Your earliest musical memory

What is the earliest song you can remember?

I know it can be difficult to get our earliest memories in order but I am pretty sure that mine was the song 'Coming through the Rye' which I used to play on child's battery operated record player. I think I must have been about three years old. It had a very 'tinny' sound but I played it over and over.

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Telstar by the Tornadoes, went to see them in 1966 c in our local fleepit and it cost me about 2 bob, it was my first gig and it just blew me away.

Re: Your earliest musical memory

Sitting in front of the radio on Saturday mornings listening to 'Uncle Mac' sometime in the early 1950s and hearing this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njcj5IGxA6I

Re: Your earliest musical memory

It was probably this:

or this:

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Pinky and perky, gene pitney and mahler, had quite an eclectic mix as a small child.

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Agree with the children’s shows, but my first serious music was in the juniors, probably about 1965, when a school friend was singing Glad All Over in the playground, and stamping her feet. I investigated and discovered the group I would follow all my life, the Dave Clark Five.

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Yes, I guess the first proper song I heard must have been Bill Haley's 'Rock Around The Clock' as my dad was always playing it. I remember it being on a 10" 78rpm single and unfortunately one day I dropped it and smashed it to bits. I've always felt awful about that.

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My Grandmother had an old 'wind -up' gramaphone and dozens of old 78s including whole operas (in about 4 different records for each opera).


One of the records my Grandmother had which I asked her to play for me was this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kscbBYFckA

This was another one I used to ask my Grandmother to play for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI1nPd7hezM

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My first musical memory

I was about 5 years old and it was playing the drum in the school band Mrs Gillery told my mum I was the best little drummer they had ever had but to be fair I was probably the only one

Then for the rest of my life of playing and it matters not where or with whom you were always told you were the best band they had ever had

you believe it once

Re: Your earliest musical memory

Apparently I loved this song as a baby, it would make me bounce for joy when my Mum sang it, I remember it as the first song I was aware of!



Oh gawd I've started bouncing about now!