SILVER BEATLES: Members of the Beatles, hottest British group, receive their two silver LP awards from EMI chairman Sir Joseph Lockwood for sales well over the 250,000 mark on each of their albums “Please, Please Me” and “With The Beatles.” The latter was given two weeks ahead of the release of the LP. Advance orders stood at an unprecedented 345,000. At the same ceremony the group was given a miniature silver EP to mark sales of 400,000 for their first EP “Twist And Shout.” The boys have racked up a total sale of over four million on the sum total of all singles, EP’s and LP’s. (Billboard photo; December 7, 1963).
