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.

　　在约翰列侬创作出披头士乐队首支单曲打入排行榜的五十年后,10月5日，粉丝们齐聚在英格兰北部披头士的家乡利物浦，创造了最多人演唱披头士首张单曲的记录。

　　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齐唱《爱我吧（Love Me Do）》，这些狂热追随者中不乏千里迢迢来到这里的秘鲁人与日本人。

　　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.

　　当地唱诗班、学校学生和午餐中的白领们都一同加入进合唱的队伍，这打破了之前保持的由897个人聚集在一起高歌“in the round”的吉尼斯世界记录.

　　"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.

　　“今天来到这里的人非常有趣，从70岁的老人到上学的小孩子都有，年龄跨度非常大。“经营着利物浦著名的洞窟俱乐部的大卫?琼斯说到。在1961年到1963年之间,披头士还是地下乐队的时候在这里演出了很多经典歌曲。

　　"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."

　　“我们试图重现1960年代辉煌时期的气氛。”琼斯告诉记者，“这是一代又一代的音乐享受。”

　　The 50th birthday of "Love Me Do" is also the anniversary of a lucky break for the band.

　　“Love Me Do”的50周年纪念日同样是这个幸运的乐队纪念日。

　　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).

　　苏富比拍卖行为了纪念披头士首张单曲发行50周年，出售1967年披头士专辑《配伯军士的孤心俱乐部乐队》的原版拼贴画。苏富比预计它将会卖到50000 - 80000磅(合81000 - 129500美元)。