On Jun 22, 6:58=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).
The rink was playing "Twist and shout" so maybe it was 1963?
> Most skating rinks were not known for their musical perspicacity. They
> played what was popular at the time, usually what was available
> domestically.
They kept mentioning their names, and I had "John Lennon" mememorized
before they appeared on Ed Sullivan, in Feb of 1964.
> The only other option would be one of the Tony Sheridan singles, but
> that strikes me as highly unikely as well.
No, it was the Beatles.
> Early 1964 is a very much more likely scenario. Could that have been the
> actual year you remember?
Maybe it was late 1963?
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