# What happened on 1963-02-11

## Please Please Me album session, morning
Tracking session · Studio Two · 10:00–13:00

**Recorded:** There's a Place, I Saw Her Standing There

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

**Sources:**
- Wikipedia: "Please Please Me" (album) (retrieved 2026-07-31), section: Recording and production (reliability 30)

## Please Please Me album session, afternoon
Tracking session · Studio Two · 14:30–17:30

**Recorded:** A Taste of Honey, Do You Want to Know a Secret, Misery

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

**Sources:**
- Wikipedia: "Please Please Me" (album) (retrieved 2026-07-31), section: Recording and production (reliability 30)

## Please Please Me album session, evening
Tracking session · Studio Two · 19:30–22:30

**Recorded:** Anna (Go to Him), Boys, Chains, Baby It's You, Hold Me Tight, Twist and Shout

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

**Sources:**
- Wikipedia: "Please Please Me" (album) (retrieved 2026-07-31), section: Recording and production (reliability 30)

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