<Ol> <Li> "Please Please Me" / "Ask Me Why" Released: 11 January 1963 (UK) </Li> </Ol> <Li> "Please Please Me" / "Ask Me Why" Released: 11 January 1963 (UK) </Li> <P> Please Please Me is the debut studio album by English rock band the Beatles . Parlophone rush - released the album on 22 March 1963 in the United Kingdom to capitalise on the success of their singles "Please Please Me" (No. 1 on most lists though only No. 2 on Record Retailer) and "Love Me Do" (No. 17). </P> <P> Of the album's 14 songs, eight were written by Lennon--McCartney (originally credited "McCartney--Lennon"), early evidence of what Rolling Stone later called "(their invention of) the idea of the self - contained rock band, writing their own hits and playing their own instruments ." In 2012, Please Please Me was voted 39th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time ." </P>

When did the beatles release their first album