by admin on November 10, 2009
The Beatles She Loves You was their first real break in the market for American music. The year was 1963 and the Beatles had already scored big time in their native England with the million-selling hit "I Want To Hold Your Hand." The release of 'She Loves You "granted to the group with the same level of success, and today, Capitol Records, headquartered on the other side of the Atlantic began to take note of this phenomenon is place in England. They exercised their option to release tracks by the group in the United States, and "She Loves You 'was their first choice. Accordingly, the Beatles She Loves You "is for many Americans one of the first songs they ever heard of the band. While the previous version by the band to make it Stateside hit a meager number 116 on the cards before being unceremoniously dumped on the radio, "She Loves You 'has found a rather tortuous way to the top was made in September but did not find much success until the group also released "I Want To Hold Your Hand 'in the United States a few months later. Already the biggest selling single of all time in the United Kingdom, (ironically just passed 14 years later by a song recorded by Paul McCartney's post-Beatles group Wings), The Beatles She Loves You would soon find occupies a unique place in the history of American music as well. In the first week of April 1964, "She Loves You 'was one of the Beatles songs claiming the top 5 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 charts – a feat never since duplicated. Having been republished on the Swan label, the track spent over 15 weeks in the American charts. The Beatles She Loves You ", with" I Want To Hold Your Hand "and their appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show helped largely to cement their popularity among American youth. The group finally offered a viable option for packaged crooners teenager who had been imposed by the record company in the mainstream music for much of the early 60s. The Beatles helped to legitimize the rock and roll as a cultural phenomenon, not just pap released by major labels to satisfy the youth market. With so many teenagers screaming for more, the group opened the doors to the wave of British bands invading the United States in coming years.
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by admin on October 11, 2009
With The Beatles may be the least known and least talked about of all Beatles albums (if not Beatles For Sale.) It was their second album released after me Please Please so he has no privilege to be their first album. It was not the distinction of being their first truly great album formed (which was their 3rd album A Hard Night's Day.) But this does not mean that this is not a good album, it contains some classic Beatles.
It was ranked number 420 on the list of Rolling Stone more than 500 albums of all time released in 2003. The album was released in England in 1963 but was not officially released in the United States until 1987 as the first Beatles album in the U.S. have been cut paste job. It was not until Revolver album is even released in the States was published in Great Britain.
The album starts off "It Will not Be Long" which, while does not rank among the greatest songs of the Beatles is a pleasant pop song early.
The second song is "All I've Got To Do", which has a nice bluesy sound to it, including the title tune. Among The Beatles first songs most forgotten, is a keeper.
The third song is by far the most famous song on the album, "All My Loving." It was the opening song for the first performance of The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan performance.
The fourth song is "Do not Bother Me" which was started songwriting of George Harrison.
The fifth song is called "Little Child". The first five tracks are all original Beatles.
The sixth song is "Till There Was You", which is a cover. It is a very sweet song that Paul McCartney in this music-hall "mode.
Next is "Please Mr. Postman" which is another cover. This was the first Motown song to reach # 1 when it hit the top spot for The Marvelettes at the end of 1961.
The eighth song (and the first of the second side of the album) is the classic Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven." It was a success for Berry in 1956 and has been ranked as one of the 100 greatest songs of all time by Rolling Stone. The song George Harrison both as the lead singer, and of course as a guitarist best results of his impersonation Chuck Berry.
Ninth is the song "Hold Me Tight" is an original Beatles break the line 3 covers the right. The song was originally recorded for me Please Please, but has been left. He was re-recorded for the Beatles.
The 10th song "You Really Got A Hold On Me" which was a cover by Smokey Robinson. It was a unique success in 1962 the Miracles (featuring Robinson) and is another Motown song.
11 is the song "I Want to Be Your Man", which written by Lennon & McCartney for their friends the Rolling Stones. The Stones version was released first. The Beatles version is composed Ringo Starr on vocals.
The 12th song "Devil in Her Heart", which is a cover sung by George Harrison.
The song 13 is "not again", which is the last original Beatles on the album. It was written and sung by John Lennon (of course it was credited to Lennon / McCartney as all the songs written by Lennon / McCartney or were.)
The 14th and final song is "Money", another cover of a song by a black artist (the 5th of the album.) It was a unique achievement for 1959 Barrett Strong.
Even With The Beatles is certainly not one of the best albums of the Beatles, it's a fun listen if you're interested in their earlier material.
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by admin on October 4, 2009
The Beatles were formed in Liverpool, England in 1958 and became the most influential and successful rock band of the 20th century. The Beatles were – John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr along with their manager Brian Epstein who the band considered as the 5th Beatle.
The Beatles records sold over a billion units before their music was transferred on to digital format like CD. The Beatles released their first single on October 5, 1962 (Love Me Do/ P.S. I Love You)
The Beatles then released the single “Please Please Me/ Ask Me Why” on Jan 11. 1963. The first two Beatles records/albums (”Please Please Me” released Mar. 22, 1963 and “With The Beatles” released Nov 22, 1963) were sold in England and sold very well. In America, the first album released was called “Introducing The Beatles” which came out on July 22, 1963. The Beatles didn’t really make an impact in the U.S. until the second U.S. album – “Meet The Beatles” was released January 20, 1964. The first song on this album hit number 1 just after the album’s release, and just days from the band flying to the US for a performance on the Ed Sullivan Show.
In the U.S. Beatles records were slightly altered from the United Kingdom versions, Capitol records (USA) removed a number of songs from the original album versions so as to release extra albums (Something New, Yesterday…And Today, Hey Jude for example) thereby cashing in on the bands popularity within the USA.
In 1964, the Beatles records sold a then world record (9 singles and 6 LPs), representing U.S. sales of over 25 million.
“I Want To Hold Your Hand” sold almost 5 million records in the US by 1968, making it the best selling single of the 1960’s (from a Capitol Records Press Release, Sept, 9, 1968).
By August 1964, The Beatles records had sold approximately 80 million globally *Variety 235, August 12, 1964).
“Rubber Soul” sold 1.2 million copies in the U.S. during the first 9 days of its release (Billboard article, January 1, 1966).
By May 1967, the Beatles’ global gross stood at $98 million (Variety 246, May 19, 1967).
The “Hey Jude” single had sold over 3 million copies in America in its first 2 months of release, and 3.7 million by mid-January 1969. It eventually sold over 4 million copies and was the 4th best-selling single of the 1960s (Spizer, Bruce, 2003: The Beatles on Apple Records, p. 32).
Although it carried a list price of $11.79, their double album The Beatles sold 1.1 million units during its first 2 weeks on sale; a record for any double album at that point in time (Spizer, Bruce, 2003: The Beatles on Apple Records, p. 102).
“Abbey Road” sold over 3 million copies in the US in a little over a month, making it one of the best-selling Albums of the 1960s despite having been on sale for only the last three months of the decade (Spizer, Bruce, 2003: The Beatles on Apple Records, p. 164).
The Beatles records had topped worldwide sales of 300 million units by 1969, this feat was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.
The “Let It Be” album sold 3.2 million copies in 13 days representing a gross retail value of nearly $26 million (Billboard article, June 6, 1970).
By October 1972, the Beatles records worldwide had sales of 545 million units, a world record (Billboard 84, October 21, 1972).
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