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The British Are Charting Edition Part 1

Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia

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How Do You Do It?

Jerry and the Pacemakers recorded How Do You Do It as their debut single, after the Beatles rejected it? The song holds a special distinction in UK chart history, with an asterisk. By the spring of 63, a Mersey beat invasion had taken hold across Great Britain. by the fall of 63, both groups went back to number one in the UK.by then, they were joined on the charts by a group that scored its first UK top 20 hit with a song written by The Beatles - calling itself the Rolling Stones.

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