# What happened on 1962-09-04

## Recording session, 4 September 1962
Tracking session · Studio Two · 19:00–22:00

**Recorded:** How Do You Do It?, Love Me Do (take 15), Please Please Me

**Personnel:**
- George Martin — Producer _[certainty 60]_ — source: Wikipedia: "Love Me Do" (retrieved 2026-07-31)
- George Harrison — Performs _[certainty 60]_ — source: Wikipedia: "Love Me Do" (retrieved 2026-07-31)
- John Lennon — Performs _[certainty 60]_ — source: Wikipedia: "Love Me Do" (retrieved 2026-07-31)
- Paul McCartney — Performs _[certainty 60]_ — source: Wikipedia: "Love Me Do" (retrieved 2026-07-31)
- Ringo Starr — Drums (Drum kit) _[certainty 60]_ — source: Wikipedia: "Love Me Do" (retrieved 2026-07-31)
- Geoff Emerick — Second engineer _[certainty 50]_ — source: Wikipedia: "Love Me Do" (retrieved 2026-07-31)
- Norman Smith — Balance engineer _[certainty 55]_ — source: Wikipedia: "Love Me Do" (retrieved 2026-07-31)

**Sources:**
- Wikipedia: "Love Me Do" (retrieved 2026-07-31), section: Recording (reliability 30)

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