Monday, 23rd February, 1963
On this day “Please Please Me/Ask Me Why” (VeeJay 498) is released in the U.S. First pressings of this single have their name incorrectly spelled as with two “T”s – “The Beattles.”
Meanwhile back in the UK, The Beatles perform at the Casino Ballroom in Leigh, Lancashire.
Alan J. Porter has been a Beatles fan since he first saw them perform on a regional British TV show back in 1963 when he was just a wee lad. He is the author of the critically acclaimed BEFORE THEY WERE BEATLES and occasional contributor to Beatlology Magazine. He now lives in Central Texas and occasionally writes about things other than The Fab Four. You can find out more here.
