mja6758 said
While it may have been dangled over their head during the recording of Please Please Me, it had already been rejected as a single.
I'm basing that question on the following information:
"George Martin almost refused to allow them to record ['Please Please Me'] because he was not happy with the first version. He recommended that they record 'How Do You Do It,' a song written by a professional songwriter ... and make that their second single. The Beatles refused." (Beatlesongs, p. 28)
"I was still thinking that we should release their recording of 'How Do You Do It.' They said, 'Couldn't ...