On this date in 2000, The Beatles released their first compilation available all on one CD. The title of the album is ‘Beatles 1’ with nearly every number single that the band released from 1962-1970. The release date was chosen based on it being thirty years since the band had broken-up. It is the world’s best selling album of the 21st century with more than 31 million copies sold to date!
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Interestingly enough, this was also the date that The Beatles recorded “Please, Please Me”. The singe was released in The USA on Vee-Jay records with a typographical error on the first pressing of the ’45’. It had their name printed as ‘The Beattles’, not The Beatles!
Here is a list of of the songs on ‘1’ from The Beatles Website.
| 1. | Love Me Do (1) |
| 2. | From Me to You (1) |
| 3. | She Loves You (1) |
| 4. | I Want To Hold Your Hand (1) |
| 5. | Can’t Buy Me Love (1) |
| 6. | A Hard Day’s Night (1) |
| 7. | I Feel Fine (1) |
| 8. | Eight Days A Week (1) |
| 9. | Ticket To Ride (1) |
| 10. | Help! (1) |
| 11. | Yesterday (1) |
| 12. | Day Tripper (1) |
| 13. | We Can Work It Out (1) |
| 14. | Paperback Writer (1) |
| 15. | Yellow Submarine (1) |
| 16. | Eleanor Rigby (1) |
| 17. | Penny Lane (1) |
| 18. | All You Need Is Love (1) |
| 19. | Hello, Goodbye (1) |
| 20. | Lady Madonna (1) |
| 21. | Hey Jude (1) |
| 22. | Get Back (1) |
| 23. | The Ballad Of John And Yoko |
| 24. | Something (1) |
| 25. | Come Together (1) |
| 26. | Let It Be (1) |
| 27. | The Long And Winding Road (1) |
The Beatles Story
“The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. They became the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed act in the history of popular music.[1] The group’s best-known lineup consisted of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. Rooted in skiffle and 1950s rock and roll, the Beatles later utilized several genres, ranging from pop balladsto psychedelic rock, often incorporating classical and other elements in innovative ways. In the early 1960s, their enormous popularity first emerged as “Beatlemania“, but as their songwriting grew in sophistication, they came to be perceived by many fans and cultural observers as an embodiment of the ideals shared by the era’s sociocultural revolutions.” Wikipedia