Forty-eight years ago today, on Oct. 5, 1962, the Beatles' first Parlophone Records single, "Love Me Do," was released. It wasn't the strongest song, but it proved to be the start of a musical phenomenon.
But it didn't come without a bit of difficulty. The Beatles had to record the song three times in 1962: first on June 6 with Pete Best (issued on "Anthology 1"), then on Sept. 4 with Ringo Starr. But producer Sir George Martin didn't like Ringo's work on the track and insisted it be re-recorded with a studio drummer, Andy White, with Ringo relegated to tamborine, which it was on Sept. 11.
Ringo's version was initially released on the UK single, but it was later removed and the Andy White version was substituted. That was also the version released in the States. Both Ringo and Andy White's version were issued together on a 12 inch single in 1982.
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Didn't like his work on the track?? If Martin wound up releasing it, he liked it. Since he'd been planning on using a studio drummer with that band anyway, he probably thought -- what the heck, give it a try and see what happens. Not much, as it turns out. If you didn't already know that White's version has a tambourine on it, it would be tough to tell the two versions apart.
LOVE ME DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Um...WRONG! Every Beatles fan who watched the Anthology DVD knows that George Martin already hired Andy White before he even knew Ringo joined the band. Ringo came in ready to record. But Martin didn't know Ringo joined the band and used White.
lol october 5th s my bday and the beatles are my favorite band before i even found this out
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