Yes, George Martin gave them this song to do because he didn't think they would have a song of their own to record to make a good single, but thankfully John and Paull pulled Love Me Do and Please Please Me out of their hats. They did this one in a recording session for that reason, but didn't care for it at all. Thankfully they never used it and passed the song off to some other group... their first single did so well! But, they did do a good job with this recording, even if it lacked...
Yes, George Martin gave them this song to do because he didn't think they would have a song of their own to record to make a good single, but thankfully John and Paull pulled Love Me Do and Please Please Me out of their hats. They did this one in a recording session for that reason, but didn't care for it at all. Thankfully they never used it and passed the song off to some other group... their first single did so well! But, they did do a good job with this recording, even if it lacked...