Four by the Beatles
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{{Infobox album
| name = Four by the Beatles
| type = ep
| artist = the Beatles
| cover = FourbytheBeatlesEPcover.jpg
| alt =
| released = 11 May 1964
| recorded = 1963, EMI Studios, London
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Rock
| length = 9:33
| label = Capitol
| producer = George Martin
| chronology = The Beatles EP
| prev_title = Souvenir of Their Visit to America
| prev_year = 1964
| next_title = Long Tall Sally
| next_year = 1964
}}
Four by the Beatles is an EP of music by English rock band the Beatles. Released on 11 May 1964, it is the second of three Beatles EPs released in the United States and the first of two by Capitol Records. The EP features four songs that had previously been heavily imported into the US as Canadian singles.Spizer, Bruce (2000). The Beatles' Story on Capitol Records, Part One: Beatlemania and the Singles, pp. 41–2. New Orleans, Louisiana: 498 Productions. {{ISBN|0-9662649-1-6}} It managed to peak at No. 92 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.{{cite book|title=The Music Lover's Guide to Record Collecting|first=Dave|last=Thompson|year=2002|publisher=Backbeat Books|isbn=978-0-87930-713-4|page=63}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| headline = Side one
| extra_column = Lead singer
| title1 = Roll Over Beethoven
| writer1 = Chuck Berry
| extra1 = George Harrison
| length1 = 2:44
| title2 = All My Loving
| writer2 = John Lennon and Paul McCartney
| extra2 = Paul McCartney
| length2 = 2:03
| total_length = 4:47
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Side two
| extra_column = Lead singer
| title1 = This Boy
| writer1 = John Lennon and Paul McCartney
| extra1 = John Lennon
| length1 = 2:11
| title2 = Please Mr. Postman
| writer2 = Brian Holland
| extra2 = John Lennon
| length2 = 2:35
| total_length = 4:46
}}
Chart performance
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| scope="col"|Chart (1964)
!scope="col"|Peak |
|---|
| {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|92|artist=The Beatles|song=4 by the Beatles|artistid=383540|access-date=4 March 2021}} |
See also
Notes
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20041211222945/http://www.thebeatlesongs.com/us_eps.htm The Beatles Discography 1962–1970: American EPs page]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20041214214457/http://www.beatle.net/beatlesoncapitol1.htm Bruce Spizer's The Beatles' Story on Capitol Records, Part One: Beatlemania and the Singles website]
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