"an acetate disc for Martin and Epstein to listen to. The session tapes were later destroyed, as was common practice until 1963. This session's version of ""Love Me Do"" was released as the Beatles' first single; however, it was later replaced with a version recorded seven days later, and the original was destroyed. When the original was later released on compilations, it had to be sourced from an original mono 45 rpm single. 7–10 pm Musicians: Production staff: Concerned with Ringo's drumming, the producers hired session drummer Andy White for another attempt at recording the Beatles' first single. In Studio"
"the Beatles released their first single in the UK, ""Love Me Do"", credited to ""Lennon–McCartney"". However, on their next three releases the following year (the single ""Please Please Me"", the ""Please Please Me"" LP, and the single ""From Me to You""), the credit was given as ""McCartney–Lennon"". With the ""She Loves You"" single, released in August 1963, the credit reverted to ""Lennon–McCartney"", and all subsequent official Beatles singles and albums list ""Lennon–McCartney"" (UK) or ""J. Lennon/P. McCartney"" (US) as the author of songs written by the two. In 1976 McCartney's band Wings released their live album ""Wings over America"" with"
"unsuitable for recording work, and he wasn't very impressed by Best's replacement, Ringo Starr. Richards hired session drummer Andy White, and Richards and Martin produced the Beatles' first single ""Love Me Do"". Richards had suggested the Beatles' first record should be ""How Do You Do It?"" by Mitch Murray and, after Martin took control of the Beatles' sessions, Richards worked with Gerry and the Pacemakers, who were the first act to go to No. 1 with each of their first three singles, ""How Do You Do It?"", ""I Like It"", and using Martin's string arrangement, ""You'll Never Walk Alone"". In"
"became their manager in December 1961, he polished up their image and later secured them a recording contract with EMI. The group's first single, ""Love Me Do"", peaked at number seventeen on the ""Record Retailer"" chart, and by the time their debut album, ""Please Please Me"", was released in early 1963, Beatlemania had arrived. Often serious and focused while on stage with the band, Harrison was known as ""the quiet Beatle"". He had two lead vocal credits on the LP, including the Lennon–McCartney song ""Do You Want to Know a Secret?"", and three on their second album, ""With the Beatles"""
"Love Me Do ""Love Me Do"" is the debut single by the English rock band the Beatles, backed by ""P.S. I Love You"". When the single was originally released in the United Kingdom on 5 October 1962, it peaked at No. 17; in 1982 it was re-promoted (not re-issued, retaining the same catalogue number) and reached No. 4. In the United States the single was a No. 1 hit in 1964. In 2013, recordings of the song that were released in 1962 entered the public domain in Europe. The song was written several years before it was recorded, and prior"
"jail one day and he'd be the guy who played the harmonica."" Martin came very close to issuing ""How Do You Do It?"" as the Beatles' first single (it would also re-appear as a contender for their second single) before settling instead on ""Love Me Do"", as a mastered version of it was made ready for release and which still exists in EMI's archives. Martin commented later: ""I looked very hard at 'How Do You Do It?', but in the end I went with 'Love Me Do', it was quite a good record."" McCartney would remark: ""We knew that the"
"and success. He became their manager in January 1962. Ringo Starr replaced Best in August, and the band had their first hit, ""Love Me Do"", in October, becoming popular in the UK in 1963, and in the US a year later. The fan hysteria became known as ""Beatlemania"", and the press sometimes referred to McCartney as the ""cute Beatle"". In August 1965, the Beatles released the McCartney composition ""Yesterday"", featuring a string quartet. Included on the ""Help!"" LP, the song was the group's first recorded use of classical music elements and their first recording that involved only a single band"
"Please Please Me Please Please Me is the debut studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. Parlophone rush-released the album on 22 March 1963 in the United Kingdom to capitalise on the success of the band's singles ""Please Please Me"" (number 1 on most charts, although only number 2 on ""Record Retailer"", later the UK Singles Chart) and ""Love Me Do"" (number 17). The album topped ""Record Retailer""s LP chart for 30 weeks, an unprecedented achievement for a pop album at that time. Of the album's 14 songs, eight were written by Lennon–McCartney (originally credited ""McCartney–Lennon""). ""Rolling Stone"""
"The Beatles' first two 1963 singles and an altered version of their first album were released by Vee-Jay Records. Vee-Jay Records was a small company with few resources. As a result of little publicity or promotion, the records sold poorly. Vee-Jay lost the rights to the Beatles for nonpayment of royalties. The smaller Swan Records received the rights to the ""She Loves You"" single. When the Beatles were booked to perform on the popular Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964, Capitol finally exercised its option and said yes to the Beatles in November 1963. In a legal settlement with Capitol"
"The Beatles' ""Hey Jude""). Its second single, ""Twenty Ten"", was a Bach-inspired minor key piece of harmony psychedelia, with wah-wah vox organ, mellotron flutes, Spanish style guitar, and choir-like vocals. The lyrics alluded to the year 2010 which was still 43 years away in 1967. Despite finding favour with the BBC Radio DJ John Peel, it was a commercial flop. Its third single, ""Sheila's Back In Town"", was released in January 1969 in the UK. It made the Top 10 in Japan. The band also backed Gene Latter at a recording session at the Lansdowne Studios, Holland Park, resulting in"
"on The Beatles' ""Back in the U.S.S.R."" and also a reference to the DHSS, the government department that dealt with the unemployed, Nigel Blackwell having been on unemployment benefits since 1979. The band's first single, ""The Trumpton Riots"", topped the British independent chart in 1986, and they went on to perform at Glastonbury Festival. They were post-punk, similar to Josef K or The Fall. The second single, ""Dickie Davies Eyes"", also topped the indie chart. In late 1986, the band split up, giving as reason ""musical similarities"". The album ""Back Again in the DHSS"", containing previously issued, unreleased and live"
"known to produce increased wakefulness and focus, in association with decreased fatigue, and decreased appetite. The first recording of the Beatles ever released was the single ""My Bonnie"", made in Hamburg with Tony Sheridan, who also had a residency at the Top Ten club. He recruited the band to act as his backing group on a series of recordings for the German Polydor Records label, the tracks produced by the famed bandleader Bert Kaempfert. On 22 June 1961, Sheridan and the Beatles drove to Hamburg-Harburg (about 30 minutes from Hamburg) to the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle (auditorium/hall) and were paid 330 Deutschmarks (about"
"in the United States, ""I Saw Her Standing There,"" and in the UK with ""This Boy"" from the original November 1963 release. Neither ""I Want to Hold Your Hand"" nor ""This Boy"" had appeared on album at the time in the UK, while ""I Saw Her Standing There"" had been the lead-off track to the band's debut album. The other nine tracks on ""Meet the Beatles!"" are duplicated from its nearest UK counterpart album ""With the Beatles"". Those were Beatles original songs and not cover versions of songs done by other artists with exception of ""Till There Was You"". The"
"that, together with their two previously released singles, formed their debut album, ""Please Please Me"". From 12 to 22 February, they played a number of dates on their own, before joining the Shapiro tour again on the 23. The second part lasted from 23 February until 3 March. Travelling to Shrewsbury on 28 February 1963, Lennon and McCartney wrote the next Beatles single, ""From Me To You"". ""All dates from Lewisohn"" Instruments The Beatles had on the tour, shown here for each member of the group. John Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison Ringo Starr The Beatles Winter 1963 Helen Shapiro"
"gained The Beatles a slot on the next edition of the programme. The two then shook hands on a deal that would make them, and the Beatles, extremely wealthy. The new single was released in the UK on 11 January 1963 during one of the worst winters in British history and on 19 January most of the population were snowed-in at home watching the Beatles perform the song on the Saturday night TV show, ""Thank Your Lucky Stars"". The national exposure of the song, as well as the unusual appearance and hair style of the group, brought the band a"
"couldn't play ... because I was trying to play the percussion and the drums at the same time, we were just a four piece band"". For their second recording session with Starr, on 11 September 1962, Martin replaced him with session drummer Andy White while recording takes for what would be the two sides of the Beatles' first single, ""Love Me Do"", backed with ""P.S. I Love You"". Starr played tambourine on ""Love Me Do"" and maracas on ""P.S. I Love You"". Concerned about his status in the Beatles, he thought: ""That's the end, they're doing a Pete Best on"
"The Beatles). Aljoša Buha, Dražen Žerić Žera and Darko Jelčić Cunja have all joined the band in the next several months and they started rehearsing in the attic of Arslanagić's house. In 1986, the band released its self-titled first album, that quickly gained immense popularity. Ričl and Arslanagić, as the leading authors, have combined the rudeness and simplicity of New primitivism with the romantic themes, characteristic of the bands they have considered their predecessors, such as The Beatles and Indexi. Following the summer of 1986, the band scheduled the tour that was meant to confirm their outstanding popularity. The first"
"single with the Beatles part preceded by ""Venus"" and The Archies's ""Sugar Sugar"" was released and hit the #1 spot of the Dutch singles charts in February 1981. A few months later it also reached #2 in the UK, where it was released by the British subsidiary of CBS Records and credited to 'Starsound.' Shortly thereafter Eggermont created the first Stars on 45 album, ""Long Play Album,"" issued with an equally anonymous album cover and featuring a 16-minute side-long medley of Beatles titles. In June 1981 the ""Stars on 45 Medley"" single also went to #1 in the US where"
"Let It Be (song) ""Let It Be"" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, released in March 1970 as a single, and (in an alternate mix) as the title track of their album ""Let It Be"". At the time, it had the highest debut on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, beginning its chart run at number 6. It was written and sung by Paul McCartney. It was their final single before McCartney announced his departure from the band. Both the ""Let It Be"" album and the US single ""The Long and Winding Road"" were released after McCartney's announced"
"From Me to You ""From Me to You"" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released in April 1963 as their third single. It was written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon. The song was the Beatles' first number 1 hit on what became the official UK singles chart but the second, after ""Please Please Me"", on most of the other singles charts published in Britain. ""From Me to You"" failed to make an impact in the United States at the time of its initial release. Instead, a 1963 cover version released by Del Shannon"
"set a number of milestones. See List of ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones. ""Let It Be"" has been covered numerous times by various artists: Let It Be (song) ""Let It Be"" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, released in March 1970 as a single, and (in an alternate mix) as the title track of their album ""Let It Be"". At the time, it had the highest debut on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, beginning its chart run at number 6. It was written and sung by Paul McCartney. It was their final single before McCartney"
"the Beatles decided to release their own version on ""Rubber Soul""; it only reached No.20 in the UK and was not released in North America. Their third album, simply called ""Hollies"", hit No.8 in the UK in 1965 but, under the name ""Hear! Here!"", failed to chart in the US despite its inclusion of ""Look Through Any Window"" and ""I'm Alive"". The Hollies then returned to the UK Top 10 with ""I Can't Let Go"" (Feb. 1966, UK No.2, US No.42). Their fourth album, ""Would You Believe?""—which included the hit—made it to No.16 in 1966. Released in the US as"
"Calkin. According to Mark Lewisohn: The Beatles Additional musicians and production Please Please Me Please Please Me is the debut studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. Parlophone rush-released the album on 22 March 1963 in the United Kingdom to capitalise on the success of the band's singles ""Please Please Me"" (number 1 on most charts, although only number 2 on ""Record Retailer"", later the UK Singles Chart) and ""Love Me Do"" (number 17). The album topped ""Record Retailer""s LP chart for 30 weeks, an unprecedented achievement for a pop album at that time. Of the album's 14"
"Something (Beatles song) ""Something"" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album ""Abbey Road"". It was written by George Harrison, the band's lead guitarist. Soon after the album's release, the song was issued as a single, coupled with ""Come Together"". ""Something"" was the first Harrison composition released as a Beatles A-side and the only composition of his to top the US charts before the band's break-up. Its pairing with ""Come Together"" also marked the first time in the UK that the Beatles issued a single containing tracks that were already available on an LP"
"and ""Ain't She Sweet"", the latter featuring John Lennon on lead vocal. These Beatle record releases led to a new dimension of chart success for the Beatles. On 4 April 1964, The Beatles held the top five positions on the ""Billboard"" magazine Hot 100 chart and the ""Cashbox"" magazine Top 100 chart. The following week, a record 14 Beatle records were on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. In addition to ""Introducing... the Beatles"" (1964), which was essentially their debut British album with some minor alterations, Vee-Jay also issued an unusual LP called ""The Beatles Vs The Four Seasons"". This two-LP"
"as a songwriter that caused me to want to produce them."" The band's debut single, ""Laugh, Laugh"" entered the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 singles chart in January 1965. As the song climbed the charts, many listeners assumed The Beau Brummels were British, due to the band's name and musical style, which recalled such bands as The Beatles and The Zombies. The comparisons were bolstered by Donahue and Mitchell, who had the band dress in Beatlesque suits and spread rumors that the band was indeed British. ""Laugh, Laugh"" peaked at number 15 in February, but Donahue believed the single would have"
"songs, starting with his first single, ""Tip of My Tongue"", written by the Beatles songwriters John Lennon and Paul McCartney. He then made the usual round of appearances on stage and in public, and was promoted by Epstein as part of his NEMS Enterprises artist stable. ""Tip of My Tongue"" was a flop, as were his next four singles. His fifth single, ""Wild Side of Life"", made the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart, spending eight weeks there. Quickly was offered the Lennon-McCartney song ""No Reply"", but when he failed to issue it, the Beatles took it back and"
"With the Beatles With the Beatles is the second studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released on 22 November 1963, on Parlophone, and was recorded four months after the band's debut ""Please Please Me"". The album features eight original compositions (seven by Lennon–McCartney and ""Don't Bother Me"", George Harrison's first recorded solo composition and his first released on a Beatles album) and six covers (mostly of Motown, rock and roll, and R&B hits). The cover photograph was taken by the fashion photographer Robert Freeman, and it has been mimicked by several music groups over the"
"solo from the Beatles' ""Taxman"", the first track on ""Revolver"". Polydor pushed for ""Pretty Green"" to be the first single released, but Weller insisted on ""Start!"". This involved consulting a few of the band's friends as to what they thought the best release would be. Weller had Polydor A&R man Dennis Munday ask a small peer group of his friends who had been present throughout the recording sessions at the Town House and prior demo recordings at Polydor studios. Given the choice, they chose ""Start!"" as the best single release and the decision was made to release it. The decision"
"eleven of their twelve studio albums released in the United Kingdom through to 1970 reached number one. The band's third single, ""From Me to You"", came out in April and was also a chart-topping hit, starting an almost unbroken string of seventeen British number-one singles for the Beatles, including all but one of the eighteen they released over the next six years. Issued in August, the band's fourth single, ""She Loves You"", achieved the fastest sales of any record in the UK up to that time, selling three-quarters of a million copies in under four weeks. It became their first"
"McCartney took over on bass after Sutcliffe decided to stay in Hamburg, and Pete Best was replaced with drummer Ringo Starr; this completed the four-piece line-up that would remain until the group's break-up in 1970. The band's first single, ""Love Me Do"", was released in October 1962 and reached No. 17 on the British charts. They recorded their debut album, ""Please Please Me"", in under 10 hours on 11 February 1963, a day when Lennon was suffering the effects of a cold, which is evident in the vocal on the last song to be recorded that day, ""Twist and Shout""."
"name ""the Beatles"" in August 1960 and recruited drummer Pete Best shortly before a five-engagement residency in Hamburg. The Beatles were informally represented by Allan Williams; in 1960, the group booked its first performance at a residency in Hamburg. In 1961, Sutcliffe left the band and McCartney reluctantly became their bass player. While in Hamburg, they recorded professionally for the first time and were credited as the Beat Brothers, who were the backing band for English singer Tony Sheridan on the single ""My Bonnie"". This resulted in attention from Brian Epstein, who was a key figure in their subsequent development"
"I Saw Her Standing There ""I Saw Her Standing There"" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles credited to Paul McCartney and John Lennon, but written primarily by McCartney. It is the opening track on the band's 1963 debut album ""Please Please Me"". In December 1963, Capitol Records released the song in the United States as the B-side on the label's first single by the Beatles, ""I Want to Hold Your Hand"". While the A-side topped the US ""Billboard"" chart for seven weeks starting 1 February 1964, ""I Saw Her Standing There"" entered the ""Billboard"" Hot 100"