On March 31, 1964, The Beatles performed/lip-synced in front of a live studio audience of 350 screaming fans at The Scala Theatre in the London Borough of Camden. The scene John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison & Ringo Starr were filming was for the closing segment of their film debut “A Hard Days Night”.

The “fans” that were there that night were each paid a standard union fee for their appearance and among them was Phil Collins, then a 13-year-old child actor who years later found fame with the band Genesis and as a solo artist.

Here is a screen cap of little Phillip Collins in the crowd…

Collins can barely be seen in the film but he was later asked to add commentary to the DVD release “You Can’t Do That: The Making of A Hard Days Night“.

Here’s what Collins had to say about being there in the middle of Beatlemania!!!

Collins would later pay tribute to his childhood hero’s The Beatles on the album covers of Genesis 3X3 and Land Of Confusion. Click below to check it out…