The Beatles Song Of The Day is “Please Mister Postman.” “Please Mister Postman” is the final song on side 1 of The Beatles second album “With The Beatles.” The song is a cover of a Motown chart topper by the Motown girl group The Marvelettes. It had been a #1 for The Marvelettes in December 1961. It had been a part of The Beatles concerts for a period but in 1963 it had been dropped from their play list and it took them a while to get the song down when it came to record it in the studio. The song was written by Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Freddie Gorman, Brian Holland, and Robert Bateman. John Lennon:double-tracked vocal, rhythm guitar/ Paul McCartney: backing vocal and bass guitar/ George Harrison: backing vocal and lead guitar: Ringo Starr: drums. The song was recorded at Abbey Road on July 30th, 1963. Producer: George Martin.

rating “Please Mister Postman” on a scale of 1 to 5 stars **1/2

• Time of song: 2:36
• The song was never released as a single by The Beatles.
• “Please Mister Postman” would be a number 1 hit again for The Carpenters in 1974. The best version of the song was by The Marvelettes.
• The song does not make the Rolling Stone The Beatles 100 Greatest Songs or Spignesi and Lewis’ “100 Best Beatles Songs” lists- they don’t rate covers. Even if they did this wouldn’t have made it.

Please Mr. Postman” {Dobbins, Garrett, Gorman, Holland and Bateman}