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In reply to the discussion: 49 years ago tonight - were you jumping up and down? [View all]catbyte
(34,374 posts)72. I was 8, LOL
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Gosh that was the first time I ever heard of the Beatles or seen them. I remember
southernyankeebelle
Feb 2013
#51
Oh man, that was one of the things I was thinking about while watching that night.
calimary
Feb 2013
#50
I was only 5 yrs old 49 yrs ago. But when I was 7 or 8 Santa brought me a Beatles sweatshirt :)
Tx4obama
Feb 2013
#5
Yes, yes. I was 12 too, and 2 girlfriends came to spend the night and watch Beatles with me.
txwhitedove
Feb 2013
#10
Forty-nine years ago, I was seven going on eight and I remember being irritated
1monster
Feb 2013
#19
Oh Yeah. And I was an old 18 year old college freshman. I remember hearing the
maddiemom
Feb 2013
#27
Strangely enough it was my mom who insisted we watch Ed Sullivan that night
dflprincess
Feb 2013
#28
Yes, right there watching The Ed Sullivan Show with my sister .. she was the Beatle nut ..
YOHABLO
Feb 2013
#40
I certainly remember everybody talking about it, It seemed like the biggest thing ever
Douglas Carpenter
Feb 2013
#57
Like you, I was also 12yo at the time. I don't think I was a "jumper," though---not my personality.
Reno Master
Feb 2013
#60
My eldest sure did when I went to see the movie "Tommy" at the theater.
Still Blue in PDX
Feb 2013
#108
This tune by the British group The Hollies reached no. 2 in the U.K in Feb. 1964
aint_no_life_nowhere
Feb 2013
#89