Video: 'Rare Record: Introducing the Beatles (1964)'

(Saturday, February 8, 1964) — Introducing… The Beatles by The Beatles debuted at #92 on Billboard‘s 200 album charts.

It was the first album by the rock band from Liverpool, England, to be released in the United States and the second to appear on the American music charts.

Despite the “first album” claim on the Meet the Beatles! cover, ten days prior to its release, Vee-Jay Records of Chicago beat Capitol to the punch with the release on Jan. 10, 1964 of The Beatles’ American debut album Introducing… The Beatles, which had been delayed for release for various reasons since the previous summer.