I think so, YES!

It REALLY bugs the crap outa me that all of a sudden EMI/Apple have decided that Please Please Me DIDN'T get to number one afterall! They maintained for years that it did make the top slot, and then they go and leave it off the "1" CD.

Please Please Me reached number one in the BBC chart, Disc, Melody Maker, New Musical Express (NME) and Record Mirror. In only ONE British chart did it appear at number 2: the Record Retailer, which later became Music Week.

Record Retailer, the charts used by Guinness in their "Hit Singles" book, are NOT the charts everyone looked to in 1963 - the "official" chart was the one in the NME.

Throughout the sleeve-notes on the Please Please Me LP it mentions the Beatles chart-topper, and in Anthology The Beatles themselves believe their second single was number one. So why now have EMI/Apple given up the fight? Why has Please Please Me been relegated to number 2?

One more thing... because Guinness chose to use a different chart to everyone else, we now have to live with the fact that Elvis has had one more number one than The Beatles!

Quoted from The_End, posted May 17, 2004, 1:14am at here

One more thing... because Guinness chose to use a different chart to everyone else, we now have to live with the fact that Elvis has had one more number one than The Beatles!

I thought the Beatles won this 28 to 18 (I include Please Please Me so YES to the original question). I looked this up a year or so ago and now i'm forced to do so again.

I must have my head up my rear or something. Here's Elvis's list (UK though). I know where i'm going wrong. The Beatles didnt release all of those number ones as singles. Is this correct TE?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2049152.stm

I'm confused and drunk, so i'll attempt this question in the morning/afternoon!

I thought Elvis had 23 #1 singles.. wtf.

The Beatles had more of SOMEthing, conversely Elvis had more of SOMEthing as well...the difference is between singles, albums and #1's.

There.  THAT's a difinitive answer.

Quoted from misterchaz, posted May 20, 2004, 2:05am at here

The Beatles had more of SOMEthing, conversely Elvis had more of SOMEthing as well...the difference is between singles, albums and #1's.

There.  THAT's a difinitive answer.

Sounds good to me. I'll drink to that.

Quoted from NGM, posted May 20, 2004, 12:35am at here

I thought Elvis had 23 #1 singles.. wtf.

We have to make sure which country we're talking about.
In Britain the Beatles had 17 or 18.
As for Elvis he had 17, but if 'A liitle less conversation' got to number one then he's had 18 too.
That's why the Please,Please Me question is so important.

p.s. I agree with everything T.E. said at the beginning.

please please me made it to 17 on the chrts here in the americas

I didnt think it even charted in the US to be honest, but I know little about it without looking it up.

My bad. I just looked it up and when it was re-released on 30/01/1964 it made it to number 3 in the US. At least thats what I read here-

http://www.maccafan.net/Charts/CompleteBeatlesMaccaCharts.htm

Yeah, sorry - I should have made myself more clear - I was referring to UK number ones. Little Less Conversation DID get to number one here in the UK, so that means Elvis has had one more than the Beatles due to the Please Please Me chart fiasco!

Sorry, I'm a newb.. how exactly does a song reach #1 on the charts?

Quoted from The_End, posted May 20, 2004, 5:52pm at here

Yeah, sorry - I should have made myself more clear - I was referring to UK number ones. Little Less Conversation DID get to number one here in the UK, so that means Elvis has had one more than the Beatles due to the Please Please Me chart fiasco!

Sounds like a CIA plot to me.
Maybe a re-vibed PPM could do the trick with girlie singers and DJ magic.

Quoted from zipp, posted May 20, 2004, 10:13pm at here

Maybe a re-vibed PPM could do the trick with girlie singers and DJ magic.

Ermm.... nah! Leave it at number two then!