"Ask Me Why" was performed live by the Beatles through out 1962 and 1963.
The earliest known recorded performance of "Ask Me Why" was an appearance at the
Playhouse Theatre in Manchester for an edition of the BBC radio program "Teenager's Turn
- Here We Go" on Monday, June 11th, 1962 and subsequently broadcast on Friday, June
15th, 1962 between 5:00 and 5:29pm. Pete Best was playing drums.