What's the first song you remember hearing?

Tue, 2011-03-08 22:02

al-Qa'bong

The first tune from the radio that I remember (while crawling along the kitchen floor) was "Dominique" by the Singing Nun.

How about you?

Tue, 2011-03-08 22:41

#3

Boom Boom

I remember "Dominique" but the earliest song I can remember is probably "Don't Be Cruel" or "Hound Dog" by Elvis Presley, although I heard a lot of Perry Como stuff such as "Catch A Falling Star" and "Round and Round". All from the 1950s. I remember hearing a recording of Johnny Cash from that time also: "I Walk The Line". Oh, and I think Patti Page's "Doggie In The Window" from the same time.

Wed, 2011-03-09 00:02

#4

bagkitty

Either something by The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem or a Rogers and Hammerstein musical. My guess would be either "The Rising of the Moon" or "Shall We Dance". They were pretty much interchangeable on the "hi-fi" when I was wee.

Wed, 2011-03-09 00:44

#5

milo204

first song i remember was the "judy blue eyes suite" by crosby stills and nash.

heard it in my parents car radio on the way to art class when i was like 5 or six (around '85)...stuck in my head ever since!

Wed, 2011-03-09 01:25

#6

Fidel

Apparently there were tootsie roll candy songs in 1965. Ma said I would jump up and down in my crib when those commercials were on.

Wed, 2011-03-09 09:23

#7

absentia

The lullabye my mother always sang was about the little animals and birds in the forest going to sleep, "and so should you, my dear one...". And many folk- and then-popular songs from my mother, long before i recall anything from the radio. She sang while working at chores, all her life. That may be what i miss most.