Paul McCartney counts it off: “1, 2, 3, 4!!!!!” And so begins the first song, “I Saw Her Standing There,” on The Beatles’ first album, Please, Please Me, released in the UK on March 22, 1963. McCartney’s firing off the numbers launched more than just a great new rock ‘n’ roll song; it kicked off a realm of musical creativity that continues to this day, more than 53 years after The Beatles called it quits. Their music is still celebrated, discovered by people born since the ‘60s, and then rediscovered as their songs are mined for further illumination.
Lots of research in this one, Jeff. My favorite phrase is "bored whores"!