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PlanetBev

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28. The first Beatles song I ever heard

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Original post)

Fri Mar 22, 2013, 11:06 PM

Mar 2013

was "From Me To You" in the spring of 1963 when I was 12. The DJ said there was a guitar group in England that was getting a lot of attention. I absolutely loved the song. When they were on Ed Sullivan a year later, I went crazy. I was lucky enough to see them twice in concert over the years. I still have all my records and Beatle cards, dolls and fan magazines, all these years later.

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50(!) years ago today. The album "Please Please Me" is released... [View all] Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 OP

Saw this posted on the Beatles FB page today. Making of video... tridim Mar 2013 #1

Twist and Shout was John's last vocal track.. Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 #5

Thank you posting this. Greybnk48 Mar 2013 #24

50 years ago I bought that LP at a little shop in Oxford England in true stereo... msongs Mar 2013 #2

If you blew your right channel... Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 #3

Don't remember if mine was mono or stereo. dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #36

I don't remember that one Rhiannon12866 Mar 2013 #4

In America, no one remembered it... Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 #6

That was long before I followed the Beatles Rhiannon12866 Mar 2013 #7

Stace was quite prescient! Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 #8

My mother was actually quite brilliant Rhiannon12866 Mar 2013 #9

...happens to us all. Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 #10

I actually have all the albums, I think Rhiannon12866 Mar 2013 #11

Well that and the fact that the LP "Please Please Me" was never released in the U.S. Leslie Valley Mar 2013 #12

Actually, Unknown Beatle Mar 2013 #19

Albums, yes, but singles were played here in 1963... Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 #20

I lived in Europe during this time, and we used to buy Beatles records on MADem Mar 2013 #27

Close, but not quite accurate...more complicated ... DreamGypsy Mar 2013 #29

K&R SunSeeker Mar 2013 #13

dayum..... dhill926 Mar 2013 #14

This was Mr. Tikki's first Beatles album...so cute; he bought it on lay-a-way.. Tikki Mar 2013 #15

Oh, wow! Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings? Lizzie Poppet Mar 2013 #16

Thinking back...... formercia Mar 2013 #17

oh yeah! shanti Mar 2013 #18

That WAS a great tribute. zeemike Mar 2013 #21

Well, not quite that old, 1969, but I'm listening to "From Genesis to Revelation" talkingmime Mar 2013 #22

50 years ago and 50 times better than most of the so-called music of today. edbermac Mar 2013 #23

There was certainly something... VERY special about them. Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 #32

Paul's voice is as true now as it was then... undeterred Mar 2013 #34

kick In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #25

Seems like five years ago...! MADem Mar 2013 #26

I'm 47. My very first Beatle memory was the breakup... Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 #30

Oh, you kid! MADem Mar 2013 #33

I'm sorry for your loss. :-( Elvis is another favorite, although Buddy Holly is REALLY the genesis.. Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 #37

It was actually a happy event. MADem Mar 2013 #44

The first Beatles song I ever heard PlanetBev Mar 2013 #28

I am exceedingly envious! Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 #40

K & R !!! WillyT Mar 2013 #31

Never heard of it Shankapotomus Mar 2013 #35

I tied an onion to my belt... because that was the style at the time... Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 #38

LOL Shankapotomus Mar 2013 #42

Been listening to that song for about 44 and just found out last year what it was about. 20score Mar 2013 #39

Ya know... I never thought about it until now... Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 #41

kick napkinz Mar 2013 #43