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The Beatles
It starts - 1963
'Please Please Me' is the first album recorded by The Beatles, rush-released in the UK to capitalise on the success of singles 'Please Please Me' and 'Love Me Do'. Of the album's 14 songs, eight were written by Lennon/McCartney, early evidence of what Rolling Stone later called "the self-contained rock band, writing their own hits and playing their own instruments."
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