The Fab Four released Please Please Me on March 22, 1963, in England. Ringo Starr counts in the lead track “I Saw Her Standing There” with an enthusiastic “one, two, three, four!” making it clear The ...

Paul McCartney said The Beatles‘ “Please Please Me” was inspired by an American rock ‘n’ roll star. Paul said the song was originally slower to mimic that star’s style. Subsequently, The Beatles’ ...

For more 50 th anniversary Beatles coverage, read Blogging the Beatles. Today is the 50 th anniversary of the release of the Beatles’ first album, Please Please Me. To mark the occasion, we’ve rounded ...

The Beatles took the world by storm with their first record in 1963. Here are three songs from 'Please Please Me' that will ...

Recently, we had the chance to speak with Eleanor Worthington-Cox, who plays multiple roles in Please Please Me, including ...

The notion of artists taking their time in the studio has become so ingrained in the recording process that it's hard to believe that they used to bang out killer albums in a hurry. There is perhaps ...

The moment the Beatles' debut album was released, their lives – and ours – were changed for ever. Yet over some 12 hours of the recording sessions for Please Please Me, the four young Liverpudlians ...

A hastily arranged beginning to their catalogue, hampered slightly by inexperience, but ultimately defined by the charm that would soon conquer the world. Hamish McBain looks back… Upon its release, ...

When The Beatles finally hit the mainstream, they were constantly fighting in the singles charts to gain that highly-coveted number-one single. But in January, 1963, it finally happened when they ...

The Beatles in 1963, shortly after Please Please Me went to number one in the album chart Credit: Photo: PA On March 22 1963 The Beatles' released Please Please Me, their first studio album. The ...

“1, 2, 3, 4!” Paul McCartney’s shouted count launches The Beatles into the clipped, thrilling dancehall belter 'I Saw Her Standing There’. After everything ...