Ringo Starr, the drummer for another popular Liverpool band, was recruited to replace Best. In September, 1962, the bands first single, Love Me Do was released, eventually reaching 17 in the UK music charts. It would be almost two years until the song was released and became a 1 hit in the US, because of the skepticism of the Beatle record company's sister label in the US, Capitol Records, about the prospects of a British band succeeding in America. Their first album, Please Please Me was released in the UK in March 1963. The singles, Please Please Me and She Loves You received limited airplay in the US. The teen audience on Dick Clarks American Bandstand reacted to She Loves You by laughing at the bands mop haircuts. After their second album, With The Beatles became only the second album ever to sell a million copies in the UK, Vee Jay Records, predominantly an RB label, obtained the US rights to most of the songs from Please Please Me, and released them on an album titled Introducing The Beatles in January 1964.

Their luck changed when a young record storeowner, Brian Epstein, noticed the Beatles and thought they had something unique and special about them. After convincing the Beatles to clean up their rough image, they traded leather jackets for matching suits as Brian peddled their records from label to label with no success. Epstein never gave up on the Beatles and his business savvy, combined with the Beatles raw talent finally began to pay off.

On the Uprise

Ringo Starr proved to be a good addition to the group

Beatles album Please Please Me

Love Me Do