Saturday 6 October 2012

'Love Me Do' celebrates 50 years

Love Me Do just celebrated its 50th anniversary of arriving on the pop music charts. Five decades later, Beatles 'mania' continues.

Fans gathered in Liverpool this week to sing this first Beatles hit and break a world record, organised by the Beatles Story exhibition. Nostalgia marketing has brought Love Me Do back to make headlines all over the world.

Of course the list of Beatles merchandise goes on and on, not just LPs, posters, books and movies but also newly designed T-shirts sold at Disney World and Trivial Pursuit games to test your knowledge of the Fab Four's history and impact on pop culture.

Yes, I'm a Beatles fan (Paul was my fave, back in the day) and it's wonderful to see new fans among youngsters and everyone else.