Hello, Goodbye: Beatles hits now available as ring tones

LOS ANGELES — Hello hello? Beatles fans can now set their cellphones to alert them to calls with Hello Goodbye, take a call from IT support with Help! or signal a call from an angry partner with We Can Work It Out as the Fab Four’s music has become available for the first time as cellphone ring tones. The group has licensed ring tones from its 27 U. S. and British No. 1 hits, from Love Me Do in 1962 through Hello Goodbye in 1967 to The Long and Winding Road in 1970, replicating tracks of the 1 compilation CD, which surpassed 12 million copies sold in the U. S. since its release in 2000. The 30- second ring tones, also downloadable to ipads and itouches, are available exclusively through itunes for $ 1.29 each, the same amount charged for the entire song. It’s the latest incursion of the group’s music into the digital realm after long being withheld from legal downloading. That ended just over one year ago, when the group’s catalogue was posted on itunes in November 2010.