First Beatle Song You Remember Hearing
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dale_fortune
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1963 Swan Records. My friend was in England and brought back lots of Beatle 45's We were into Surf Music then, but this new English group knocked us out. My 1st Beatle song was the B side
of a 45, Ringo singing: "Boys" In 64,65, and 66
we went to see them live, Hollywood Bowl and the Dodger Stadium, Chavez Revine. I was 15 years old in 1963.
of a 45, Ringo singing: "Boys" In 64,65, and 66
we went to see them live, Hollywood Bowl and the Dodger Stadium, Chavez Revine. I was 15 years old in 1963.
First heard them at a Boy Scout campout one weekend in Dec. '63. One of the guys had a transistor radio in the tent, and suddenly yelled, "Hey guys, it's the Beatles!" And everyone came running. I stood at the tent flap wondering what the heck this was all about. Well, I was 11, and the only use I knew for the transistor radio was either furtively listening to the World Series in class, or we would need that radio in the coming "Nuclear Showdown" with the Soviet Union. The song was IWTHYH, and all of a sudden, I noticed all the girls with pictures of them taped to their notebooks, they were the talk of the whole school, and after Sullivan, well I became a full-fledged drooling convert.
And Kent -- I got that EXACT same album ("Sing A Song With The Beatles", Tower Records - subsidiary of Capitol, I think - KAO 5000). I had the same reaction -- not really the Beatles! But in some ways, it may be the most valuable album I own -- it's where I first learned how to play guitar! And the cover pics were good -- first time I remember seeing the Gent and the Ric 325 (we now know it as the "Miami") in color.
And Kent, I don't know if you remember -- but while all the songs on the album were done in the same key as the Lads versions, one of them wasn't right! The printed chords were correct, but it didn't match the music track on the album. I believe that song was -- IWTHYH!
And Kent -- I got that EXACT same album ("Sing A Song With The Beatles", Tower Records - subsidiary of Capitol, I think - KAO 5000). I had the same reaction -- not really the Beatles! But in some ways, it may be the most valuable album I own -- it's where I first learned how to play guitar! And the cover pics were good -- first time I remember seeing the Gent and the Ric 325 (we now know it as the "Miami") in color.
And Kent, I don't know if you remember -- but while all the songs on the album were done in the same key as the Lads versions, one of them wasn't right! The printed chords were correct, but it didn't match the music track on the album. I believe that song was -- IWTHYH!
1964 was the year, I was 7 years old. I remember my older brother had gone shopping with my father and bought the Meet The Beatles Album. Man did we play the heck out of that thing. I can still recall listing to the count off lead into I Saw Her Standing There and thinking Paul was saying 1,2,3 Fire. Anyway a few weeks past and they were on Ed Sullivan. It's amazing when I think back on what a buzz it was for my entire family, all of us gathered around our B/W TV. Their performance seemed to go by very quickly and my brother, sister and I couldn't wait to see them again. My parents had mixed emotions. Mom seemed to like them OK, Dad was a bit more critical. If I remember correctly his initial comments were "They looked like girls with that long hair and I bet they haven't had a bath in a couple weeks". lol! Oh well, little did he know how clean they were, very clean you know.
It is what it is!
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360dave660
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I'm also a second-generation fan.
Rare warm spring afternoon in Edmonton, Alberta back in 1974. The local station had a Sunday movie matinee, and that Sunday they were showing "A Hard Day's Night". There was a half-page B&W ad in the local TV Guide for it. For some reason, this ad pulled me in and I decided I had to see this movie.
Like many kids born in the early 60's, we missed all the original mania, but we grew up with the music (and youth culture influence) of bands like the Beatles and Stones. Older siblings had the albums kicking around, though they tended towards listening to the Grand Funk Railroads of the day at that point.
I had seen "Yellow Submarine" earlier that year and thought "All You Need Is Love" had a catchy melody...which was very kind of me, approving of a Beatles song! Hey, the wonderful unintended arrogance of being eleven years old...
My Mom tried to convince me to go outside and play that fateful Sunday afternoon, saying something to the effect "you don't want to waste your time on that silly Beatles' movie".
She was right; that afternoon any chance at leading a "normal" and financially productive life was washed away the first time the lads played "I Should Have Known Better". Right then and there, that May/June 1974 Sunday afternoon, I decided to be a musician.
And that I became, and after years of touring and starving and good gigs and bad gigs and (some) groupies and some press and a couple of albums and starving and endless late-night travelling in a van with three other smelly guys and starving...it was all worth it and I thank The Beatles for it all.
Hi Mom!
Rare warm spring afternoon in Edmonton, Alberta back in 1974. The local station had a Sunday movie matinee, and that Sunday they were showing "A Hard Day's Night". There was a half-page B&W ad in the local TV Guide for it. For some reason, this ad pulled me in and I decided I had to see this movie.
Like many kids born in the early 60's, we missed all the original mania, but we grew up with the music (and youth culture influence) of bands like the Beatles and Stones. Older siblings had the albums kicking around, though they tended towards listening to the Grand Funk Railroads of the day at that point.
I had seen "Yellow Submarine" earlier that year and thought "All You Need Is Love" had a catchy melody...which was very kind of me, approving of a Beatles song! Hey, the wonderful unintended arrogance of being eleven years old...
My Mom tried to convince me to go outside and play that fateful Sunday afternoon, saying something to the effect "you don't want to waste your time on that silly Beatles' movie".
She was right; that afternoon any chance at leading a "normal" and financially productive life was washed away the first time the lads played "I Should Have Known Better". Right then and there, that May/June 1974 Sunday afternoon, I decided to be a musician.
And that I became, and after years of touring and starving and good gigs and bad gigs and (some) groupies and some press and a couple of albums and starving and endless late-night travelling in a van with three other smelly guys and starving...it was all worth it and I thank The Beatles for it all.
Hi Mom!
How much!?!
My first memory of any music on the radio was Dean Martin's "Everybody Loves Somebody" and The Beatles "She Loves You."
Not sure of the year. Probably 1964. I was born in 1961 so the memories come in patches. I do remember in November of 63-a HOT day in San Antonio, my mom getting me, my older sister (two years older), and my younger brother (one year younger) ready to go see the president. I know it was hot because mom put me and my brother into these buckled sandles. We saw President Kennedy's open car drive by in two different areas of town. I remember being close enough to his car to see his carrot-topped head, and being surprised he was so red headed. In hindsight it may have been the sunlight hitting his hair.
Anyway he was on to Dallas the next day, where he was assassinated. All I remember of that was there were no cartoons on for days.
I do remember my mom saying The Beatles looked like little beetles with the long hair and suits when we watched Ed Sullivan show.
Not sure of the year. Probably 1964. I was born in 1961 so the memories come in patches. I do remember in November of 63-a HOT day in San Antonio, my mom getting me, my older sister (two years older), and my younger brother (one year younger) ready to go see the president. I know it was hot because mom put me and my brother into these buckled sandles. We saw President Kennedy's open car drive by in two different areas of town. I remember being close enough to his car to see his carrot-topped head, and being surprised he was so red headed. In hindsight it may have been the sunlight hitting his hair.
Anyway he was on to Dallas the next day, where he was assassinated. All I remember of that was there were no cartoons on for days.
I do remember my mom saying The Beatles looked like little beetles with the long hair and suits when we watched Ed Sullivan show.
"Women love men with small Rics"
I also remember many tunes that were hits at the same time, the Dean Martin tune, "People" Barbara Streisand (which I hated with a passion), the Meet The Beatles album is still my favorite as it brings me back to those times when the radio was the most important thing in my life, I played it yesterday in my car. I used to tune up and down the dial looking for Beatles songs especially at night when the NY York stations would come booming in. I used to listen to Murry The K once in a while, forgot the station he was one, WINS 1010?
I vaguely remember Dale Dorman, he was on one of the big Boston AM stations, forgot which one. I listened to WORC 1310.
I vaguely remember Dale Dorman, he was on one of the big Boston AM stations, forgot which one. I listened to WORC 1310.
I remember the precise moment! I'd been held up late at school with a few other kids. As we were going home we passed the door to the main school hall. Some older kids had some music playing that sounded quite good.
'Who's that playing?'I said. 'Oh I think it's some group called the Beatles' came the reply.
It was 1962 and 'Love Me Do'.
'Who's that playing?'I said. 'Oh I think it's some group called the Beatles' came the reply.
It was 1962 and 'Love Me Do'.
