The long and winding tribute to the Beatles. Part I: the yeah yeah yeah years (a)

The Beatles, a little rock'n'roll group from Liverpool, England conquered the world in the 60s.
In these tribute shows we'll attempt to point out why. This first show covers the yeah yeah yeah years, from 'Please Please Me' to 'Help'. The Beatles produced a raw, charged rock'n'roll sound that made people doubt the were in fact a group of white boys. Their sound was closer to the original black rhythm'n'blues, than to Cliff Richard and the Shadows, and they never missed a chance to point that out in interviewws naming their musical heroes and paying their respects to them. With arrangements done by manager Brian Epstein, they entered Abbey Road studios in 1962. Producer George Martin, faced their sense of humor early on, when upon his invitation to name anything they disliked, George Harrison replied "well for starters, George, we don't like your tie!". Martin appreciated their daring humor as much as their music. He signed them, Pete Best was out, Ringo Starr was in, and their first single was 'Love me do'.
The Beatles were daring, but they balanced their street-wise wit with grace in their lyrics. In Please please me' they asked the girls to 'please them' but nevertheless, they asked politely! But The girls responded with shrieking manifestations of Beatlemania, from 'Please Please Me' onwards. 'Please Please me' was recorded in one marathon recording session, that lasted one day. last song to be recorded was 'Twist and Shout'. The same song was introduced later that year at the Royal Variety Show with Lennon's request: "for our next number, the people in the cheaper seats, clap your hands, and the rest of you, if you just rattle your jewellery". Queen Elisabeth nodded in approval.
With 'She loves you' pop music left the "o, o, o" zone to enter a brand new new "yeah yeah yeah" era with the Beatles 2nd lp 'With the Beatles'. In the Beatles tradition whoever wrote a song usually was the one to sing the lead, so if you need to figure out who really wrote a Lennon/McCartney composition, just listen to who's singing it.
'I want to hold your hand' was the single to spread Beatlemania in the USA. Beat poet Allen Ginsberg said, after the assasination of President Kennedy, that this song made Americans get up and dance with joy – himself included, to the amazement of his intellectual comrades. After conquering USA, they Beatles made their first movie. Ringo is responsible for the title, since after a hard day's work said by mistake "It's been a hard day's night". This was the Beatles first lp to include only their own compositions and Lennon was responsible for most of them, not to say that McCartney didn't do his part. [the text is continued in the yeah yeah yeah years (b)]