On This Date In Music History

[jpkansas]

November 26, 1962 - The Beatles strolled into the EMI studios in London and recorded two songs. Their producer, George Martin, wanted them to release the song he brought to the recording session, "How Do You Do It", but The Beatles talked him into releasing a new version of a song John and Paul had written a few months earlier. Martin didn’t like the original version of the song, but when they played the new up tempo version for him, he agreed. The song was "Please Please Me", which went on to become a million seller in England in 1963 and then in America in 1964. They never released "How Do You Do It" until The Beatles Anthology I came out last year. So, Brian Epstein gave it to another group he managed, Gerry & The Pacemakers, who ended up with the hit version of "How Do You Do It" in both England and America.

[Ken]

jpkansas said:

November 26, 1962 - The Beatles strolled into the EMI studios in London and recorded two songs. Their producer, George Martin, wanted them to release the song he brought to the recording session, "How Do You Do It", but The Beatles talked him into releasing a new version of a song John and Paul had written a few months earlier. Martin didn’t like the original version of the song, but when they played the new up tempo version for him, he agreed. The song was "Please Please Me", which went on to become a million seller in England in 1963 and then in America in 1964. They never released "How Do You Do It" until The Beatles Anthology I came out last year. So, Brian Epstein gave it to another group he managed, Gerry & The Pacemakers, who ended up with the hit version of "How Do You Do It" in both England and America.

And from that day forward pop music would never be the same. I thought Gerry did a real good job. It's one of my faves from the Pacemakers. I first heard The Beatles version when I bought the bootleg LP Sessions.

[55dodger]

Please Please Me is one of my favorites from the Fab Four. It's interesting how many times we hear of artists tinkering with a song and turning it from mundane to million seller. Ken's right, music was never the same. I like Gerry version of How Do You Do It, so a good thing came from that as well.

[m c dornan]

So there was a slowed-down version of "Please Please me"? Is it on the Anthology tapes?

[H2IZCOOL]

I never got that reference before - if indeed it was intended. Recall in the movie That Thing You Do, the title song is first a lot slower, and the group doesn't really go anywhere until they change the song to up-tempo.