Please Please Me (song)
January 11, 1963
Please Please Me is the title of a song by the British rock group The Beatles from the year 1963. Was published on 11 January 1963 as the A- side of the second single of the Beatles. On the B - side is Ask Me Why, another composition by Lennon / McCartney. In March of that year, the song also appeared on the eponymous debut album by the band.
Formation
The song was done by John Lennon, who called two starting points for his composition. Firstly Bing Crosby's song Please, that the line of text "Please lend your ears to my pleas" contained, with Lennon the double use of the word " Please" very pleased. On the other hand played Roy Orbison's special style of singing a role. Lennon described the piece in his interview with David Sheff for Playboy magazine in 1980 as " [ ... ] attempt to write a Roy Orbison song [ ... ] " after he had lying part of an Orbison song in bed.
The recording
George Martin's assistant Ron Richards recalled that the Beatles Please Please Me already presented during the recording sessions for Love Me Do on 4 September 1962. At the time George Harrison played the opening phrase of the song on the guitar. In the final version of the passage of John Lennon played on the harmonica.
On September 11, 1962, the group made a first attempt to record Please Please Me. Originally a slow, bluesy ballad went through the piece according to the suggestion of producer George Martin some important changes. Package has been changed and significantly increased the pace.
"At stage did Please Please Me was a very dreary song [ ... ] It was like a Roy Orbison number, very slow, bluesy vocals. It was Obvious to me that it badly needed pepping up "
"At that time Please Please Me was a very monotonous song [ ... ] It was like a Roy Orbison number, very slow, bluesy singing. I knew that there had to be urgently beefed up. "
After the Beatles Please Please Me had revised the suggestions according to their producer, the piece on 26 November 1962 in London's Abbey Road studios could be included. Producer was George Martin, as a sound engineer Norman Smith was responsible. John Lennon sang the lead vocals and played rhythm guitar. Paul McCartney played bass and contributed to the harmony vocals on. George Harrison played lead guitar and sang also in the background. Ringo Starr played the drums. Lennon then added via overdub added the harmonica passages.
After the recording was completed, the producer told her Beatles with:
"You've just made your first number one. "
"You have just recorded your first number one. "
Hit Parade
After the single had climbed to 17th place on 2 February 1963 in the UK charts, it reached on 23 February 1963 Rank 1 their highest placing in the charts of NME, which they occupied for two weeks. In the charts of the competition magazine Melody Maker, the single also reached the top spot. After the success of the single, the debut album of The Beatles was produced in haste, which also received the name of Please Please Me.
On the album On Air - Live at the BBC Volume 2 was released 2013 version, which had recorded the band for the radio station BBC.