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Listening to it now, Please Please Me, The Beatles‘ initial album release in the United Kingdom, sounds like one of the first times a rock and roll act properly took advantage of the long-playing ...

“Love Me Do” by The Beatles was the first single released by Parlophone Records. It peaked at No. 17 on the British charts, which was encouraging. The constant touring and long hours onstage ...

Walking home from dinner with a friend recently, she told me how she stopped seeing someone. They’d been dating for several months when he suddenly just… changed his mind. He didn’t want a girlfriend ...

Once Please Please Me made it on the charts in England, it locked down the top spot for an incredible 30 weeks, per the Official Charts Company. The debut album lasted for 70 weeks on the charts. Sgt.

Maggie Rogers’s new single, “Don’t Forget Me,” is a bittersweet anthem of longing. The song reconciles a desire for security and love with a rejection of the pressures associated with adult ...

Producer George Martin felt The Beatles’ “Please Please Me” needed to be changed in a major way. Martin discussed what he thought of the Fab Four during their early days. “Please Please Me” was a hit ...

Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers have joined forces with The Linda Lindas for new collaborative single “Please Me.” It’s the latest from I Love You Too – a deluxe of the band’s debut LP that’s out this ...