Producer George Martin felt The Beatles’ “Please Please Me” needed to be changed in a major way. Martin discussed what he thought of the Fab Four during their early days. “Please Please Me” was a hit ...

In the early days of The Beatles, the band was looking to release hit singles that would put them on the map. “Please Please Me” was their second hit, proving that the fab four were not a ...

The Beatles’ influence continues to reverberate across the decades since their epoch-making emergence in global culture. Last year alone, they outpaced all “catalog” acts with some 1.5 billion streams ...

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It was history in the making. “Well she was just 17 and you know what I mean,” sings Paul McCartney on “I Saw Her Standing There,” the opening track of The Beatles debut album, “Please Please Me.” At ...

A signed copy of the Beatles single 'Please Please Me' has sold for £9,000 at auction in Liverpool. The "very, very rare" 1963 record was sold by a local lady who had asked all four members of the ...