P.J. Proby had been introduced to English TV producer Jack Good in the U.S.A. by friends, successful songwriter Sharon Sheeley and recording star Jackie De Shannon. Good was very impressed by Proby's talent and included him on a couple of TV pop shows that he produced in the States. As luck would have it, shortly after meeting Proby, Good was commissioned by The Beatles manager, Brian Epstein, to produce a TV special back in England called "Around The Beatles" to promote "Beatlemania" which was sweeping the world at the time and the TV show would also introduce some special guests. Good knew that this would be the perfect launch medium for P.J. Proby, and Epstein, after listening to tapes, agreed.

Consequently, Australians first saw P.J. Proby in May, 1964, thanks to amazing new technology, when a 20 year old Paul McCartney introduced P.J. Proby on that television spectacular which was the first of its kind to be beamed around the world by the new Telstar communication satellite.
In Australia the show itself was introduced by Brian Henderson, either as a Special Edition of his popular nationwide TV show "Bandstand", or in place of Bandstand. I just can't remember what Brian told me, but I recall the anticipation at school as Beatle hungry pupils counted down the days to the weekend.

The television screening of "Around The Beatles" on that Saturday evening attracted massive interest in Australia as The Beatles were due to commence what was to be their only Australian tour the following month, (a 21 day tour.)

They were the hottest ticket in town, and all concerts were already fully sold out. The Beatles had been signed in the show business deal of the century by Australian promoter Kenn Brodziac in 1963, for 100 Australian pounds per concert,(25 Australian pounds each). That's 50 Australian dollars each per concert in today's currency!
Brodziac signed up The Beatles simply because he liked their name and was lucky enough to do it just prior to them achieving massive international success.  His original intention was to use them as a support for a higher profile act, however, by the time The Beatles reached Australia in June, 1964 there wasn't one. And it wasn't long before they would have the top six numbers in the Australian Top 40, a feat never achieved by anyone else and unlikely to ever be repeated.

But, That's another Story!