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George Martin, the head of E.M.I. subsidiary Parlophone Records, had not seen The Beatles perform when they entered the studios in June 1962 at Abbey Road to make their first recordings. Martin had a song in mind to be the first single for the band, but the quartet from Liverpool had another idea. Eventually, Gerry and the Pacemakers were given the opportunity to record the song and took it all the way to No. 1. Let's take a look at the story behind "How Do You Do It" by Gerry and the Pacemakers.

It's tough to break through in the music business. There are a million acts clamoring for everybody's attention all the time. And with the modern music

In 1954, a group of children claimed to have encountered a vampire in the Southern Necropolis, an enormous cemetery in the Gorbals area of Glasgow.

Plans to increase Angus taxi fares split local operators but councillors voted overwhelmingly to bring in new rates.

Les Maguire, who has died aged 81, was the last surviving member of Gerry and the Pacemakers, the Merseybeat group, formed by Gerry Marsden in 1959, who rivalled The Beatles during the early Sixties.