sábado, 7 de abril de 2012
FACTS ABOUT THE BEATLES
DID YOU KNOW THE BEATLES
As The Beatles' entire back catalogue is re-released and Beatles Rock Band hits the shelves, the UK braces itself for another bout of Beatlemania.
If you think you know everything there is to know about the Fab Four, then read on and see how many of these Beatles facts you know.
1. The Daily Mirror coined the term Beatlemania in a show review in 1963
2. At 2:58 in Hey Jude Paul McCartney can be faintly heard saying "Oh, f***ing hell" after he made a mistake during the recording of the song
3. Some foods mentioned in Beatles records include: Truffles, cornflakes, honey, turkey, octopus, strawberries, eggs, peppers, pies and marshmallows
4. The Beatles movie A Hard Day’s Night was named after an off-the-cuff remark Ringo Starr made in an interview with DJ Dave Hull in 1964. “We went to do a job, and we'd worked all day and we happened to work all night. I came up still thinking it was day I suppose, and I said, 'It's been a hard day...' and I looked around and saw it was dark so I said, '...night!'”
5. Eric Clapton plays lead guitar on the George Harrison penned song While My Guitar Gently Weeps from the band’s 1968 album The Beatles. The rest of the band were ready to ditch the song from the album when Harrison came up with his masterstroke and invited Slow Hand to play the lead
In 2008 a topiary tribute to The Beatles was unveiled on a traffic island in Liverpool. Unfortunately someone chopped Ringo’s head off after he admitted he misses nothing about his hometown
7. Before she became Cher, singer Bonnie Jo Mason recorded the novelty song I Love You Ringo about The Beatles’ drummer
8. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band is the first British rock album to have the lyrics for every song printed on the back cover
9. The Beatles’ studio album A Hard Day’s Night is the only one to contain only songs penned by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
10. The Beatles earned $90,000 in 35 minutes for their Minneapolis show in August 1965www.realty-dejavu.com
If you think you know everything there is to know about the Fab Four, then read on and see how many of these Beatles facts you know.
1. The Daily Mirror coined the term Beatlemania in a show review in 1963
2. At 2:58 in Hey Jude Paul McCartney can be faintly heard saying "Oh, f***ing hell" after he made a mistake during the recording of the song
3. Some foods mentioned in Beatles records include: Truffles, cornflakes, honey, turkey, octopus, strawberries, eggs, peppers, pies and marshmallows
4. The Beatles movie A Hard Day’s Night was named after an off-the-cuff remark Ringo Starr made in an interview with DJ Dave Hull in 1964. “We went to do a job, and we'd worked all day and we happened to work all night. I came up still thinking it was day I suppose, and I said, 'It's been a hard day...' and I looked around and saw it was dark so I said, '...night!'”
5. Eric Clapton plays lead guitar on the George Harrison penned song While My Guitar Gently Weeps from the band’s 1968 album The Beatles. The rest of the band were ready to ditch the song from the album when Harrison came up with his masterstroke and invited Slow Hand to play the lead
In 2008 a topiary tribute to The Beatles was unveiled on a traffic island in Liverpool. Unfortunately someone chopped Ringo’s head off after he admitted he misses nothing about his hometown
7. Before she became Cher, singer Bonnie Jo Mason recorded the novelty song I Love You Ringo about The Beatles’ drummer
8. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band is the first British rock album to have the lyrics for every song printed on the back cover
9. The Beatles’ studio album A Hard Day’s Night is the only one to contain only songs penned by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
10. The Beatles earned $90,000 in 35 minutes for their Minneapolis show in August 1965www.realty-dejavu.com
jueves, 5 de enero de 2012
The initial album cover for Yesterday and Today was banned
The initial album cover for Yesterday and Today was banned
The Beatles’ tenth Capitol album was unique not only for its rare mixes of tracks from Rubber Soul and Help, but for its controversial “butcher” cover. The original album artwork featured the four smiling members of the band dressed in white butchers’ overalls covered with mutilated plastic baby dolls and slabs of raw meat. Original copies of the “butcher” cover were eventually pulled and replaced with a more fan-friendly photograph of the band. It was rumored that the Yesterday and Today cover was a response to the way Capitol Records had “butchered” their previous albums. Today, copies of the original album cover are in high demand and have been sold for as high as $10,500 at auction.www.realty-dejavu.com
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Unknown Beatles Facts
Unknown Beatles Facts
During the Cavern gigs, Ringo became female fans
favourite. Maureen Cox asked Ringo for his autograph
while on her way to a hair dressing class in 1962.
Another time, she kissed him as he was leaving the
Cavern dressing room. He then asks her to dance and
later drove her and her friend home afterward.
The Beatles become millionaires in 1965.
In 1964, Beatle-related products brought an
estimated $50 million (over $250 million in 1997
dollars) in the United States.
On the day the Beatles arrived in New York for the 1st
time, radio deejays announced temperature in "Beatle
degrees" and time in "Beatle minutes".
In Seattle, a female fan who was trying to get
backstage, fell 25 feet down a ventilation shaft and
dropped onto the floor at Ringo's feet. He asked her
if she was sure she was okay, but she ran from him and
disappeared in the crowd.
In California, fans were seen eating the grass that
Ringo walked on. When he was asked what he thought
about this, he replied, "I just hope they don't get
indigestion."
They rarely wore headphones in the studio.
On "Love Me Do", John plays harmonica, which he says
he shoplifted from a store in Holland.
After George came to the band, the name Quarry Men was
dropped and the band tried names as The Rainbows, or
the Moondogs, or even for one night, Johnny & the
Moondogs.
Yoko Ono's name means 'ocean child'.
George, 3 grades behind John, also attended Dovedale,
but they never met. George later moved on to the Liverpool
Institute in 1954, where Paul was a student one year
ahead of him.
On the last day before break at the Institute, Paul
brought his guitar to class, stood on a desk, played
and sang 2 Little Richard songs: "Long Tall Sally"
& "Tutti Frutti".
Paul still owns his first guitar.
George was introduced to the Quarry Men by Paul and
became accepted into the group by the much older
John. The band could now practise at George's and
Paul's, but never at John's. Mimi wouldn't even let
George in the house after he showed up with a crew
cut and a pink shirt.
When Beatlemania broke, a factory in a London suburb
started producing Beatle wigs, and claimed they
received orders from Buckingham Palace and Eton.
George told a reporter that when they received
notification of the MBE awards by mail, they thought
that the official envelope and 10 Downing Street
return address meant they were being drafted.
Brian Epstein reportedly asked Sullivan the night of
the first performance, "I would like to know the exact
wording of your introduction." Sullivan replied, "I
would like you to get lost."
The Beatles received a telegram of congratulations from
Elvis, which was read on the air.
In one scene of "Help!" The Beatles sing Beethoven's
"Ode To Joy" to calm a lion. Off camera, was a lion
tamer with a rifle ready.
During the Cavern gigs, Ringo became female fans
favourite. Maureen Cox asked Ringo for his autograph
while on her way to a hair dressing class in 1962.
Another time, she kissed him as he was leaving the
Cavern dressing room. He then asks her to dance and
later drove her and her friend home afterward.
The Beatles become millionaires in 1965.
In 1964, Beatle-related products brought an
estimated $50 million (over $250 million in 1997
dollars) in the United States.
On the day the Beatles arrived in New York for the 1st
time, radio deejays announced temperature in "Beatle
degrees" and time in "Beatle minutes".
In Seattle, a female fan who was trying to get
backstage, fell 25 feet down a ventilation shaft and
dropped onto the floor at Ringo's feet. He asked her
if she was sure she was okay, but she ran from him and
disappeared in the crowd.
In California, fans were seen eating the grass that
Ringo walked on. When he was asked what he thought
about this, he replied, "I just hope they don't get
indigestion."
They rarely wore headphones in the studio.
On "Love Me Do", John plays harmonica, which he says
he shoplifted from a store in Holland.
After George came to the band, the name Quarry Men was
dropped and the band tried names as The Rainbows, or
the Moondogs, or even for one night, Johnny & the
Moondogs.
Yoko Ono's name means 'ocean child'.
George, 3 grades behind John, also attended Dovedale,
but they never met. George later moved on to the Liverpool
Institute in 1954, where Paul was a student one year
ahead of him.
On the last day before break at the Institute, Paul
brought his guitar to class, stood on a desk, played
and sang 2 Little Richard songs: "Long Tall Sally"
& "Tutti Frutti".
Paul still owns his first guitar.
George was introduced to the Quarry Men by Paul and
became accepted into the group by the much older
John. The band could now practise at George's and
Paul's, but never at John's. Mimi wouldn't even let
George in the house after he showed up with a crew
cut and a pink shirt.
When Beatlemania broke, a factory in a London suburb
started producing Beatle wigs, and claimed they
received orders from Buckingham Palace and Eton.
George told a reporter that when they received
notification of the MBE awards by mail, they thought
that the official envelope and 10 Downing Street
return address meant they were being drafted.
Brian Epstein reportedly asked Sullivan the night of
the first performance, "I would like to know the exact
wording of your introduction." Sullivan replied, "I
would like you to get lost."
The Beatles received a telegram of congratulations from
Elvis, which was read on the air.
In one scene of "Help!" The Beatles sing Beethoven's
"Ode To Joy" to calm a lion. Off camera, was a lion
tamer with a rifle ready.
THE BEATLES
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DID YOU KNOW THE BEATLES
If you think you know everything there is to know about the Fab Four, then read on and see how many of these Beatles facts you know.
1. The Daily Mirror coined the term Beatlemania in a show review in 1963
2. At 2:58 in Hey Jude Paul McCartney can be faintly heard saying "Oh, f***ing hell" after he made a mistake during the recording of the song
3. Some foods mentioned in Beatles records include: Truffles, cornflakes, honey, turkey, octopus, strawberries, eggs, peppers, pies and marshmallows
4. The Beatles movie A Hard Day’s Night was named after an off-the-cuff remark Ringo Starr made in an interview with DJ Dave Hull in 1964. “We went to do a job, and we'd worked all day and we happened to work all night. I came up still thinking it was day I suppose, and I said, 'It's been a hard day...' and I looked around and saw it was dark so I said, '...night!'”
5. Eric Clapton plays lead guitar on the George Harrison penned song While My Guitar Gently Weeps from the band’s 1968 album The Beatles. The rest of the band were ready to ditch the song from the album whenHarrison came up with his masterstroke and invited Slow Hand to play the lead
6. In 2008 a topiary tribute to The Beatles was unveiled on a traffic island in Liverpool . Unfortunately someone chopped Ringo’s head off after he admitted he misses nothing about his hometown
7. Before she becameCher , singer Bonnie Jo Mason recorded the novelty song I Love You Ringo about The Beatles’ drummer
8. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band is the first British rock album to have the lyrics for every song printed on the back cover
9. The Beatles’ studio album A Hard Day’s Night is the only one to contain only songs penned by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
10. The Beatles earned $90,000 in 35 minutes for theirMinneapolis
1. The Daily Mirror coined the term Beatlemania in a show review in 1963
2. At 2:58 in Hey Jude Paul McCartney can be faintly heard saying "Oh, f***ing hell" after he made a mistake during the recording of the song
3. Some foods mentioned in Beatles records include: Truffles, cornflakes, honey, turkey, octopus, strawberries, eggs, peppers, pies and marshmallows
4. The Beatles movie A Hard Day’s Night was named after an off-the-cuff remark Ringo Starr made in an interview with DJ Dave Hull in 1964. “We went to do a job, and we'd worked all day and we happened to work all night. I came up still thinking it was day I suppose, and I said, 'It's been a hard day...' and I looked around and saw it was dark so I said, '...night!'”
5. Eric Clapton plays lead guitar on the George Harrison penned song While My Guitar Gently Weeps from the band’s 1968 album The Beatles. The rest of the band were ready to ditch the song from the album when
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7. Before she became
8. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band is the first British rock album to have the lyrics for every song printed on the back cover
9. The Beatles’ studio album A Hard Day’s Night is the only one to contain only songs penned by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
10. The Beatles earned $90,000 in 35 minutes for their
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THE BEATLES FACTS
Introducing the Beatles:
The Beatles had sold an estimated 1 billion records worldwide by 1985 and had 21 no 1 singles in the US alone. Even today, 40 years after they broke up, they remain a great source of inspiration for other artists.
In just seven years the Beatles made a string of unforgettable albums. They set new standards for composing, performing and recording popular music. They blended music of many genres and experimented with instruments that had never before been heard on pop records. They were commercially successful and artistically stimulating at the same time.
The Beatles defined a generation by breaking new barriers and by showing a reluctance to compromise.
Chapters: Where did it all start? - The Beatles hit America - Chemistry and understanding - Talent and sophistication - Dylan makes an impression - A new direction - Rubber Soul: a turning point - The psychedelic experience - The final show - An unexpected death - The Beatles in India - Get back - Abbey Road: the end
***
A beginning took shape in Liverpool, England, in 1957. John Winston Lennon (born October 9, 1940) formed a skiffle group with friends. The group called themselves the Quarry Men. Some of the members played on real instruments, while others played on wash boards etc. The Quarry Men performed at low key events in Liverpool. They played folk, country and rock music. The group's line up changed frequently.
On July 6 1957, the Quarry
Men played at a garden fete of St Peter's Church in Woolton, Liverpool.
After the concert, John Lennon was introduced to James Paul McCartney (born June 18, 1942) for the first time. McCartney was playing his guitar backstage, and Lennon was impressed by his skills.
"I saw he had talent," Lennon recalled in 1980.
"I turned around to him right then on the first meeting and said: Do you want to join the group?"
"I think he said yes the next day."
In February 1958, George Harrison (born February 25, 1943) also joined the Quarry Men. George had been introduced to John through Paul.On July 15 the same year, John's mother Julia died in a hit-and-run accident. John was then 17 years old. He had lived most of his short life separated from his mother. His parents' marriage only lasted two years, and when John was five, Julia had a child with another man. John was then taken care off by Julia's sister Mimi and her husband, George Smith. John, however, continued to see his mum, who encouraged his passion for music and taught him to play the banjo. When uncle George died in 1955, John and his mother developed a closer relationship.
His mother's death left John emotionally devastated. Fortunately, John had a new friend in Paul, who he could relate to. Paul's mother Mary had died when he was just 14. Paul's background was however quite different to John's. He came from a disciplined working class family, with a father (James, also a musician) who worked hard to make ends meet. John, on the other hand, was brought up in middle-class surroundings, but experienced more emotional instability as a child because of his parents' absence.
Their personalities could not have been more different. Paul was polite and diplomatic, while John's mood would change from one extreme to another frequently.
Nevertheless, their shared experience of loss helped them to develop a close friendship. In addition, they shared a passion for music in which they both could express emotions, whether joy or grief.
They continued to perform under the name the Quarry Men until January 1960, when John's friend from art school, Stuart Sutcliffe, joined on bass guitar. After that, the group changed their name several times, to the Beatals, Silver Beats and the Silver Beetles.
Later that year, Pete Best joined the band on drums. The
group then traveled to Hamburg, Germany, where they played more than 100
concerts at the Indra Club and the Kaiserkeller. The band's name had by then
changed to the Beatles. The Beatles would return to Hamburg also in 1961 and
1962, and in February 1961 they played at the infamous Cavern Club in Liverpool
for the first time, where they soon became regular performers.
The Beatles were initially inspired by black, R&B and Motown music. They liked Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Gene Vincent and Fats Domino, to name a few. The Beatles had black leather jackets, long hear combed forward and cheeky humor. Even in the early pre-fame days, they stood out from most other contemporary bands, because of their scruffy look and energetic live concerts.
It was during a lunchtime performance at the Cavern Club in November 1961 that the Beatles were discovered by Brian Epstein, who soon after became the group's manager.
In January 1962, the Beatles auditioned for Decca Records in London. The group failed to make an impression, and Decca turned them down. Manager Epstein was furious:"You must be out of your minds. These boys are going to explode. I am completely confident that one day they will be bigger than Elvis Presley!"
Fortunately, shortly after, Epstein got in touch with George Martin, who was the head of Parlophone, a part of EMI records. Martin, a classically trained musician and producer, would play a key role in the Beatles' career in the years to come. Today, some refer to him as the "fifth Beatle," because of his undeniable musical influence on the group.
Meanwhile, on April 10 1962, Stuart Sutcliffe, the band's bassist,
died of a brain hemorrhage while in Hamburg with his girlfriend Astrid
Kirchherr, a German photographer.
Soon after, George Martin decided to give the Beatles a chance, and on June 4 1962, the group signed with EMI in London. "I've got nothing to lose," George Martin said at the time.
There was one problem, however: Martin was not impressed with the band's drummer, Pete Best. The Beatles had no choice but to let Best go.
In August 1962, they recruited a new drummer. His name was Richard Starkey (born July 7, 1940), AKA Ringo Starr.The Beatles' line up was now as follows:
John Lennon (vocals, guitar)
Paul McCartney (vocals, bass guitar)
George Harrison (vocals, guitar)
Ringo Starr (drums)
When George Martin offered the Beatles a record deal, the plan was that the group would record songs written by others, like most pop groups did at the time. It was almost unheard of that pop groups wrote their own music. Even the Beatles' pre-fame live repertoire consisted almost exclusively of cover songs.
Martin had no idea that Lennon and McCartney were aspiring song writers, and he was therefore presented with a big surprise on September 4, when the Beatles turned up for their second recording session at EMI's studios in Abbey Road, London.
After recording How Do You Do It, a song written by Mitch Murray, which George Martin had handpicked for the Beatles, the group insisted on recording one of their own songs. Martin was hard to convince, however. He didn't think the Beatles would have any potential hits up their sleeves. But the group insisted, and in the end Martin let them play him their song. It was called Love Me Do, and had been written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
Martin was perhaps not blown way by what he heard, but he was still quite impressed. The song had potential, that was for sure. He suggested that John played some harmonica on it, just to give the arrangement something extra.
In an interview
with Mark Lewisohn for the book The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, first
published in 1988, Paul McCartney said:
"Love Me Do was us trying to do the blues. It came out whiter because it always does. We're white and we were just young Liverpool musicians. We didn't have any finesse to be able to actually sound black. But Love Me Do was probably the first bluesy thing we tried to do."
Love Me Do was released as a single in the United Kingdom in October 1962, where it reached number 17 on the charts. Almost two years later, in May 1964, the song went to number one on the American charts. How Do You Do It was never released by the Beatles, but later became a hit with Gerry and the Pacemakers, also a Liverpool band.
The Beatles' next single, entitled Please Please Me, was a Roy Orbinson inspired Lennon/McCartney song. It was released in January 1963, and by March it had climbed all the way to number two on the British charts.
The group's big break through came in May the same year, when both their debut album, Please Please Me, and the single From Me To You, written by Lennon/McCartney, reached number one in Britain.
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The Beatles had sold an estimated 1 billion records worldwide by 1985 and had 21 no 1 singles in the US alone. Even today, 40 years after they broke up, they remain a great source of inspiration for other artists.
In just seven years the Beatles made a string of unforgettable albums. They set new standards for composing, performing and recording popular music. They blended music of many genres and experimented with instruments that had never before been heard on pop records. They were commercially successful and artistically stimulating at the same time.
The Beatles defined a generation by breaking new barriers and by showing a reluctance to compromise.
Chapters: Where did it all start? - The Beatles hit America - Chemistry and understanding - Talent and sophistication - Dylan makes an impression - A new direction - Rubber Soul: a turning point - The psychedelic experience - The final show - An unexpected death - The Beatles in India - Get back - Abbey Road: the end
***
Where did it all start?
A beginning took shape in Liverpool, England, in 1957. John Winston Lennon (born October 9, 1940) formed a skiffle group with friends. The group called themselves the Quarry Men. Some of the members played on real instruments, while others played on wash boards etc. The Quarry Men performed at low key events in Liverpool. They played folk, country and rock music. The group's line up changed frequently.
On July 6 1957, the Quarry
Men played at a garden fete of St Peter's Church in Woolton, Liverpool.
After the concert, John Lennon was introduced to James Paul McCartney (born June 18, 1942) for the first time. McCartney was playing his guitar backstage, and Lennon was impressed by his skills.
"I saw he had talent," Lennon recalled in 1980.
"I turned around to him right then on the first meeting and said: Do you want to join the group?"
"I think he said yes the next day."
In February 1958, George Harrison (born February 25, 1943) also joined the Quarry Men. George had been introduced to John through Paul.On July 15 the same year, John's mother Julia died in a hit-and-run accident. John was then 17 years old. He had lived most of his short life separated from his mother. His parents' marriage only lasted two years, and when John was five, Julia had a child with another man. John was then taken care off by Julia's sister Mimi and her husband, George Smith. John, however, continued to see his mum, who encouraged his passion for music and taught him to play the banjo. When uncle George died in 1955, John and his mother developed a closer relationship.
His mother's death left John emotionally devastated. Fortunately, John had a new friend in Paul, who he could relate to. Paul's mother Mary had died when he was just 14. Paul's background was however quite different to John's. He came from a disciplined working class family, with a father (James, also a musician) who worked hard to make ends meet. John, on the other hand, was brought up in middle-class surroundings, but experienced more emotional instability as a child because of his parents' absence.
Their personalities could not have been more different. Paul was polite and diplomatic, while John's mood would change from one extreme to another frequently.
Nevertheless, their shared experience of loss helped them to develop a close friendship. In addition, they shared a passion for music in which they both could express emotions, whether joy or grief.
They continued to perform under the name the Quarry Men until January 1960, when John's friend from art school, Stuart Sutcliffe, joined on bass guitar. After that, the group changed their name several times, to the Beatals, Silver Beats and the Silver Beetles.
Later that year, Pete Best joined the band on drums. The
group then traveled to Hamburg, Germany, where they played more than 100
concerts at the Indra Club and the Kaiserkeller. The band's name had by then
changed to the Beatles. The Beatles would return to Hamburg also in 1961 and
1962, and in February 1961 they played at the infamous Cavern Club in Liverpool
for the first time, where they soon became regular performers.The Beatles were initially inspired by black, R&B and Motown music. They liked Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Gene Vincent and Fats Domino, to name a few. The Beatles had black leather jackets, long hear combed forward and cheeky humor. Even in the early pre-fame days, they stood out from most other contemporary bands, because of their scruffy look and energetic live concerts.
It was during a lunchtime performance at the Cavern Club in November 1961 that the Beatles were discovered by Brian Epstein, who soon after became the group's manager.
In January 1962, the Beatles auditioned for Decca Records in London. The group failed to make an impression, and Decca turned them down. Manager Epstein was furious:"You must be out of your minds. These boys are going to explode. I am completely confident that one day they will be bigger than Elvis Presley!"
Fortunately, shortly after, Epstein got in touch with George Martin, who was the head of Parlophone, a part of EMI records. Martin, a classically trained musician and producer, would play a key role in the Beatles' career in the years to come. Today, some refer to him as the "fifth Beatle," because of his undeniable musical influence on the group.
Meanwhile, on April 10 1962, Stuart Sutcliffe, the band's bassist,
died of a brain hemorrhage while in Hamburg with his girlfriend Astrid
Kirchherr, a German photographer.Soon after, George Martin decided to give the Beatles a chance, and on June 4 1962, the group signed with EMI in London. "I've got nothing to lose," George Martin said at the time.
There was one problem, however: Martin was not impressed with the band's drummer, Pete Best. The Beatles had no choice but to let Best go.
In August 1962, they recruited a new drummer. His name was Richard Starkey (born July 7, 1940), AKA Ringo Starr.The Beatles' line up was now as follows:
John Lennon (vocals, guitar)
Paul McCartney (vocals, bass guitar)
George Harrison (vocals, guitar)
Ringo Starr (drums)
When George Martin offered the Beatles a record deal, the plan was that the group would record songs written by others, like most pop groups did at the time. It was almost unheard of that pop groups wrote their own music. Even the Beatles' pre-fame live repertoire consisted almost exclusively of cover songs.
Martin had no idea that Lennon and McCartney were aspiring song writers, and he was therefore presented with a big surprise on September 4, when the Beatles turned up for their second recording session at EMI's studios in Abbey Road, London.
After recording How Do You Do It, a song written by Mitch Murray, which George Martin had handpicked for the Beatles, the group insisted on recording one of their own songs. Martin was hard to convince, however. He didn't think the Beatles would have any potential hits up their sleeves. But the group insisted, and in the end Martin let them play him their song. It was called Love Me Do, and had been written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
Martin was perhaps not blown way by what he heard, but he was still quite impressed. The song had potential, that was for sure. He suggested that John played some harmonica on it, just to give the arrangement something extra.
In an interview
with Mark Lewisohn for the book The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, first
published in 1988, Paul McCartney said:"Love Me Do was us trying to do the blues. It came out whiter because it always does. We're white and we were just young Liverpool musicians. We didn't have any finesse to be able to actually sound black. But Love Me Do was probably the first bluesy thing we tried to do."
Love Me Do was released as a single in the United Kingdom in October 1962, where it reached number 17 on the charts. Almost two years later, in May 1964, the song went to number one on the American charts. How Do You Do It was never released by the Beatles, but later became a hit with Gerry and the Pacemakers, also a Liverpool band.
The Beatles' next single, entitled Please Please Me, was a Roy Orbinson inspired Lennon/McCartney song. It was released in January 1963, and by March it had climbed all the way to number two on the British charts.
The group's big break through came in May the same year, when both their debut album, Please Please Me, and the single From Me To You, written by Lennon/McCartney, reached number one in Britain.
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