US Release date : Jan 30, 1964
Please Please Me / From Me To You
By The Beatles • 7" Single
Last updated on May 1, 2026
US Release date : Jan 30, 1964
By The Beatles • 7" Single
Last updated on May 1, 2026
Previous single Dec 26, 1963 • "I Want To Hold Your Hand / I Saw Her Standing There" by The Beatles released in the US
Concert Jan 30, 1964 • France • Paris • First show
Concert Jan 30, 1964 • France • Paris • Second show
Single Jan 30, 1964 • "Please Please Me / From Me To You" by The Beatles released in the US
Concert Jan 31, 1964 • France • Paris • First show
Concert Jan 31, 1964 • France • Paris • Second show
Next single Mar 01, 1964 • "A World Without Love / If I Were You" by Peter and Gordon released in the UK
Vee-Jay Records re-released Please Please Me as a single in the United States on January 3, 1964, catalogued as VJ 581. The song had first been issued in America in February 1963 but had made little commercial impact. With The Beatles’ I Want To Hold Your Hand climbing the Billboard Hot 100 and the group’s first US visit less than five weeks away, Vee-Jay moved quickly to capitalise on the growing interest in the group’s back catalogue.
January 3 or January 30 ??
We didn’t know anything about America at the time. It was one of those dream places, far away. We didn’t think we’d be able to break it at all.
Paul McCartney – From “Many Years From Now” by Barry Miles, 1997
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