The Beatles - Please Please Me

Date of release (UK): March 22 1963
Chart position (UK): 1 (30 weeks)

Released in the US as Introducing The Beatles

The Beatles' debut album in the UK, Please Please Me, consisted of 8 Lennon/McCartney songs plus some cover songs. Although it cannot be ranked as one of their finest albums, it nevertheless showed promising signs. The album was recorded in just over nine hours, or 585 minutes to be precise. The date of recording was February 11 1963. One of the highlights on this album is John Lennon's lead vocal on the album-closer Twist And Shout. It was in fact a last-minute decision to record this song at all. And Lennon had a soar throat that day, but that didn't stop him from delivering an all-time classic vocal performance.

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Track Listings

I Saw Her Standing There
Misery
Anna (Go To Him)
Chains
Boys
Ask Me Why
Please Please Me

Love Me Do
P.S. I Love You
Baby It's You
Do You Want To Know A Secret
A Taste Of Honey
There's A Place
Twist And Shout