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[edit] "Abuse"? A bit of bias here. What about Capitol?

In America, "From Me to You" backed with "Thank You Girl" was released on May 6 by Vee-Jay Records, a record label which would become notorious for their abuse of Beatlemania by releasing misleading albums, although the same could be said for other record labels such as Swan Records.

...er, what about Capitol Records? Up until Sgt. Pepper, they were more than happy to carve up the Beatles' output to create their own shameless cash-ins (Beatles VI, etc.) America didn't get the proper Parlophone Beatles albums until the 1980s.

Also, if it wasn't for Capitol's head-in-the-sand attitude, and their inability to see the Beatles' excellence, George Martin wouldn't have had to sell the early Beatles recordings to lesser record labels in the first place. (There's an interview with Sir George in this month's Record Collector, and it's obvious that he's still bitter about this 40 years on.) 217.155.20.163 01:20, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

The sections on the U.S. release of the song have been extensively re-written. Cheemo 02:38, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:FromMetoYou522.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 07:03, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Added article to FU rationale John Cardinal (talk) 13:29, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:53, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Unheard of?

The idea of singing the song's opening lick—the "da da da da da dum dum da" part—was suggested by George Martin, the Beatles' producer; this was at the time an unheard-of innovation.

I don't know in what sense this could be considered unheard-of. In 1960 Roy Orbison started "Only the Lonely" with "Dum, dum, dum, dum-de-do-wah". Neil Sedaka made it something of a trademark ("come-a come-a down, dooby-doo down down..." etc.). Can't see that the Beatles' were innovative in that regard. Gr8white (talk) 05:37, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

I decided to check the reference cited and it does support the statement...sort of. It says the Beatles had never heard of a rock and roll performer singing the opening licks. Guess they never listened to Neil Sedaka records...or Jan and Dean (cf. "Heart and Soul")...I still don't like the way it's worded and will try to come up with an alternative. Gr8white (talk) 05:07, 29 February 2008 (UTC)