• Battle of the Bands

    Beatles Greatest Hits BOTB series: I Want To Hold Your Hand

    In the course of what I think is a very short Career, the Beatles recorded more than 200 songs and 20 of those became chart toppers.  Not wanting to get stuck in necessarily a chronological rut, I turned to DH one day and said, “What’s the first Beatles’ song that comes to mind”.  Without hesitating he responded, “I Want to Hold Your Hand”.       I learned this Beatles’ 1963 classic went straight to #1 in the UK where it stayed for five weeks. I also found out that “I Want to Hold Your Hand” became the group’s first American…