On Jun 22, 7:58=A0pm, saki <s...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Jeff wrote:
> > I had heard Beatles songs being played at a skating rink as early as
> > 1962. All they played was Beatles music, in Salina, Kansas.
>
> Could you possibly be mistaken about the year? The Beatles didn't start
> their official recording career until October 1962. The only recording
> of the Beatles you'd have been likely to hear that year was "Love Me
> Do", and then only if they special-ordered it from Parlophone in England
> (it wasn't yet released in the United States).
>
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He must be off a year or so.
I know a guy whose family was stationed in the UK (his father was in
the US militaryin Scotland, IIRC). They came back to the US in the
Summer or Fall of 1963. He and his sister knew all about The Beatles,
and had some of their records. He said it was so weird to come back
to the States, and no one knew who The Beatles were.
I was 13 when The Beatles came to America for the first time.
Although, I have personal fond memories of family, friends, school etc
during the pre-Beatles era, it was a harsher, meaner time. The advent
of The Beatles in the US diluted that attitude. It was truly magical.
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