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The #1 song in the US on January 14, 1966

We Can Work It Out - The Beatles

Ringo Starr and John Lennon leave England for a vacation in Trinidad.

People in US were listening to We Can Work It Out by The Beatles. In UK Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out by The Beatles was in the top 5 hits.

Top Hits - 50 years ago today

                                                           
  1. The Sounds of Silence -   Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia)                                  
                  
  2. We Can Work It Out - The Beatles (Capitol)                  
  3. As Tears Go By - The ...

Brian Epstein is appointed a director of Lennon Books Limited, John Lennon’s book royalty collection company.

People in US were listening to We Can Work It Out by The Beatles. In UK Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out by The Beatles was in the top 5 hits.

We Can Work It Out becomes the #1 single in the US.

The Beatles' album Rubber Soul is #1 in the US. It remains at #1 for six weeks and stays on the charts for 56 weeks. Rubber Soul is the seventh Beatles LP to reach #1 in the US (the other six are Meet the Beatles, The Beatles Second Album, A Hard ...

We Can Work It Out - Number One!

We Can Work It Out (Number One 50 years ago) Behind the song.......

McCartney wrote the words and music to the verses and the chorus, with lyrics that "might have been personal", probably a reference to his relationship with Jane Asher. McCartney then took the song to Lennon:

I took it to John ...

Following their record breaking concert at New York's Shea Stadium on August 15, 1965, it was decided that extra recordings would be needed if the footage was to be released to the public.

The concert performance suffered for The Beatles' problems hearing themselves against the screams of 55,600 f...

As the Beatles were laying low, We Can Work It Out by The Beatles was a hit.

Listening to We Can Work It Out by The Beatles

The Beatles starting to make plans for the year ahead.

Beatles - Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out - Number 1 in UK