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).

Most skating rinks were not known for their musical perspicacity. They 
played what was popular at the time, usually what was available 
domestically.

The only other option would be one of the Tony Sheridan singles, but 
that strikes me as highly unikely as well.

Early 1964 is a very much more likely scenario. Could that have been the 
actual year you remember? Beatles music was pretty ubiquitous by that time.

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