1 (The Beatles album)
Occupation
- Song: all
- Guitar: George Harrison
- Guitar: John Lennon
- Bass: Paul McCartney
- Drums: Ringo Starr
1 is a published by EMI on 13 November 2000 Beatles compilation, which has over 31 million copies sold, one of the most successful albums of the 21st century.
The album is an overview of the most commercially successful title is given. From Love Me Do to The Long and Winding Road 27 tracks have been digitally remastered in the recorded music. The album title 1 relates to the fact that all the songs were number one hits on the album. Decisive here were the official UK charts by "Record Retailer" (later in " Music Week " renamed) and the U.S. pop singles charts " Billboard Hot 100 ". Compiled the title of the Beatles producer George Martin and the at that time still living ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
In the UK singles charts reaching 19 Beatles songs in first place ( of From Me to You on April 26, 1963 to The Ballad of John and Yoko on June 5, 1969). The title Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out and Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby were each listed as a double A-side.
The magazine New Musical Express recorded Please Please Me as the first number -one hit of the Beatles. In the official UK charts Please Please Me, however, came at No. 2 and has therefore logically not included in the compilation with.
20 of the 27 items were listed at # 1 in the " Billboard Hot 100 ". For You Blue, which was released as a double A-side along with The Long and Winding Road, was not included in the collection, as in the U.S., the songs are classified separately and For You Blue had not been placed. The title Love Me Do - in the UK in October 1962, number 17 of the first singles chart success of the Beatles ever - reached on the record label " Tollie " published in the USA and there during the "British Invasion" on 30 May 1964, the peak position.
An exception is written by George Harrison Title Something that was neither listed in the UK nor in the " Billboard Hot 100 " at No. 1. In the UK charts he came as a double A - side along with Come Together only up to rank fourth in the U.S. Something, however, was listed as a B- side of number - one hits Come Together and separately reached there only the third place.
Title list
All titles were by John Lennon and Paul McCartney composed under the copyright of " Lennon / McCartney ", with the exception of Something, a title that was written by George Harrison. The title Love Me Do, From Me to You and She Loves You are mono recordings, all other in stereo.