Your Earliest Memories of Popular Music

[Jesse Joe]

Earliest memories, the first song I can remember being a kid, was "Wooden Heart" by Elvis Presley.

My sister had the 45 of Blue Christmas, and it was on the flip side.Blue Christmas did not interest me, but {side 2} did...~Jesse~

[ September 27, 2006, 07:50: Message edited by: Jesse -Joe ]

[Cathy]

I remember Wooden Heart. "Don't you see, I love you. Please don't break my heart in two. That's not hard to do, 'cause I don't have a wooden heart."
I didn't know Elvis sang it, though.

We constantly had a radio playing during the day, after Dad went to work for the day, and I remember this song getting a lot of air play, I think when I was 8 to 10 years old. I also remember Mom sitting down with her dobro and singing this song.

[Jesse Joe]

Your MOM plays the Dobro Cathy? No wonder your a signer, guitarist, extraordinaire. Your almost like, The Carter Family, MOM plays instrument. Anyone else in your family musical? I think you've mentioned before your DAD played fiddle. Anyone else?

[Cathy]

My father's father played fiddle. Dad didn't play anything, but he loved to listen.
Mom's family was very musical. My grand parents both played the piano, and Gram played dobro, or what she called Hawaiian guitar.
Mom's sister and brothers all played guitar. Sonny, the next oldest to Mom, played anything with strings... mandolin, uke, fiddle, banjo, guitar, and he was good at all of them. Sadly, he lost a finger in the early 80s, and gave it all up.
Mom & Dad used to have jam sessions just about every Saturday night when I was a child. That's what got me interested in playing guitar. I got my first when I was 7 or 8... a $14.95 Silvertone 3/4 size. I wish I still had it. It had a solid mahogany body, and with a saddle adjustment, would be a great little guitar.

[Jesse Joe]

Yes indeed, and on friday nights you would watch Canadian Tommy Hunter. Very interesting childhood Cathy. Thanks for sharing... ~Jesse~

[Cathy]

Tommy Hunter was a weekly EVENT in our house. We also watched Don Messer's Jubilee, and years later the Glen Campbell Hour, and of course The Ed Sullivan Show.

[charlene]

geeze Cathy - are you sure you didn't live with me??
lol
throw in the Dean Martin show too!

[Cathy]

Oh yes, we watched that, too.
We had the best of both worlds. We lived just a couple miles from New Brunswick, so we got good TV reception from CHSJ, out of St. John. In fact, Time Warner Cable still carries it up in this neck of the woods.

[ELizabeth]

My first favorite singer(s) were the Everly Brothers. I remember having a friend who had a Chevy Bel Air convertable which he let me take for a spin. The top was down,I was young,I felt that I had my entire life ahead of me and I was free! For the entire drive I felt the kind of extasy (sp.?)that can only be felt when you are on the cusp of adulthood and life and your future seem so exciting. Anyhow, the Everlys were being played on the radio. Never forgot how I felt on that drive, and never forgot the Everlys...never will.

[RM]

Elizabeth,

Very nice imagery.

[johnfowles]

QUOTE]Originally posted by ELizabeth:
My first favorite singer(s) were the Everly Brothers. I remember having a friend who had a Chevy Bel Air convertable which he let me take for a spin. The top was down. Never forgot how I felt on that drive, and never forgot the Everlys...never will.
[/QUOTE]
er um I guess Lizbet you mean something like this eh?

PM to follow once I refind the video and have uploaded it for you

[geodeticman]

Brink and TT - Thanks for the memory jog on Ed Ames on Daniel Boone. They had a weekend TV marathon of the show here recently, and I saw Ed in it for the first time. A good actor - despite the stereotypical "Indian" portrayal limitations imposed upon him by TV modes of the day. What a great singer; I believe it was his highest calling.

Its funny how memories of fun music from childhood i.e. age 4 - 10 turn temporarily dorkey to many kids (me) in teenage years, then when somewhere over 30 or 40 the memories turn nostalgic, and we'd kill to find the music again ! (me again) geo Steve

[Borderstone]

Someone mentioned Ed Ames. How many of you out there know that he was the original voice to Eyore in Whinnie The Pooh? I just found out last year.

How about first "serious" music acts? I think that would have to be Fleetwood Mac and the song "Dreams",as well as the whole 1977,"Rumors" LP itself. My brother owned it but I listened to it (didn;t understand much of it) but I liked it.

I later found out that "Dreams" was the top song on my birthday in '77. Second serious would be The Police & then Tears For Fears in 1985.

[brink-]

Ralph Wright provided the voice for Eeyore for the Disney Winnie the Pooh movies.

[Yuri]

Hmmmm,

How 'bout

"Itsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polkadot Bikini" by Brian Hyland

"Que Sera Sera" Doris Day

"Winchester Cathedral" by the New Vaudville Band

"How Much is that Doggy in the Window" by Thomas Jones

To name a few anti-motown, anti Elvis tunes

Yuri

[Borderstone]

You're right about Eyore Brink! Looks like someone gave me some mis-information!

I'm going to tell that perosn they're a ninny! :D

"Thanks for noticin' me". :D

[ October 04, 2006, 16:39: Message edited by: Borderstone ]

[ELizabeth]

Sir John, Thank you so much for the video of 'Nightingale'. Your directions were fine and I have now downloaded it and uploaded it to my files. I say 'Bully for Us'. I tried to send you a private message bnut your message box was full! Thanks again and stay well. 'Lizbeth