The Beatles UK number ones
The Beatles - John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr - are widely regarded as the most influential act of the rock era. Here are their 17 UK Nos, in chronological order.
From Me To You: May 2,1963 (7 weeks at No 1). John Lennon and Paul McCartney began writing "From Me to You" while on a coach to Shrewsbury as part of the Beatles' tour with Helen Shapiro.
She Loves You: September 12, 1963 (6 weeks at No 1). Another Lennon-McCartney song, inspired by Bobby Rydell's song "Forget Him".
I Want To Hold Your Hand: December 12, 1963 (5 weeks at No 1). This Lennon-McCartney song had advance orders exceeding one million copies in the United Kingdom. A reluctant Capitol Records released the first Beatles record in the US on Janaury 13 1964, "to see how it goes". I Wanna Hold Your Hand became their fastest-selling single - one million copies were sold in the first three weeks
Can't Buy Me Love: April 2, 1964 (3 weeks at No 1). A Lennon-McCartney song written in Paris. Above, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison, take a fake blow from Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) while visiting the heavyweight contender at his training camp in Miami two months earlier.
Source: The Telegraph
