The Beatles "Please Please Me" anniversary. Rod Stewart pushs tour back. McCartney wins a Grammy last night. Springsteen's MusiCares tribute. Five not so obvious signs he's avoiding Valentine's Day.  Ten steps to erasing your ex's digital footprint.  Six ways social media has made the world a better place. Five romantic things to do with your cat this Valentine's Day.

THE BEATLES

It was 50 years ago today (February 11th, 1963), that the Beatles recorded their first album, Please Please Me, in just under 10 hours. The album also featured both sides of their first two singles -- "Love Me Do"/"P.S. I Love You," and "Please Please Me"/"Ask Me Why," which had been recorded the previous autumn. The session for the album began at 10 a.m. at London's Abbey Road's Studio Two -- the main studio the group would use for the next eight years -- with 10 takes of the John Lennon-Paul McCartney original, "There's A Place."

Over the course of the day the group basically performed their stage show as the tapes rolled, recording future Beatles classics like "I Saw Her Standing There," "Do You Want To Know A Secret," and "Twist And Shout." The group's recording engineer Richard Langham recalled the session in Mark Lewisohn's The Beatles' Recording Sessions book. He remembered that when producer George Martin and the other engineers announced that they were taking a lunch break, the Beatles chose to stay and rehearse, revealing that, "When we came back they'd been playing right through. We couldn't believe it. We had never seen a group work through their lunch break before."

The tracklisting to Please Please Me is: "I Saw Her Standing There," "Misery," "Anna (Go To Him)," "Chains," "Boys," "Ask Me Why," "Please Please Me," "Love Me Do," "P.S. I Love You," "Baby It's You," "Do You Want To Know A Secret," "A Taste Of Honey," "There's A Place," and "Twist and Shout."

• Geoff Emerick, who worked with the Beatles throughout their career and became their primary engineer with 1966's Revolver album first met the Beatles in 1962 during his second day on the job, while the group was recording their debut single, "Love Me Do." He said that he was immediately struck by how unique their humor and personalities were: "They were down in the studio. 'Cause it was the second day that I had been there. And I just liked the vibe, y'know the happy vibe. It was completely different, because it's like their attitude was against the establishment -- although (producer) George Martin had some decorum within the control room, an air of decorum. And it's like these kids down in the studio clowning around, y'know?"
• The sessions only produced one outtake -- 13 takes of an early attempt at Lennon-McCartney's "Hold Me Tight" which was re-recorded later that year for their second album, With The Beatles.
• George Martin originally wanted to name the album Off The Beatle Track, but it was decided that it would help sales by naming the album after their current hit single. Martin went on to use the name for his 1964 instrumental album of Beatles hits.
• Please Please Me was released on March 22nd, 1963, and entered the British charts at Number Nine. After seven weeks it hit the Number One spot, where it stayed for 29 weeks.
• The American version of the album, called Introducing The Beatles, was originally released in the U.S. on July 22nd 1963 -- and went nowhere. It was re-issued on January 27th 1964 and peaked at Number Two for nine weeks behind the group's breakthrough Capitol album Meet The Beatles.
• Although original drummer Pete Best was on hand for the Beatles' June 6th, 1962 audition for EMI, he was replaced by Ringo Starr 17 days before their first official session for the label. Best, who says that he has had no substantial contact with any of the Beatles since the night before he was fired, feels that Starr walked into a much cushier job than he did upon joining the Beatles: "Y'know, when you think about it, the first trip out to Hamburg, (Germany), we were playing six, seven hours a night. And I think actually, when (laughs) Ringo joined they were playing 20 minutes, half-an-hour sessions, or something like that. So, I did a lot of the spade work, put the long hours in and he was the one who picked up the glory."
• During his final in-depth TV interview in 1975 on NBC's Tomorrow Show, John Lennon explained that a major part of his and the Beatles' allure was the fact that they were never ashamed of their Liverpool roots: "We were the first working class singers that stayed working class, and pronounced it. 'Didn't try to change our accents, which in England were looked down upon -- probably still are -- like a Bronx accent, it's the equivalent to that."

ROD STEWART

Rod Stewart announced on his website (RodStewart.com) that he's pushing his spring tour with Steve Winwood back to the fall. A message on February 8th posted to fans read: "To accommodate the finishing pre-production and spring promotion of his first original rock studio album in almost 20 years, Rod Stewart has pushed back his Spring tour with Steve Winwood -- which will now begin in October. Please hold on to your tickets, they will be honored at the rescheduled concert. Refunds available at point of purchase until February 22nd." Rod is currently putting the finishing touches on his upcoming rock album, Love The Life You Live, which is due out later this year.

Ultimate Classic Rock pointed out that, "Instead of a three-week jaunt through 10 North America cities, the shows will now be spread out over two months. The odd schedule, with the entire month of November entirely open, leaves open the probability that more shows will be added."

• Rod Stewart said that the publication of his 2012 autobiography, Rod, made him realize how lucky he was to have such a warm and loving family: "The chapter that really moved me was the first 15 years. I think it's the second chapter in my upbringing and I'd realized just how lucky I'd been with the love and support I'd got within my family. Not only, y'know, 'cause I was a little rebel, but they still stood by me, but I had the support I had in going into the music business, which was unheard of in those days. Y'know, if someone said, 'What's your boy doing?' -- 'He's going to be a singer,' they'd just (laughs) laugh at you."
• Rod Stewart's next North American date will be the kickoff of his latest Las Vegas run on July 20th at The Colosseum At Caesars Palace.

PAUL MCCARTNEY

Paul McCartney was able to take home a single Grammy Award last night (February 11th) for his standards set Kisses On The Bottom, which won the statue for "Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album." The album beat out a pair of high profile holiday collections, including Carole King's A Holiday Carole and Michael Buble's Christmas. McCartney's two other shots at awards this year fell short, with his Ram - Paul McCartney Archive Collection (Deluxe Edition) losing to the Beach Boys' The Smile Sessions in the "Best Historical Album" category, along with losing out in the "Special Limited Edition Package" category to Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

Leave it to Bruce Springsteen to close out his own MusiCares tribute with his own five-song set, according to Vintage Vinyl News. Springsteen was honored as the 2013 MusiCares Person of the Year on Friday night (February 8th) in L.A. Among the legendary presenters and performers that showed up to pay tribute to "The Boss" at the Los Angeles Convention Center, was Elton John, Neil Young, Jackson Browne, Mavis Staples, Sting, Emmylou Harris, Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello, among others. Longtime Springsteen follower, The Daily Show's Jon Stewart, served as the evening's host.

Springsteen and the E Street Band's Max Weinberg, Roy Bittan, and Garry Tallent closed the show with a five song set, which kicked off with two show-stoppers from his latest Wrecking Ball album -- "We Take Care Of Our Own" and "Death To My Hometown" with Tom Morello. Morello stuck around for "Thunder Road" and "Born To Run" before all the performers joined the quintet for a rousing finale of "Glory Days."

• Steve Van Zandt said that Bruce Springsteen's latest work isn't that far away from what first attracted him to his earliest songs: "Well, he's still writing at a very high level of quality and that's always inspiring to me. Sometimes it maybe a little more politically slanted or socially slanted than romantically or emotionally slanted -- but, y'know, I don't really judge that way. You go onstage with the script that you have and you do that as well as you can possibly do it. Y'know, that's all I know."
  
  
• The setlist at the 2013 MusiCares Tribute To Bruce Springsteen was:
  "Adam Raised A Cain" - Alabama Shakes
  "Because The Night" - Patti Smith
  Atlantic City - Ben Harper, Natalie Maines & Charlie Musselwhite
  "American Land" - Ken Casey of Dropkick Murphys
  "My City In Ruins" - Zac Brown & Mavis Staples
  "I'm On Fire" - Mumford And Sons
  "American Skin (41 Shots)" - Jackson Browne & Tom Morello
  "My Hometown" - Emmylou Harris
  "One Step Up" - Kenny Chesney
  "Streets Of Philadelphia" - Elton John
  "Hungry Heart" - Juanes
  "The Ghost Of Tom Joad" - Jim James & Tom Morello
  "Dancing In The Dark" - John Legend
  "Lonesome Day" - Sting
  "Born In The U.S.A." - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
  "We Take Care Of Our Own" - Bruce Springsteen
  "Death To My Home Town" - Bruce Springsteen & Tom Morello
  "Thunder Road" - Bruce Springsteen, Tom Morello, Roy Bittan, Max Weinberg, & Gary Tallent
  "Born To Run" - Bruce Springsteen, Tom Morello, Roy Bittan, Max Weinberg, & Gary Tallent
  "Glory Days" - Everybody

FIVE NOT-SO-OBVIOUS SIGNS HE'S AVOIDING VALENTINE'S DAY(Yahoo):

1) He goes out of his way to spend time with his family that day.

2) He crutches on the "work" excuse more than a week out. If he's building up talking about a big proposal he's putting together and it's just consuming him, saying and he'll be no fun this week or something like that it's bad news.

3) He totally overplays it. If he's really a jerk, he could talk about so many grand gestures that he's going for the reverse psychology approach--he'll tire you out to the point where you say, "You know what? Let's stay in."

4) He hasn't even laughed about it. Another friend of mine said, "A lot of us will joke about it and downplay what we're going to do." They'll at least acknowledge that the Valentine's Day exists, even if they're not a big fan. Don't take his silence as a sign that he's just being hush-hush, and that he's got something up his sleeve, though; if he's not using humor, he's likely playing an avoidance card.

5) He says he gets depressed around this time of year. It may be true, but if his depression only lasts from February 12 through 15, start making the squinty-eye at him.

TEN STEPS TO ERASING YOUR EX'S DIGITAL FOOTPRINT(YourTango):

1) Change your profile picture. Remember that too-cute shot of you on your one-month anniversary? That has got to go. A profile picture will only serve as a constant reminder of your ruined relationship.

2) Update your relationship status. This is probably the hardest (but most important step) to erasing your ex from your online life. It's like ripping off a BandAid, but you know it has to be done. You can avoid an onslaught of online sympathy from your friends and family asking, "Aw, what happened?" by hiding this change from being shared on your timeline. Just go into your profile and change your relationship status settings to be visible to "only me".

3) Untag your photos. This may be painful if you have album upon album of digitally shared photos. If you're worried about being tagged in any particularly unflattering photos, Facebook's privacy options allow you to manually review every single post you're tagged in before it shows up on your timeline.

4) Delete tagged status updates and wall posts. One of the worst things about social media is that you likely documented your entire relationship: A status about your first dinner date together. A picture of him doing the chicken dance at your cousin's wedding. That romantic daytrip to the mountains? His wall post where he called you, "sweetie." A status referring to a lazy Sunday breakfast in bed together. Delete, delete, delete!

5) Unfriend or block your ex. What's the best way to erase your ex from your life? How you engage with your ex online in the future depends on the nature of your breakup. If you were close friends and, then blocking them entirely might be seen as overly dramatic or drastic, and no unfriending goes unnoticed (if not by your ex, then your circle of friends). On the other hand, unfriending them is totally acceptable if you met and only dated briefly.

6) Block them from your newsfeed. If you don't want to unfriend your ex altogether, this is a healthy way to avoid seeing the constant reminders of their existence and it will stop you from being tempted to stalk them later. (Like, who is that girl anyway, and why is she sitting in his lap in that picture?) You can manage how often their posts appear in your newsfeed by importance and frequency. This is also a handy tip for blocking those Facebook friends who are annoyingly in love while you mourn your ended relationship.

7) Delete your emotional wall posts. Admit it: When you were throwing yourself a pity party on the couch, waist-high in Kleenexes, it might have seemed like a cathartic idea. But when you give in to emotional oversharing via social networks, it's just depressing and your mutual friends know it. If you gave in to your emotions after one too many glasses of wine that first night alone, delete that post right away! Instead, make positive posts. Don't let him give you the satisfaction that you're still mourning the loss of their relationship. Even if it isn't true, fake it 'til you make it!

8) Hide updates from his friends. At the same time, you should ignore posts that may or may not be about you. Your ex - and their friends and family - may share some poorly disguised posts that are, in fact, rants about how awful you are. You don't have to simply ignore these. On Facebook, you might be better off managing how often their updates appear in your newsfeed for a while. And on Twitter, you can mute unwanted tweets from using extensions like TweetMute, Mute Tweets, or Proxlet.

9) Unfollow your ex's check-ins on Foursquare. Bumping into your ex at one of your former favorite dining spots is awkward. Bumping into them with their new significant other is even worse. To avoid this, if you're still friends on Foursquare you can track their check-ins to avoid an awkward run-in using Avoidr. This web app enables you to avoid users by tracking their check-ins. Better yet, it might be time to check-in to some new places.

10) Log off from your accounts for a while. No, we aren't suggesting you delete all of your accounts and commit social suicide. Just hand your login info over to one of your closest girl friends and take a short hiatus from social media altogether! Why not log off from technology and get some fresh air outdoors? Hike through the woods, do yoga, hang out with friends (no, Google Hangout doesn't count). You'll feel so much better when you're ready to plug-in and answer that chat sitting in your inbox from your cute (also single) neighbor.

SIX WAYS SOCIAL MEDIA HAS MADE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE(Reader's Digest):

1) Revolution, reinvented. In the '60s and '70s, protesters marched and slept in front of the White House. Today, they take to Facebook instead. Example: Social media-organized protests in Egypt led to the ousting of Dictator Hosni Mubarak. The movement began on January 25, 2011 with massive organized marches and gathering that lasted until February 11, when Mubarak finally stepped down.

2) Unfiltered news. On January 15, 2009, Sarasota resident Janis Krums didn't know he was about to become a breaking news reporter. That's exactly what happened when he took a shot of US Airways Flight 1549 evacuating its passengers into freezing cold waters and tweeted, "There's a plane in the Hudson. I'm on the ferry going to pick up the people. Crazy." In that moment, @jkrums outshined cable news channels everywhere.

3) Instant emergency response. In October 2012, New Yorkers with no electricity and barely a bar of cell phone service hopped on Twitter to share Hurricane Sandy emergency information, including traffic updates and gas station availability, to stranded locals.

4) Expedited healthcare. Chris Strouth had been living with kidney disease for three years when he was told he needed a transplant. Not knowing what else to do, he turned to Twitter and wrote: "[Expletive], I need a kidney." Within a few days, 19 people stepped forward and offered to be tested. One of them, an old acquaintance of Strouth's named Scott Pakudaitis, was a match and decided to go through the procedure. After the surgery, Scott sent a get-well-soon message to Strouth - on Twitter, of course.

5) The power of shared interests. Pinterest isn't just for wedding planners: The U.S. Army uses 31 boards to connect families and soldiers through powerful images like army art installations, Vietnam hero snapshots and long-awaited reunions.

6) Art made easy...and fun. An art degree is expensive, but Instagram is free. More than 90 million users distress and filter photographs - a process that would take hours in a darkroom - in a matter of seconds and share them with friends in instant art show that never ends.

FIVE ROMANTIC THINGS TO DO WITH YOUR CAT THIS VALENTINE'S DAY(The Frisky):

1) Go for a long stroll by the water.Any body of water will do: lake, stream, ocean, bathtub, small dish. Cats aren't picky. (Yes they are.) If you have a cat who likes to go outdoors, it is probably a good idea to hook him or her up to a leash or harness to walk alongside you. I think it was actually made for dingos, but that doesn't mean it's any less functional. Insert cat in harness and adjust for a snug fit. Don't bother trying to take your cat out in the world without some kind of restraint, because they'll be embarrassed to be seen with you in public and try to run away. No offense.

2) Stay in for a sanctioned date night. Get that cat in your lap, even if it's by force, and throw on a movie! Cats love movies. Here are some good movies featuring cats to watch with your cat: "Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore," "Alice in Wonderland," "Stuart Little," "Catwoman," "Shrek 2," "Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties," "Puss in Boots," "Catnapped!" (not for easily frightened cats or young kittens), "The Passion of the Christ." Let your cat gently nibble the top of your head, like kisses, but more of a test to see if you would be good to eat.

3) Speaking of eating, cook a gourmet dinner. More specifically, you'll want to hunt, torture, and eventually kill your gourmet dinner, but don't forget to play with it for several hours first. Ideal prey includes small birds, rats, mice, squirrels, spiders, chipmunks, butterflies, exposed ankles.

4) Listen to some tunes. Maybe even do some dancing! Here is a step-by-step guide to dancing with your cat: first, lower your human self to cat height on the floor. If your cat will hop up on a counter or table to make things easier for you, even better. Gently hold the cat beneath the front armpits and lift onto hind legs. Move the cat around a little. Look, you're dancing! Screeches and errant claws are just his way of saying "I love the jive."

5) Take a long nap. Like, a really long nap. Wrap your tail around your head in order to create a ball formation (this is scientifically proven to be the warmest and most comfortable position for long-term napping). When you wake up the next day, stretch, scratch some furniture, and play with a feather or a bit of string, then finish it all off with another nap. This, my friends, is the recipe for a Valentine's Day well-spent.

Thanks for listening to The Eagle while you work. Keep it fabulous, Houston

xoxo,

Jennifer Tyler

Fabulous Mid-Day Diva