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The Beatles find a home See Hunter Davies, The Beatles, with a new introduction, New York: Norton, 2009. George Martin (1926-2016) -the “Fifth Beatle” -learned piano by ear -1947, Martin entered Guildhall School of Music -studied for three years (piano and oboe) -free-lanced for pit orchestras and bands -1950, assistant A&R man (Artist and Repertoire) for Parlophone, division of EMI -still recording on wax -Parlophone produced about 10 records/month: 2 classical, 2 jazz, 2 dance, 2 male vocal, 2 female vocal -Martin began brining in comedy to the studio -this was successful -thought Beatles might be a good back-up band -October 4, 1962 first single released -first airplay on Radio Luxembourg -got to 27 on the charts and stayed there Hamburg trip number 4 (November 1-14, 1962) and no. 5 (December 18-31, 1962) November 26, 1962 second single “Please Please Me” (A side) “Ask Me Why” (B side) recorded in London -released January 12, 1963; went to no. 1 February 16 -Martin wanted them to record “How Do You Do It” but they refused -Martin gave it to Gerry and the Pacemakers (also represented by Brian Epstein) and it went to no. 1 February 1963: -first National tour, with Helen Shapiro, who was the headliner -no no.1 record yet, but the promoter, Arthur Howes, liked them March 1963: -now a no. 1 hit and they get another tour, third on the bills -asked to write for others, including Helen Shapiro April 1963: -third single “From Me to You” (A side) and “Thank You Girl” (B side) -went to no. 1 May 1963: -toured with Roy Orbison -only tour not arranged by Howes August 23, 1963: -last appearance of the Beatles at the Cavern Club Summer 1963: -stage one of fan frenzy, (see p. 177 of Davies book) -they were becoming known nationally -third single (“She Loves You” / “I’ll Get You”) 1 MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu 21M.299 The Beatles Spring 2017 For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use, visit: https://ocw.mit.edu/terms. .

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