A US-only single, ‘Twist And Shout’, was released on this day. Its b-side was ‘There’s A Place’.
Both songs were taken from the Please Please Me UK album, and the single’s catalogue number was Tollie 9001.
Also on this day...
- 2010: Paul McCartney announces UK and Ireland summer tour
- 1969: John Lennon and Yoko Ono perform in Cambridge
- 1969: Paul McCartney produces Mary Hopkin’s Goodbye
- 1967: Recording, mixing: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
- 1965: Filming: Help!, the Bahamas
- 1964: The Beatles begin filming A Hard Day’s Night
- 1963: Television: ABC At Large
- 1963: Live: City Hall, Sheffield
- 1962: Live: Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, Wallasey
- 1962: Live: St John’s Hall, Bootle
- 1961: Live: Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool
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The Tollie label (named after Tollie Carter) was formed in early 1964 as a subsidiary of Vee-Jay Records. Whether it was originally formed specifically for Beatles releases is unknown, but what is known is that “Twist and Shout” was its’ first release. One further Beatles release was on Tollie… “Love Me Do”/“PS, I Love You”. Tollie wasn’t around very long, shutting down not long after Vee-Jay lost its rights to the early Beatles recordings in late ‘64.
For collectors only, the 45 picture sleeve shown is for the Italian release, which was nothing more than a US Tollie pressing housed in a specially printed sleeve. Just like Vee-Jay releases, Tollie pressings have a number of different label variations to drive collectors crazy.