| After turning down their option on the first four United Kingdom Beatles singles (Parlophone 4949 "Love Me Do" / "P. S. I Love You", 4983 "Please Please Me" / "Ask Me Why", 5015 "From Me To You" / "Thank You Girl" and 5055 "She Loves You" / "I'll Get You"), Capitol could no longer ignore EMI's (their parent company) new pop band from Liverpool, England. They opted to release the group's fifth United Kingdom single in the U.S. Capitol took the A-side from Parlophone single R-5084, I Want To Hold Your Hand b/w This Boy and replaced the B-side with the song I Saw Her Standing There. Was this a possible pre-emptive strike in the soon-to-be upcoming legal battle with Vee Jay Records, as this song once had been the property of Vee Jay who had released it on their Introducing The Beatles album (VJLP/SR 1062)? Capitol also agreed to an unheard-of $50,000 promotional campaign on an unknown talent to familiarize America with the Beatles' name. It was this single that ushered Beatlemania into the United States and that the general public will identify as the Beatles' first American record. |
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