Meet the Beatles! is the second Beatles album released in the United States. It was the first US Beatles album to be issued by Capitol Records, on 20 January 1964 in both mono and stereo formats. It topped the popular album chart on 15 February 1964 and remained at number one for eleven weeks before being replaced by The Beatles' Second Album. The cover featured Robert Freeman's portrait used in the United Kingdom for With the Beatles, with a blue tint added to the original stark black-and-white photograph.
Background
After constantly rejecting requests by both Brian Epstein and George Martin to release Beatles records in the United States, in November 1963 EMI label head Sir Joseph Lockwood sent a deputy to Los Angeles ordering Capitol Records to commence releasing and promoting Beatles product in the United States. Despite the "first album" claim on its cover, ten days prior to its release Vee-Jay Records of Chicago beat Capitol to the punch with the release of the Beatles' American debut album Introducing... The Beatles, which had been delayed for release for various reasons since the previous summer. Perhaps as a result of the Vee-Jay release, Liberty Music Shops advertised in the New York Times of 12 January 1964 that Meet the Beatles! was available for purchase, an ad not authorised by Capitol.
The Beatles built their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over a three-year period from 1960, with Stuart Sutcliffe initially serving as bass player. The core of Lennon, McCartney and Harrison went through a succession of drummers, most notably Pete Best, before asking Starr to join them. Manager Brian Epstein moulded them into a professional act and producer George Martin enhanced their musical potential. They gained popularity in the United Kingdom after their first hit, "Love Me Do", in late 1962. They acquired the nickname "the Fab Four" as Beatlemania grew in Britain over the following year, and by early 1964 they had become international stars, leading the "British Invasion" of the United States pop market. From 1965 onwards, the Beatles produced what many consider their finest material, including the innovative and widely influential albums Rubber Soul (1965), Revolver (1966), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), The Beatles (commonly known as the White Album, 1968) and Abbey Road (1969).
1962–1966 (also known as "The Red Album") is a compilation record of songs by the English rock band The Beatles, spanning the years indicated in the title.
Released with its counterpart 1967–1970 ("The Blue Album") in 1973, it reached number 3 in the United Kingdom and number 1 in the United States Cashbox albums chart. However, in the US, the official chart was administered by Billboard, where 1962–1966 peaked at number 3, while 1967–1970 reached the top spot. This album was re-released in September 1993 on compact disc, charting at number 3 in the UK.
The album was compiled by Beatles manager Allen Klein. Even though the group had had success with cover versions of songs, most notably with "Twist and Shout", which made number 2 on the Billboard charts, only songs composed by the Beatles themselves were included. Along with its 1967–1970 counterpart, it compiles every single A-side released by the band in the UK.
As with 1967–1970, this compilation was produced by Apple/EMI at least partially in response to a bootleg collection titled Alpha Omega, which had been sold on television the previous year. Print advertising for the two records made a point of declaring them "the only authorized collection of the Beatles."
1967–1970 (widely known as "The Blue Album") is a compilation of songs by the English rock band The Beatles, spanning the years indicated in the title. It was released with 1962–1966 ("The Red Album"), in 1973. 1967–1970 made number 1 on the American Billboard chart and number 2 on the British Album Chart. This album was re-released in September 1993 on compact disc, charting at number 4 in the United Kingdom.
The album was compiled by Beatles manager Allen Klein. Songs performed by the Beatles as solo artists were also considered for inclusion, but like the cover songs on 1962–1966, limited space resulted in this idea having to be abandoned. Along with its 1962–1966 counterpart, it compiles every single A-side released by the band in the UK.
As with 1962–1966, this compilation was produced by Apple/EMI at least partially in response to a bootleg collection titled Alpha Omega, which had been sold on television the previous year. Print advertising for the two records made a point of declaring them "the only authorized collection of the Beatles."
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Discovery Plus Concert Band - Grade 2
Featuring songs performed by the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show television broadcast in 1964 and recorded on their first U.S. album Meet the Beatles, here is an exuberant medley for band that demonstrates the excitement and appeal of these early hits. Includes I Want to Hold Your Hand, Till There Was You, and All My Loving.
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Elvis meets The Beatles
Elvis Presley met The Beatles for the first time on August 27, 1965, at his California home. There aren't any photos from this historic meeting, but Priscilla Presley recalls what that evening was like.
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The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand - Performed Live On The Ed Sullivan Show 2/9/64
The Beatles performing “I Want To Hold Your Hand Live On The Ed Sullivan Show 2/9/64.”
‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ was the first Beatles’ record to top both the UK and the US charts. It was also their first to be recorded on a 4-track, as opposed to the usual 2-track, tape machine. The Beatles had the song well rehearsed when they made the first of 17 takes on October 17th 1963.
Following The Beatles’ historic appearance on The Ed Sullivan show on February 9th, the single – already at No.1 in the charts – gained further momentum. They taped a performance of the song earlier in the day of their live appearance and it was shown on the Sullivan show of February 23rd, which helped maintain the song’s popularity. This avalanche of publicity, engineered by Brian Epstein, helped the single to s...
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The Monkees Meet The Beatles
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This Boy (Remastered 2009)
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This Boy (Remastered 2009) · The Beatles
Past Masters
℗ 2009 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
Released on: 1988-03-07
Associated Performer, Vocals: John Lennon
Associated Performer, Vocals: Paul McCartney
Producer: George Martin
Composer Lyricist: John Lennon
Composer Lyricist: Paul McCartney
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Discovery Plus Concert Band - Grade 2
Featuring songs performed by the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show television broadcast in 1964 and recorded on their first U.S. album Meet the Beatles, here is an exuberant medley for band that demonstrates the excitement and appeal of these early hits. Includes I Want to Hold Your Hand, Till There Was You, and All My Loving.
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To purchase print edition or for more info: http://goo.gl/qh4GfN
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Discovery Plus Concert Band - Grade 2
Featuring songs performed by the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show television broadcast in 1964 and recorded on their first U.S. album Meet the Beatles, here is an exuberant medley for band that demonstrates the excitement and appeal of these early hits. Includes I Want to Hold Your Hand, Till There Was You, and All My Loving.
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Elvis Presley met The Beatles for the first time on August 27, 1965, at his California home. There aren't any photos from this historic meeting, but Priscilla P...
Elvis Presley met The Beatles for the first time on August 27, 1965, at his California home. There aren't any photos from this historic meeting, but Priscilla Presley recalls what that evening was like.
Elvis Presley met The Beatles for the first time on August 27, 1965, at his California home. There aren't any photos from this historic meeting, but Priscilla Presley recalls what that evening was like.
The Beatles performing “I Want To Hold Your Hand Live On The Ed Sullivan Show 2/9/64.”
‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ was the first Beatles’ record to top both the...
The Beatles performing “I Want To Hold Your Hand Live On The Ed Sullivan Show 2/9/64.”
‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ was the first Beatles’ record to top both the UK and the US charts. It was also their first to be recorded on a 4-track, as opposed to the usual 2-track, tape machine. The Beatles had the song well rehearsed when they made the first of 17 takes on October 17th 1963.
Following The Beatles’ historic appearance on The Ed Sullivan show on February 9th, the single – already at No.1 in the charts – gained further momentum. They taped a performance of the song earlier in the day of their live appearance and it was shown on the Sullivan show of February 23rd, which helped maintain the song’s popularity. This avalanche of publicity, engineered by Brian Epstein, helped the single to stay at the top for seven weeks, which made it the longest-running No.1 of their career to date (until ‘Hey Jude’).
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⭐ https://twitter.com/thebeatles
#TheBeatles #IWantToHoldYourHand #JohnLennon #PaulMcCartney #GeorgeHarrison #RingoStarr
The Beatles performing “I Want To Hold Your Hand Live On The Ed Sullivan Show 2/9/64.”
‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ was the first Beatles’ record to top both the UK and the US charts. It was also their first to be recorded on a 4-track, as opposed to the usual 2-track, tape machine. The Beatles had the song well rehearsed when they made the first of 17 takes on October 17th 1963.
Following The Beatles’ historic appearance on The Ed Sullivan show on February 9th, the single – already at No.1 in the charts – gained further momentum. They taped a performance of the song earlier in the day of their live appearance and it was shown on the Sullivan show of February 23rd, which helped maintain the song’s popularity. This avalanche of publicity, engineered by Brian Epstein, helped the single to stay at the top for seven weeks, which made it the longest-running No.1 of their career to date (until ‘Hey Jude’).
Watch more videos from The Beatles: https://thebeatles.lnk.to/YTPlaylists
Subscribe to The Beatles’ YouTube channel & ring the bell to never miss a new video: https://thebeatles.lnk.to/YTSignup
Sign up for The Beatles’ Official Email List: https://www.thebeatles.com/newsletter
Stream The Beatles:
🎙️ Apple Music: https://thebeatles.lnk.to/stream/AppleMusic
🎙️ Spotify: https://thebeatles.lnk.to/stream/Spotify
🎙️ Amazon Music: https://thebeatles.lnk.to/stream/AmazonMusic
🎙️ Pandora: https://thebeatles.lnk.to/stream/Pandora
🎙️ Tidal: https://thebeatles.lnk.to/stream/Tidal
🎙️ Deezer: https://thebeatles.lnk.to/stream/Deezer
🎙️ YouTube Music: https://thebeatles.lnk.to/stream/YouTubeMusic
Follow The Beatles:
⭐ https://www.thebeatles.com
⭐ https://www.instagram.com/thebeatles
⭐ https://www.facebook.com/thebeatles
⭐ https://www.tiktok.com/@thebeatles
⭐ https://twitter.com/thebeatles
#TheBeatles #IWantToHoldYourHand #JohnLennon #PaulMcCartney #GeorgeHarrison #RingoStarr
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This Boy (Remastered 2009) · The Beatles
Past Masters
℗ 2009 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Univ...
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group
This Boy (Remastered 2009) · The Beatles
Past Masters
℗ 2009 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
Released on: 1988-03-07
Associated Performer, Vocals: John Lennon
Associated Performer, Vocals: Paul McCartney
Producer: George Martin
Composer Lyricist: John Lennon
Composer Lyricist: Paul McCartney
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This Boy (Remastered 2009) · The Beatles
Past Masters
℗ 2009 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
Released on: 1988-03-07
Associated Performer, Vocals: John Lennon
Associated Performer, Vocals: Paul McCartney
Producer: George Martin
Composer Lyricist: John Lennon
Composer Lyricist: Paul McCartney
Auto-generated by YouTube.
To purchase print edition or for more info: http://goo.gl/qh4GfN
To purchase, download and print instantly: http://bit.ly/2vxwdbn
Discovery Plus Concert Band - Grade 2
Featuring songs performed by the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show television broadcast in 1964 and recorded on their first U.S. album Meet the Beatles, here is an exuberant medley for band that demonstrates the excitement and appeal of these early hits. Includes I Want to Hold Your Hand, Till There Was You, and All My Loving.
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Elvis Presley met The Beatles for the first time on August 27, 1965, at his California home. There aren't any photos from this historic meeting, but Priscilla Presley recalls what that evening was like.
The Beatles performing “I Want To Hold Your Hand Live On The Ed Sullivan Show 2/9/64.”
‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ was the first Beatles’ record to top both the UK and the US charts. It was also their first to be recorded on a 4-track, as opposed to the usual 2-track, tape machine. The Beatles had the song well rehearsed when they made the first of 17 takes on October 17th 1963.
Following The Beatles’ historic appearance on The Ed Sullivan show on February 9th, the single – already at No.1 in the charts – gained further momentum. They taped a performance of the song earlier in the day of their live appearance and it was shown on the Sullivan show of February 23rd, which helped maintain the song’s popularity. This avalanche of publicity, engineered by Brian Epstein, helped the single to stay at the top for seven weeks, which made it the longest-running No.1 of their career to date (until ‘Hey Jude’).
Watch more videos from The Beatles: https://thebeatles.lnk.to/YTPlaylists
Subscribe to The Beatles’ YouTube channel & ring the bell to never miss a new video: https://thebeatles.lnk.to/YTSignup
Sign up for The Beatles’ Official Email List: https://www.thebeatles.com/newsletter
Stream The Beatles:
🎙️ Apple Music: https://thebeatles.lnk.to/stream/AppleMusic
🎙️ Spotify: https://thebeatles.lnk.to/stream/Spotify
🎙️ Amazon Music: https://thebeatles.lnk.to/stream/AmazonMusic
🎙️ Pandora: https://thebeatles.lnk.to/stream/Pandora
🎙️ Tidal: https://thebeatles.lnk.to/stream/Tidal
🎙️ Deezer: https://thebeatles.lnk.to/stream/Deezer
🎙️ YouTube Music: https://thebeatles.lnk.to/stream/YouTubeMusic
Follow The Beatles:
⭐ https://www.thebeatles.com
⭐ https://www.instagram.com/thebeatles
⭐ https://www.facebook.com/thebeatles
⭐ https://www.tiktok.com/@thebeatles
⭐ https://twitter.com/thebeatles
#TheBeatles #IWantToHoldYourHand #JohnLennon #PaulMcCartney #GeorgeHarrison #RingoStarr
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This Boy (Remastered 2009) · The Beatles
Past Masters
℗ 2009 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
Released on: 1988-03-07
Associated Performer, Vocals: John Lennon
Associated Performer, Vocals: Paul McCartney
Producer: George Martin
Composer Lyricist: John Lennon
Composer Lyricist: Paul McCartney
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Meet the Beatles! is the second Beatles album released in the United States. It was the first US Beatles album to be issued by Capitol Records, on 20 January 1964 in both mono and stereo formats. It topped the popular album chart on 15 February 1964 and remained at number one for eleven weeks before being replaced by The Beatles' Second Album. The cover featured Robert Freeman's portrait used in the United Kingdom for With the Beatles, with a blue tint added to the original stark black-and-white photograph.
Background
After constantly rejecting requests by both Brian Epstein and George Martin to release Beatles records in the United States, in November 1963 EMI label head Sir Joseph Lockwood sent a deputy to Los Angeles ordering Capitol Records to commence releasing and promoting Beatles product in the United States. Despite the "first album" claim on its cover, ten days prior to its release Vee-Jay Records of Chicago beat Capitol to the punch with the release of the Beatles' American debut album Introducing... The Beatles, which had been delayed for release for various reasons since the previous summer. Perhaps as a result of the Vee-Jay release, Liberty Music Shops advertised in the New York Times of 12 January 1964 that Meet the Beatles! was available for purchase, an ad not authorised by Capitol.
Like a rolling stone Like a rolling stone Ah like a rolling stone Like the FBI and the CIA And the BBC, BB King And Doris Day Matt Busby Dig it, dig it, dig it Dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it [That was 'Can You Dig It' by Georgie Wood. And now we'd like to do 'Hark The Angels Come'.]
In January 1964, the Beatles released a groundbreaking collection of works titled, “Meet the Beatles!” It was their second American studio album and their first to be issued by Capitol Records.
A Somerset-based Beatles superfan loves the fab four so much that he renamed himself ‘John PaulGeorgeRingoLennon’ ...John, 72, said he’s ‘just mad’ about the Beatles, and listens to their music for around five hours each day.
When Beatles fans began buzzing last October about a “new” Beatles song, Kristen Pittaro was among the first to hear about it ... 7, 1964; "Meet the Beatles" LP; two photos from their first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on Feb.