披頭士粉絲共同慶祝樂隊週年紀念大綱
Fifty years after John Lennon's harmonica heralded the first entry of the Beatles into the charts, fans came together in the Fab Four's home town of Liverpool in northern England on Friday to deliver a record-breaking rendition of their debut single.
在約翰列儂創作出披頭士樂隊首支單曲打入排行榜的五十年後,10月5日，粉絲們齊聚在英格蘭北部披頭士的家鄉利物浦，創造了最多人演唱披頭士首張單曲的記錄。
Aficionados poured in from as far afield as Peru and Tokyo for a weekend of live music and Beatlemania, which kicked off with 1,631 people singing "Love Me Do" outside the city's central Liver Building.
共有1631人聚集在利物浦的城市中心齊唱《愛我吧（Love Me Do）》，這些狂熱追隨者中不乏千里迢迢來到這裏的祕魯人與日本人。
Local choirs, school groups and lunching office workers joined in, breaking the previous record for singing "in the round," where two groups sing exactly the same melody, beginning at different times - to break the previous record of 897, according to Guinness World Records.
當地唱詩班、學校學生和午餐中的白領們都一同加入進合唱的隊伍，這打破了之前保持的由897個人聚集在一起高歌“in the round”的吉尼斯世界記錄.
"The demographics here today are interesting - it goes from people in their 70s to school kids," said Dave Jones, who runs Liverpool's famous Cavern Club where the Beatles were the house band between 1961 and 1963 and which is staging a weekend-long extravaganza of their music.
“今天來到這裏的人非常有趣，從70歲的老人到上學的小孩子都有，年齡跨度非常大。“經營着利物浦著名的洞窟俱樂部的大衛?瓊斯說到。在1961年到1963年之間,披頭士還是地下樂隊的時候在這裏演出了很多經典歌曲。
"We're trying to recreate the atmosphere of those glory days in the 1960s," Jones told Reuters. "It's generation after generation enjoying the music."
“我們試圖重現1960年代輝煌時期的氣氛。”瓊斯告訴記者，“這是一代又一代的音樂享受。”
The 50th birthday of "Love Me Do" is also the anniversary of a lucky break for the band.
“Love Me Do”的50週年紀念日同樣是這個幸運的樂隊紀念日。
Auction house Sotheby's is marking the anniversary by selling the original collage used for the insert of the 1967 Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Sotheby's expects it to sell for 50,000-80,000 pounds ($81,000-$129,500).
蘇富比拍賣行爲了紀念披頭士首張單曲發行50週年，出售1967年披頭士專輯《配伯軍士的孤心俱樂部樂隊》的原版拼貼畫。蘇富比預計它將會賣到50000 - 80000磅(合81000 - 129500美元)。
