canes (Wiener, 6). The Beatles, with all their members permanently in place, began the attempt to become famous. With John on guitar and vocals, Paul on bass and vocals, George playing guitar and backupvocals, and Ringo drumming, they were destined to become a sensation. Their first recordings wereof "That'll be the Day" by Buddy Holly, and "Inspite of all the Danger," one of Paul's originals(Miles, 12). "Love Me Do" was the first single produced by George Martin. It was released onOctober 5, 1962 and got to number 17 in a matter of two weeks. It sold over 100,000 copies. "Please Please Me" came next, topping the charts. The boys cleaned up their acts, started "to washtheir mops more regularly" (Schaffner, 21), and dress more nicely. They then created their first everfull length album. Titled "Please Please Me," the record included the title track, "Do You Want ToKnow a Secret?" "I Saw Her Standing There," "From Me To You," and a number of covers. In only a few years their popularity and influence grew tremendously. Many more albumswere released, along with many chart-topping singles. John Lennon wrote a book called "In HisOwn Write" in March 1964. They created a movie "Hard Day's Night," featuring their originalsong, also in 1964. In this movie they recruited mobs of fans to run around chasing them. Newsweek stated the "The legitimacy of the Beatles phenomenon is finally inescapable..." after theoutcome of the movie. People became obsessed with the Beatles. At their concerts, the music wasbarely able to be heard because of the screaming fans. Many products, such as Beatles coloringbooks, Beatles harmonicas, Beatles pillows, Beatles costumes, and Beatles candy, not to mention avariety of other odd trinkets, began to be mass-produced and purchased. Even the Queen ofEngland, Elizabeth II, knighted them and granted them the elite places as Members of the BritishEmpire for bringing about a balance of trade in England (Wie...
