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The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool who recorded hundreds of songs during their career. The group's "main catalogue"—songs released between 1962 and 1970—consists of 213 songs (four of which exist in different versions): 188 originals and 25 covers.
- From Me To You (Number 1, May 1963) Only the third single ever released by the Fab Four, From Me To You was the one that started their chart domination; becoming the first Beatles song to top the Official Singles Chart in May 1963 where it stayed at Number 1 for seven consecutive weeks.
- She Loves You (Number 1, September 1963) The Beatles didn't have to wait long for their second chart-topper, grabbing it just four months after From Me To You in September 1963.
- I Want To Hold Your Hand (Number 1, December 1963) I Want To Hold Your Hand was originally blocked from Number 1 by She Loves You, but once it did get all the way to the top of the Official Singles Chart, it stayed there for five weeks and became the second best-selling song of the 1960s.
- Can't Buy Me Love (Number 1, April 1964) Can't Buy Me Love was taken from The Beatles' third studio album, A Hard Day's Night, a body of work that started a new phase in the band's career, as every single track on the record was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, under the moniker Lennon-McCartney, now looked on as perhaps the greatest songwriting partnership in the history of recorded music.
During their eight years as a band, The Beatles had 20 No. 1 hits, and 34 Top 10 hits on the Billboard chart. Forming in 1962 and breaking up in 1970, not only did The Beatles' top songs,...
- Please Please Me’ Legend has it that, upon the completion of the title track to their debut, George Martin congratulated the band on obtaining their first number one single.
- From Me to You’ The first “official” Beatles chart-topper, ‘From Me to You’ is actually fairly nondescript as far as Beatles number ones go. It’s a fantastically catchy tune, one performed with the band’s singularly spirited energy, but it’s the band’s shortest number one and the one most indebted to their skiffle roots.
- She Loves You’ Perhaps the most endearing of all The Beatles early hits, ‘She Loves You’ has a ferociously manic energy that no other band was providing in 1963.
- I Want to Hold Your Hand’ February 1964. New York City. A group of four Brits in their early twenties are preparing to perform on American television for the first time.
On 11 February 1963, the Beatles recorded ten songs during a single studio session for their debut LP, Please Please Me. It was supplemented by the four tracks already released on their first two singles.
Worldwide, the British rock band the Beatles released 12 studio albums (17 in the US), 5 live albums, 51 compilation albums, 36 extended plays (EPs), 63 singles, 17 box sets, 22 video albums and 53 music videos.
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