# Canonical recap data for Beatles' First UK Number One Single (1963)
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slug: beatles-please-please-me
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1963/beatles-please-please-me"
title: Beatles' First UK Number One Single
subtitle: The Beatles' 'Please Please Me' topped the UK charts, igniting Beatlemania and launching the British Invasion that would dominate popular culture for a generation.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1963-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1963
decade: 1960
country:
name: United Kingdom
slug: united-kingdom
summaryShort: The Beatles' First! is a German compilation album of songs recorded in Hamburg in 1961 and 1962 by Tony Sheridan with the Beatles as his backing group. It was originally released in 1964 in West Germany, then issued in 1967 in England, 1969 in Canada, as Very Together and finally in the United States in 1970, titled In
summaryLong: The Beatles' First! is a German compilation album of songs recorded in Hamburg in 1961 and 1962 by Tony Sheridan with the Beatles as his backing group. It was originally released in 1964 in West Germany, then issued in 1967 in England, 1969 in Canada, as Very Together and finally in the United States in 1970, titled In the Beginning .
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c2/Beatlesfirstpolydorlp.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "The Beatles' First"
importance: 73
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles'_First"
  title: The Beatles' First
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- festival
- award
metaDescription: The Beatles' First! is a German compilation album of songs recorded in Hamburg in 1961 and 1962 by Tony Sheridan with the Beatles as his backing group. It was o
wikidataQid: Q1757959
archiveSnapshots:
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  capturedAt: 2026-06-30
  label: The Beatles' First
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles'_First"
