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| The title was taken from a letters column that ran in a popular British music newspaper called The New Musical Express. The column was called "From You to Us." |
| In 1963, Del Shannon became the first American to cover a Beatles song when he recorded a version of this. His career waned when the Beatles and other British groups came to the US, and he was never able to regain the popularity he had in 1961, when he had a hit with "Runaway." He killed himself in 1990. |
| This was the first song to feature The Beatles falsetto "whoooo." This was a big part of many of their early hits, including "I Want To Hold Your Hand." Paul McCartney learned the "whoooo" from listening to Little Richard. |
| This was rewritten and used as a theme song for a radio program featuring the Beatles called "From Us to You." It ran in England from Dec. 1963 to June 1965. |
| John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote this on a bus while The Beatles were touring with Helen Shapiro, a 16-year-old who was more popular in America at the time then they were. |
| McCartney and Lennon wrote this as a message to The Beatles' fans. |
| The Beatles third single in England. |
| This was one of the songs The Beatles performed on The Ed Sullivan Show when they came to America in February 1964. This was the start of Beatlemania in America, and it got a big boost from the show, which had an enormous audience. The Beatles played it on their second appearance, which came a week after their first. |
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