(Saturday, May 9, 1964) — “P.S. I Love You” by The Beatles debuted today at #64 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart, the group’s 16th appearance on the chart since Jan. 18, 1964.

The song was recorded in ten takes on September 11, 1962, at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London.

Producer George Martin had booked session drummer Andy White as a replacement for Pete Best, whom he considered not technically good enough for recording purposes; Martin had been unaware that the other Beatles had already replaced Pete Best with Ringo Starr, who attended the session and plays maracas on the song.

White was a freelance show band and session drummer, and gave the recording a lightweight cha cha treatment.

Martin was not present at the session; in his absence, it was run by Ron Richards.