Friday Music

Composed by John Lennon this song was released as the Beatles’ second single in the UK and their first in the US.

Dick Biondi, a disc jockey on WLS in Chicago, played the song on the radio perhaps as early as February 8, 1963. Thus becoming the first DJ to play a Beatles record in the US.

It was a flop initially and only when re-released in January of 1964 did it chart – reaching #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.