Three distinct versions were recorded:
1. On the 6th of June 1962, with Pete Best drumming, as part of their audition for EMI.
2. On the 4th of September 1962, this time with Ringo Starr.
3. On the 11th of September 1962, with session drummer Andy White.
The most commonly-used version is the one with Andy White drumming, and Ringo providing tambourine.
Chat with our AI personalities
Four of the songs on Please Please Me were recorded as single sides: "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You" in September 1962, and "Please Please Me" and "Ask Me Why" in January 1963. The remaining ten songs were all recorded on February 11, 1963.
"Love ME Do" was released in 1962. But if you're thinking of the other Beatles song, "Love You To", that was released on Revolver in 1966. :)
Ringo Starr debuted with the Beatles, shortly before they recorded their first single, "Love Me Do".
beatles
The Beatles never recorded Goodbye; Paul wrote it for Mary Hopkin and a "demo" version was recorded for her in 1968.
You could make a case for "Eleanor Rigby" and "In My Life". But at the time the surviving Beatles recorded "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love", the also were said to have recorded another John Lennon composition entitled, "Now and Then", which supposedly qualified as an elegy. The track still remains in the can.
With Tony Sheridan, the Beatles (billed as the Beat Brothers) released a single, "My Bonnie" (A) and "When the Saints Go Marching In" (B). Recorded in May 1961, released in June. You can definitely recognized John's voice. As the Beatles, the group's first release was "Love Me Do." Recorded Sept. 11, 1962, with "P.S. I Love You" on the B side, the single was released in England Oct. 5, 1962. The first Beatles song released in the United States was "Please Please Me" on Vee Jay with "Ask Me Why" as the B side. It was released Feb. 25, 1963. The first Beatles song released on Capitol Records in the U.S. was "I Want to Hold Your Hand" on Jan. 13, 1964.