From Me to You by The Beatles – ****

First released: 1963

What McCartney says about this song in the "Anthology" series is the real appeal. It is their first major composition where they shift into a minor key and by doing so elevated an otherwise forgettable tune into a classic. It even became the theme song of one of The Beatles’ radio series, where it was sometimes sung as "From Us to You". That version was included on 1994's "Live at the BBC".

It has been played live and included on so many albums, that if you haven’t heard it, you probably aren’t reading this book. However, I have to admit, it was a bit tough to find when I became a Beatles fan as they left it off of their early US albums, and the single released by Vee-Jay was long out of print. It took a chance library checkout of "1962-1966" from 1973 to find these elusive tracks that are now so commonplace. It was first released to CD as part of "Past Masters, Volume One" in 1988. It's also on 2000's "1". A live version from 1963 appears on "Anthology 1" in 1995.