FROM ME TO YOU
1 ON THE CHARTS
1 on all the UK charts, with seven weeks as the Record Retailer 1 (May 2-June
13 1963) and 21 weeks in the Top 50
RECORDED
March 5 1963 in Studio 2 at Abbey Road, completed in 13 takes
RELEASED AS A SINGLE
In the UK on April 11 1963 - Parlophone R5015
In the USA on May 27 1963 - Vee Jay VJ522
PERFORMED LIVE
From April 1963 to February 1964, encompassing scores of British shows, a season
in Paris and performances given during The Beatles'
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first USA visit - concerts
in Washington DC and at Carnegie Hall in New York and their second Ed Sullivan
Show appearance
and
The Beatles' previous single, 'Please Please Me', made 1 on three of the four UK
charts but only reached 2 in the fourth, Record Retailer, which happens to be
the one now most widely quoted. But 'From Me To You' was a unanimous 1, the
first of 11 consecutive 1 singles for the band in their home country. 'From
Me To You' was The Beatles' third single, and its 1 success cemented The Beatles'
revolution of the UK music scene
'From
Me To You' was the first Beatles song to be covered by an American artist -
Del Shannon cut a version issued in June 1963
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