABC-TV’s musical variety series Shindig!, on this date
The performance was tape on December 14th. Besides Dance, Dance, Dance, the band went on to perform Little Saint Nick, Monster Mash, Papa Oom Mow Mow, Johnny B. Goode,and We Three Kings of Orient Are. (Only hours before the show airs, Brian Wilson unfortunately suffered his first nervous breakdown on a flight from Los Angeles to Houston, in front of his horrified family.)
The Haus of Dcaligari 