10 best early Beatles songs that weren't No. 1


by Ed Masley - May. 29, 2009 04:00 PM

The Arizona Republic

http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/music/articles/2009/05/29/20090529beatleshotlist.html

By May of 1964, the Beatles could have topped the Billboard charts with almost anything. And that's exactly what they did the final week of May when "Love Me Do" became their fourth chart-topping U.S. hit.

It's not that "Love Me Do" is bad. That John Lennon harmonica riff alone should be enough to earn the song a spot on any proper mix tape of their early hits. But 45 years later? Chances are, you wouldn't find too many Beatlemaniacs who'd put that on the level of "I Saw Her Standing There," which only got to No. 14, or "Please Please Me," another harmonica hit that peaked at No. 3.

Here's a look at 10 essential Beatle records, all of which had been recorded by late May, that would have made a better No. 1 than "Love Me Do." The other songs that did hit No. 1 that year, in order, were "I Want To Hold Your Hand," "She Loves You," "Can't Buy Me Love," "A Hard Day's Night" and "I Feel Fine."

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  • 6/1/2009 7:07 AM Lisa wrote:
    Thanks for the post Steve. Very cool info that I did not know. Most of the songs on the list are certainly # 1's in my book. And so glad to see 1964 performs them, as well as many other favorites.
  • 6/1/2009 4:41 PM Martha wrote:
    Any of the songs on the list could have been #1 except for "Don't Bother Me", in my opinion. "From Me To You" should have been a #1 song in the U.S. for sure. I always loved, "I'll Get You", but the song was too short.
  • 7/24/2009 4:30 PM Bob wrote:
    The best early Beatles' songs that were not number one are: Thank You Girl and From Me to You. Both are better than I Saw Her Standing There in my view. I actually like both much better than I Want to Hold Your Hand and put both in my list of top ten Beatles songs ever.
  • 11/11/2009 2:48 PM new movie releases wrote:
    is a song written and originally performed by Arthur Alexander. His version was released as a single by Dot Records on September 17 1962. A cover version was performed by The Beatles and included on their 1963 debut album Please Please Me.
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