#197 The Beatles, 'Meet the Beatles!' (1964)

What you’re about to read might seem fantasy, but it’s completely true; Beatles manager, Brian Epstein, and their producer, George Martin, spent the better part of 1963 begging the head of EMI, Sir Joseph Lockwood, to release Beatles records in the States. He didn’t want to for whatever reason, probably because British music never translated well in the States. You read that correctly – the head of The Beatles’ label refused to entertain the idea of releasing their music in the States because he just wasn’t that confident about it.