Please Please Me Trivia

1. "Please Please Me" is the only Beatles album on which the songs are credited to McCartney/Lennon not the familiar Lennon/McCartney. How many of the 14 songs on the album are McCartney/Lennon originals?

From Quiz Anatomy of an Album: "Please Please Me"

Answer: 8

The original "Please Please Me" album on the Parlophone record label, entered the UK album chart on 6 Apr 1963 and was number one for 30 weeks. It spent 70 weeks on the chart. The eight songs by McCartney/Lennon on the "Please Please Me" album are: Track 1. "I Saw Her Standing There" Track 2. "Misery" Track 6. "Ask Me Why" Track 7. "Please Please Me" Track 8. "Love Me Do" Track 9. "P. S. I Love You" Track 11. "Do You Want To Know A Secret" Track 13. "There's A Place"

From Quiz "Please, Please Me": The Beatles First Album

Answer: Seventeen

Talking about "I Saw Her Standing There" of course. Opening line: "She was just seventeen..."

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Answer: Off The Beatles Track

Producer George Martin wanted to record a live album at the famous Cavern in Liverpool but it was technically impossible in those days so the recording took place at Abbey Road studios in London on 11th February 1963 in a 10 hour session (amazing isn't it?).

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Answer: I'm in love with you.

Written by John Lennon to his wife, Cynthia, the lyrics include the lines: "Let me whisper in your ear, Say the words you long to hear, I'm in love with you".

From Quiz Anatomy of an Album: "Please Please Me"

Answer: Chains/Do You Want To Know A Secret

George Harrison is lead singer on Track 4. "Chains" written by Goffin/King and Track 11. "Do You Want To Know A Secret" written by McCartney/Lennon. George Harrison did not write any of the songs on the "Please Please Me" album. John Lennon is lead singer on Track 3. "Anna (Go To Him)" written by Arthur Alexander and Track 10. "Baby It's You" written by David/Williams/Bacharach. Paul McCartney is lead singer on Track 9. "P. S. I Love You" written by McCartney/Lennon and Track 12. "A Taste Of Honey" written by Scott/Marlow John Lennon and Paul McCartney shared the lead vocal on Track 2. "Misery" written by McCartney/Lennon and Track 13. "There's A Place" written by McCartney/Lennon.

From Quiz "Please, Please Me": The Beatles First Album

Answer: Chains, Boys, Baby It's You

The Beatles recorded a total of 5 girl group songs on their first two albums. On "Please Please Me": "Chains" by The Cookies "Boys" and "Baby It's You" by the Shirelles. On "With the Beatles": "Devil in his Heart" by the Donays "Please Mr. Postman" by the Marvelettes

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Answer: Iris Caldwell

She was Rory Storm's sister. Rory Storm (Alan Caldwell was his real name) was the singer in "Rory Storm And The Hurricanes" Ringo Starr's previous band.

From Quiz Remembering the Beatles - "Please, Please Me"

Answer: 17

The song, about a boy who sees a girl at a ballroom, was written by Paul McCartney at his family's home in September of 1962. "Well, she was just 17, You know what I mean, And the way she looked was way beyond compare".

From Quiz Anatomy of an Album: "Please Please Me"

Answer: EMI House

The Beatles are smiling down on us from the EMI building in Manchester Square, London, in 1963. The photograph was taken by Welsh photographer Angus McBean. McBean started in photography before WWII and was well known for his theatrical portraits of Vivian Leigh, Lawrence Olivier, John Gielgud and many more. In spite of his long career he never achieved international recognition. How ironic that more than 40 years after his now world famous photograph of the Fab Four for their first album cover, a number of his colour transparencies were thrown out at the headquarters of EMI. The Beatles record label Parlophone was one of the stable of record labels owned by EMI.

From Quiz "Please, Please Me": The Beatles First Album

Answer: Shelagh Delaney

Delaney peaked early. After winning several awards for "A Taste of Honey", she never really achieved that level of success again. Rita Tushingham played the lead role in the film of "A Taste of Honey"; four years later she starred in "The Knack...and How to Get It" directed by....anybody?...Richard Lester, who, of course directed "A Hard Day's Night" and "Help!" And "Superman 2". Rita T. also played Omar Sharif and Julie Christie's love child in "Dr. Zhivago".

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Answer: Norrie Parramor

Kenny Lynch (who was also part of the tour) took the opportunity to become the first singer to record a Lennon-McCartney song : "Misery" of course.

From Quiz Remembering the Beatles - "Please, Please Me"

Answer: Rain

John Lennon's mother used to sing him the 1932 Bing Crosby song "Please" when he was a child, and he liked the sound. "I don't wanna sound complainin', But you know there's always rain in my heart (in my heart)".

From Quiz Anatomy of an Album: "Please Please Me"

Answer: Andy White

Andy White played the drums on the version of "Love Me Do" which is Track 8. on the "Please Please Me" album. Ringo played the tambourine. Pete Best played the drums on the original version of "Love Me Do" that was not released until it was included on "Anthology 1" in 1995. Ringo played the drums on the version of "Love Me Do" that was released as the first Beatles single in October 1962. However it was replaced by the Andy White version on later pressings of the single. Jimmie Nicol did not play on any of the "Love Me Do" recordings. He only stood in for Ringo for a short period on a Beatles tour in 1964 when Ringo was taken ill with tonsillitis.

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Answer: Twist and Shout

They did only two takes of "T&S". What you hear--on one of the of the greatest performances in the history of recorded music--is the first take. God Bless the Beatles!

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Answer: The Shirelles

"Boys" was the song performed by Ringo on stage during the first US summer tour in 1964 . During the Beatles "live" period he used to perform either "Boys" or "I Wanna Be Your Man" . During their last British tour (December 1965) he used to perform "Act Naturally" .

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Answer: Bad

Recorded in February of 1963, the song is about two brokenhearted boys. "I'm the kind of guy, Who never used to cry, The world is treatin' me bad... Misery!"

From Quiz Anatomy of an Album: "Please Please Me"

Answer: Boys

Ringo takes the lead vocal on Track 5. on the "Please Please Me" album, "Boys". "Boys" written by Luther Dixon and Wes Farrell was the B-side of "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" by The Shirelles. "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" was the first US number one hit by an all-girl group. It was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in 1961. It reached number four on the UK chart the same year.

From Quiz "Please, Please Me": The Beatles First Album

Answer: Vee Jay

Vee Jay was a Chicago blues label that agreed to release the Beatles music when Capitol, EMI's American subsidiary, passed on them. This album saved Vee Jay from bankruptcy--for a while.

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Answer: Teenager's Turn (Here We Go)

Poor Pete Best was replaced by Ringo Starr on 16th August 1962 . Actually Ringo did his first gig with the boys two days later in Birkenhead. I think Pete is one of the unluckiest people of the 20th century.

From Quiz Remembering the Beatles - "Please, Please Me"

Answer: Cry

Inspired by the style of Smokey Robinson, John Lennon wrote this song in 1962. "Now you're mine, my happiness still makes me cry. And in time, you'll understand the reason why, If I cry, It's not because I'm sad, but you're the only love that I've ever had".

From Quiz "Please, Please Me": The Beatles First Album

Answer: Introducing the Beatles

The song "Please Please Me" was not a hit in America until 1964. Without name recognition, it made no sense to release the LP as "PPM".

From Quiz Remembering the Beatles - "Please, Please Me"

Answer: My mind

John Lennon and Paul McCartney got the idea for the title of the song from the "West Side Story" song "There's a Place for Us". "There is a place, Where I can go, When I feel low, When I feel blue. And it's my mind, And there's no time when I'm alone".

From Quiz Anatomy of an Album: "Please Please Me"

Answer: Do You Want To Know A Secret

Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas had a number two hit on the UK chart with "Do You Want To Know A Secret" in 1963. It did not chart in the US. Billy J. Kramer was one lucky guy to have been managed by Brian Epstein and to have Lennon/McCartney songs available to record. Epstein even hired Manchester group The Dakotas to be his backing group. There is a story that Epstein offered "Do You Want To Know A Secret" to British group Shane Fenton and The Fentones before he offered it to Billy J. If he did and Shane Fenton, who's short UK chart career was already over turned it down, it must rank as one of the biggest pop mistakes of the century.

From Quiz "Please, Please Me": The Beatles First Album

Answer: The Isley Brothers

But let's face it--the Beatles' version blew the Isley Brothers away!

From Quiz Albums By The Beatles "Please Please Me"

Answer: Andy White

George Martin was mistrustful about Ringo (having been disappointed by Pete Best) so he hired Andy White . The first single (released 5th October 1962) featured Ringo on drums but the LP version (released 22nd March 1963) featured Andy White.

From Quiz Remembering the Beatles - "Please, Please Me"

Answer: Ring

"Anna" was originally written and recorded by R&B singer Arthur Alexander, and recorded by The Beatles in February, 1963. "Anna, Just one more thing, girl. You give back your ring to me, and I will set you free, Go with him".

From Quiz Anatomy of an Album: "Please Please Me"

Answer: A Taste Of Honey

"A Taste Of Honey" was written as an instrumental by Bobby Scott and Ric Marlow for the 1960 Broadway version of the British play "A Taste Of Honey". The play written by author Shelagh Delaney was made into a movie in 1961 starring British actress's Rita Tushingham and Dora Bryan. The first vocal version of "A Taste Of Honey" was recorded by American singer Lenny Welch in 1962. It did not chart in the US or UK. Two very different instrumental versions were chart hits. Mr. Acker Bilk had a number 16 hit on the UK chart in 1963, it did not chart in the US. Herb Alpert had a number seven hit on the US chart in 1965, it did not chart in the UK.

From Quiz Albums By The Beatles "Please Please Me"

Answer: James Mason

The Beatles enjoyed these BBC shows ("love these Goon shows" said John) where they could show their wit .

From Quiz Remembering the Beatles - "Please, Please Me"

Answer: Love

The song was written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. "Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains. And they ain't the kind that you can see. Whoa, oh, these chains of love got a hold on me, yeah".

From Quiz "Please, Please Me": The Beatles First Album

Answer: Helen Shapiro

Helen Shapiro rejected it. But she DID record "A Teenager Sings the Blues"! What, you never heard of it? Have you been living under a rock your entire life? Geez!

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