1962. "Love Me Do" reached number one on the U.S. and Australian charts.
"Hey Jude" by the Beatles was the number 1 hit song for 1968.
"How Do You Do It?", a Mitch Murray song that the Beatles had recorded, but passed over in favor of "Please Please Me", which became their first bonafide hit.
The first number 1 hit from The Beatles in Europe was their song Love Me Do. The simple and catchy melody featuring lyrics of love caught on quickly.
The Beatles first song was contracted in Hamburg,Germany
The Beatles song Hold My Hand First was first performed live in February 9, 1964 at the Ed Sullivan Show in New York. This song was a major hit for the Beatles since it sold 10,000 copies set alone in an hour in New York City.
The Beatles released no records in Australia in 1962, so they could not have had a hit there of any kind.
Their first recording as "The Beatles" was Love Me Do.
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It was a hit for the Shirelles
In Spite Of All The Danger was their first ever recorded song. Recorded back in 1957. Please Please Me the single did not hit #1 anywhere in the word. Hit #2 in the UK and #3 in the US
"Hello, Goodbye" was a hit for the Beatles in1967.
In England, their native homeland, it was the album Please Please Me. In the USA it was "Meet The Beatles" which was pieced together from album tracks from Please Please Me, With The Beatles, and some of their singles.