20 Greatest Hits

On this day, October 11, in 1982 The Beatles' compilation album 20 Greatest Hits was released to mark the 20th anniversary of the release of their first record, "Love Me Do" in 1962. The album contains 20 of their number one hits and is not dissimilar to the 1 album released in 2000. Tracks on the album include favourites such as "Ticket To Ride", "Day Tripper", "Hello, Goodbye", "Hey Jude" and the song that made them famous in America, "I Want To Hold Your Hand" - all Lennon/McCartney penned songs. All of their singles were written by John and Paul, save for "The Inner Light", "Old Brown Shoe" and "Something", George Harrison's 1968 and 1969 songs. It took George five years to finally get one of his songs released as a single.