LOVE ME DO (Room 119)
LOVE ME DO (Room 119)
Initial pressings of the single featured Ringo playing drums, but later pressings and the album version featured session drummer Andy White with Ringo merely playing tambourine and maracas. The difference is so minimal as to not even be noticeable. It was released in October 1962 and entered the Top 20, much to the delight of the Beatles and manager Brian Epstein, who it was reported bought 10,000 copies himself, to ensure that the single charted! The song, a Lennon – McCartney original, featured John’s trademark harmonica solo, a sound that was replicated many times over the next couple of years. John had in fact stolen the idea for the sound from Bruce Chanel’s “Hey Baby”. The success of the single led to the bands’ first TV performance on Granada TV “People and Places”, which featured the lads singing “Love Me Do” and “Some Other Guy”. Paul later said “If you want to know when we knew we’d arrived, it was getting into the charts with Love Me Do.” By the end of the year “Love Me Do” had peaked at number 17 and the band had already recorded their follow up single. The band were on a roll.
Artwork by ©Shannon.
LOVE ME DO (Room 119)
Initial pressings of the single featured Ringo playing drums, but later pressings and the album version featured session drummer Andy White with Ringo merely playing tambourine and maracas. The difference is so minimal as to not even be noticeable. It was released in October 1962 and entered the Top 20, much to the delight of the Beatles and manager Brian Epstein, who it was reported bought 10,000 copies himself, to ensure that the single charted! The song, a Lennon – McCartney original, featured John’s trademark harmonica solo, a sound that was replicated many times over the next couple of years. John had in fact stolen the idea for the sound from Bruce Chanel’s “Hey Baby”. The success of the single led to the bands’ first TV performance on Granada TV “People and Places”, which featured the lads singing “Love Me Do” and “Some Other Guy”. Paul later said “If you want to know when we knew we’d arrived, it was getting into the charts with Love Me Do.” By the end of the year “Love Me Do” had peaked at number 17 and the band had already recorded their follow up single. The band were on a roll.
Artwork by ©Shannon.
LOVE ME DO (Room 119)
Initial pressings of the single featured Ringo playing drums, but later pressings and the album version featured session drummer Andy White with Ringo merely playing tambourine and maracas. The difference is so minimal as to not even be noticeable. It was released in October 1962 and entered the Top 20, much to the delight of the Beatles and manager Brian Epstein, who it was reported bought 10,000 copies himself, to ensure that the single charted! The song, a Lennon – McCartney original, featured John’s trademark harmonica solo, a sound that was replicated many times over the next couple of years. John had in fact stolen the idea for the sound from Bruce Chanel’s “Hey Baby”. The success of the single led to the bands’ first TV performance on Granada TV “People and Places”, which featured the lads singing “Love Me Do” and “Some Other Guy”. Paul later said “If you want to know when we knew we’d arrived, it was getting into the charts with Love Me Do.” By the end of the year “Love Me Do” had peaked at number 17 and the band had already recorded their follow up single. The band were on a roll.
Artwork by ©Shannon.