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The Beatle Invasion

Archive for the ‘singles’ Category

July 29th, 2007

Single - “From Me to You” / “Thank You Girl” (1963)

Recording 17 days before the "Please Please Me" album would be released, The Beatles hoped to score another hit single with "From Me to You". Once again John and Paul worked together, reportedly writing in a car. The track opens with the band singing what was originally written as a lead guitar line. This innovation […]

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July 23rd, 2007

Track - “Do You Want to Know a Secret”

George sang lead on two tracks from "Please Please Me". One was the cover of "Chains". The other was the Lennon/McCartney penned track "Do You Want to Know a Secret". John found inspiration for the song in the tune "I’m Wishing" from the 1937 Disney film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", which his mother […]

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July 17th, 2007

Single - “Please Please Me” / “Ask Me Why” (1962)

After the minor success of their first single, “Love Me Do”, George Martin and The Beatles returned to the studio to try for a second. The band pushed for John’s “Please Please Me”, a song they had originally recorded during the “Love Me Do” sessions. Martin was unhappy with that track; it was slow, sparse […]

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July 12th, 2007

Single - “Love Me Do” / “P.S. I Love You” (1962)

“Love Me Do”/”P.S. I Love You” was The Beatles’ first single. It is the only Beatles song to be released in three versions with three different drummers. The version appearing on The Beatles Anthology dates from the band’s audition for EMI on 6 June 1962, with original drummer Pete Best. On 4 September, now under […]

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