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1. When the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein heard this song he predicted it would be the one to make the Beatles big stars in America. Its flip side on Capitol Records was "I Saw Her Standing There," a song they'd been playing since their Star Club days in Hamburg.
2. In Britain, the Beatles' first single was "Love Me Do," but in the U.S. this song was not released until after the Beatles had already made the charts with nine other songs. Released on the Tollie label in May 1964, what was its flip side?
3. The song "A Hard Day's Night," from the movie of the same name, was another number one hit for the Beatles in 1964. What was its flip side?
4. One of the most popular songs from "A Hard Day's Night" was released as a single by Capitol with the flip side "If I Fell." At the same time, United Artists, the company that produced the movie and had some rights to the soundtrack in the U.S., released that same song as a single, but for the flip side used an orchestral version done for the movie of an earlier song, calling it "Ringo's Theme (This Boy)." What was the song that had both these flip sides?
5. In November 1964 the Beatles were still pumping out chart-toppers, and the flip side of "She's a Woman," which itself reached number four on the U.S. charts, was this song which zoomed to number one on both sides of the Atlantic.
6. Although this song did get some play on the radio early in 1965, it was overshadowed by the much bigger hit on its flip side, "Eight Days a Week." What was this morose-toned song sung by John?
7. One of the biggest song hits of all time for anybody was the song "Yesterday," which oddly enough was not even released as a single in the UK until years after the Beatles broke up. In the States, though, "Yesterday" was a strong number one immediately with a musically contrasting flip side. What was this flip side that Ringo sang?
8. As a prelude to the "Sgt. Pepper" project, John and Paul both wrote songs reminiscing about their childhood which were released back-to-back as a single. Paul's was "Penny Lane." What was John's?
9. The biggest hit George had as a Beatle was with the ballad "Something." When released as a single, its flip side was the song that preceded it on the album. What was that flip side?
10. Aside from the title song "Let It Be," the big single that came out of the sessions for the documentary of the making of that Beatles album was the last song they played on their legendary rooftop concert. Its flip side was "Don't Let Me Down." What was the song the Fab Four were playing when the police arrived and stopped the show?
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