The Beatles' Second Album

The Beatles'

Second Album


Side 1

  1. Roll Over Beethoven (Berry)

  2. Thank You Girl

  3. You Really Got A Hold On Me (Robinson)

  4. Devil In Her Heart (Drapkin)

  5. Money (That's What I Want) (Bradford/Gordy)

  6. You Can't Do That

Side 2

  1. Long Tall Sally
    (Johnson/Penniman/Blackwell)

  2. I Call Your Name

  3. Please Mr. Postman
    (Dobbin/Garrett/Garman/Brianbert)

  4. I'll Get You

  5. She Loves You

All songs written by Lennon/McCartney unless otherwise specified


Background

Three months after releasing Meet The Beatles, Capitol records released another Beatles album titled The Beatles' Second Album. For Capitol, this was the second album they were releasing, but actually by this time there were already four other Beatles albums out on the market. Three were by Vee Jay and one curiously by MGM records. MGM records acquried a few songs the Beatles had recorded in Germany with singer Tony Sheridan, and as such was attempting to cash in on the Beatles success (with no success at all).


Once again, Capitol records pulled songs from the Beatles British album With The Beatles and combined them with a single Swan records released in September, 1963 (She Loves You b/w I'll Get You), and three other songs recently recorded in England (Long Tall Sally, I Call Your Name, You Can't Do That). The Beatles' Second Album would be another number one across the board for Billboard, Cashbox, and Record World.


While The Beatles' Second Album was climbing up the charts, the Beatles were back in England working on a movie to be titled A Hard Day's Night. Meanwhile, back in America, The Beatles occupied the top five spots on the Billboard singles chart along with the top two album spots on Billboard's album charts. Fueled by this was the Beatles single Can't Buy Me Love b/w You Can't Do That which in the U.S recieved advance orders of 2,000,000 singles. The Beatles had done something no other British group or artist had done: Crack the American record market big time, and leave the door open for other British acts like the Rolling Stones and the Who to enter through.



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