Interesting. I'm sure I've read the story of him buying the copies of Love Me Do in order to boost its chart performance at least three times, but other than Shout! I can't remember which books mentioned it.
I had no idea the charts did not function on the basis of sales, so thanks for clarifying.
Yes I’ve read it several places. I think first in Shout. But how much was just one article repeating another it’s hard to know. It’s also one of those stories people like to believe as it seems the sort of thing people will do.