BBC chart reveals best-selling UK Beatles songs
‘She Loves You’, The Beatles’ second number one hit, has topped a chart of the group’s biggest selling songs in the United Kingdom.
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Mixing: She Loves You
Room 53, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Engineer: Geoff Emerick George Martin was not present for this third stereo mixing session for the UK compilation A Collection Of Beatles Oldies …
UK EP release: The Beatles’ Million Sellers
The Beatles’ 10th Parlophone EP contained four of their biggest hits to date.
The Beatles at the George V Hotel, Paris
EMI’s German counterpart, Electrola Gesellschaft, wanted The Beatles to re-record the vocals on their biggest hits, ‘She Loves You’ and ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’, in German. Although …
EMI presents The Beatles with silver discs
The Beatles had a day off from their 1963 Autumn Tour on this day but, rather than spend it relaxing, they attended a ceremony held at EMI House in …
Beatlemania begins: Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Although The Beatles’ popularity had been growing steadily and to increasingly frantic heights throughout 1963, their appearance at the London Palladium on Sunday 13 October catapulted them into the …
Radio: The Ken Dodd Show
On John Lennon’s 23rd birthday The Beatles made their only appearance on the BBC radio programme The Ken Dodd Show. It was recorded at the BBC Paris Studio in …
Radio: three episodes of Pop Go The Beatles
The Beatles had undertaken mammoth radio sessions before, notably the 18 songs recorded on Tuesday 16 July. However, they went one better on this day, taping 19 songs for …
UK single release: She Loves You
In case there was any doubt that The Beatles were a bona fide UK phenomenon by August 1963, the release of their fourth single went beyond all expectations.
Editing, mixing: She Loves You, I’ll Get You
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Norman Smith Following The Beatles’
Recording: She Loves You, I’ll Get You
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Norman Smith On this day The Beatles recorded both sides of their fourth UK single, which was released on …
Lennon and McCartney finish writing She Loves You
The day after they began writing ‘She Loves You’ in a Newcastle hotel room, John Lennon and Paul McCartney finished the song in the dining room of McCartney’s family …
The Beatles live: Majestic Ballroom, Newcastle
The Beatles’ second and final concert at Newcastle’s Majestic Ballroom took place on 26 June 1963. They had previously appeared at the venue on 28 January 1963. This was …
