Episode 100: “Love Me Do” by the Beatles
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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The Beatles and Decca
Lennon McCartney and Brian Poole agreed that they would split the credit on anything either of them wrote. The Beatles were now a proper professional group, but unfortunately Decca turned them down. Mike Smith was still fairly confident they'd be releasing something through Decca - he just had to work out the details with his boss Dick Rowe.
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