"From Me To You" #41 4/4/1964 Bonus

The week of April 4, 1964 saw the Beatles holding 12 spots on the Billboard Hot 100, including the entire Top 5. The next week that number would increase to 14, with three of the Top 5. This was their first across-the-board British #1, yet when Vee-Jay Records re-released it here after flopping badly in 1963 (only getting to #116) they foolishly put it on the B-side of "Please Please Me." Vee-Jay would've been far better off reissuing this separately, as it only reached #41 this time around. Side note: Del Shannon did a London concert in '63 with the Fab Four and asked John and Paul if he could record this song. Wanting to gain any foothold in the States, they agreed, so Del was the first US artist to record a Lennon-McCartney tune a good six months ahead of Beatlemania in America. However, his version only got to #77.