What are you favourite songs from early childhood?

[It was not a pretzel]

Only early childhood please.

Mine have got be Yes sir, I can Boogie from Baccara, stuff from Boney M, and things like Simon & Garfunkel or Joan Baez that my Dad used to play and sing to me at the bottom of my bed. It was early '76 so that would make me 5 at the time.

[underpants]

1. I really don't remember much from early childhood

I was a baby

[GOPisEvil]

2. Light My Fire - the Jose Feliciano version.

According to my parents, I played it ad nauseum when I was 3. :crazy:

[kmla]

16. To this day, I absolutely LOVE that version...

So completely different from the Doors version. And better, IMHO.

[mainegreen]

3. That 'Raindrops keep falling on my head' song

Cheezy, I know, but hey, I was small...

[demnan]

4. Any song of the Beatles or Little Stevie Wonder

Also liked musicals like Carousel and the Sound of Music. Also the Nutcracker. I was exposed to all kinds of music when I was young.

[bif]

5. "Gloria" by the Shadows of Knight

"5 O'clock World" by the Vogues. "Heavy Music" and East Side Story" by Bob Segar. Little Latin Lupe Lou" by Mitch Ryder and the Detrot Wheels. Plus early Beatles, Stones, Hermen's Hermits, Dave Clark 5, etc.

[fizzana]

6. Jailhouse Rock by Elvis

After hearing that I was a confirmed music fan for life.

[RebelOne]

7. Well, I am a lot older than you.

But I remember a song that went like this: " Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy and a kid will eat ivy, too. " I don't remember the rest of the words, but It was popular in the '40s.So I'm really dating myself.

[CO Liberal]

8. The Earliest I Can Remember is Around 1956 or 1957

So the songs I remember are the ones that were playing on the radio back then:

"Standing on the Corner Watching All The Girls Go By"
"Hey There"
"Volare"
"Sixteen Tons"
"Love is a Many-Splendored Thing"
"Beep Beep"
"The Chipmunk Song"
"High Hopes"

[Faygo Kid]

20. Me, too

I was going to list "The Chipmunk Song" but you beat me to it.

[Richardo]

9. The earliest record I can remember (age 6) is "Erie Canal"

by Tennessee Ernie Ford.

"If you've ever navigated onnnnnnnnnnnnn......
The Eire Canal"

[number six]

10. The Police

My dad says that when I was three I badgered my parents to buy me "Regretta De Blanc" by the Police. Personally I reckon my dad was hot for Sting and couldn't bear to buy it for himself.

[ikojo]

30. OK, number six, I think you made MANY on this

board feel REALLY, REALLY OLD about now.....

THREE YEARS OLD when Regretta De Blanc came out?!!!!!


OMG!!!

[BigMcLargehuge]

11. Last Train to Clarksville, The Monkees

Rock and Roll All Night, Kiss

The first two record albums I received for Christmas when I was 6, along with a cool plastic phonograph, were Kiss Rock and Roll Over, and Monkee's Greatest Hits. It was 1975 or 76.

[MaryBear]

12. Hokey Pokey

I didn't have to sit still.

[supernova]

13. Puff the Magic Dragon

I was very into Peter, Paul, and Mary at the time. Also Pete Seeger "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"

I was a little folkie at heart. :loveya: Still am.

[qb]

14. Nine Million Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine

Tears.

I was thrilled to death when I could actually sing the chorus.

Second - Pink Panther theme (our local Country station was kind enough to play this when I requested it).

Third - Rockford files theme.

[AquariDem]

33. Oh, I thought you meant that OTHER song...

My best friend and I used to sing "Ninety-Nine Bottles," sometimes extended to 999, in the back trunk of my mom's station wagon. :)

[NuckinFutz]

15. Hey Jude

American Pie
Patsy Cline's 'Stop the World and Let Me Off', Crazy
The Groovy Grubworm (instrumental)
Wipeout (another awesome instrumental)

17. livng on Highway 61

v'la bon vent sung by Ian and Sylvia
The Banks are Made of Marble sung by the Weavers
-- both of these from live at Newport 63

Maggie's Farm by Mr. Dylan

Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho as done by Kid Ory

the entire Ventures live in Japan album

[devilgrrl]

18. Toast and Marmalade for Tea - Tin Tin

Tin Tin was Australian and this minor hit was produced by the late Maurice Gibb of BeeGee's fame back in 1970. The song is featured on one of those "Have a Nice Day" compilations that Rhino Records puts out.

Also, Monday Monday by The Mamas & the Papas

[TopesJunkie]

19. Puff the Magic Dragon, of course.

.

[MiddleRiverRefugee]

21. Elvis circa 1962 - 'Return to Sender'

[It was not a pretzel]

23. Must be one of my earliest too

even though I was born many years later it's one of those songs that was always played. I used to watch alot of Elvis films with my Nan before I started school at 4 so that surely has something to do with it too.

[HEyHEY]

22. Lots and lots of ABBA

Then the soundtrack from American Graffitti

[Robroy]

24. Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley

Melt Your Cold Cold Heart....
and then when I turned 13 the Beatles burst on to the scene with I Want To Hold Your Hand / She Was Just Seventeen
Followed by the entire British invasion, then Hendrix, Joplin, Dylan, the Band, Prine, Townes Van Zandt, Jackson Browne and the Eagles.

[cosmicdot]

25. if I wanted to date myself, I'd say songs by the McGuire Sisters ...

like "Sincerely" ... or Gale Storm's "Dark Moon" ... or "This Old House" or "A White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation" ... or that my brother and sister were teenagers in the 50s and brought their music into my world like Ricky Nelson and stuff ... or that we sang songs like "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" when we were on the road ...

[OneBlueSky]

26. Teddy Bear's Picnic . . . n/t

.

[info being]

27. Yellow Submarine

.

[KoKo]

28. Wynken, Blinken, and Nod.......sailed off...........

:-)'s

[mlawson]

29. 1952 or 53: "You Belong to Me", by Gogi Grant.

Also, the original Theme From Moulin Rouge.

[ikojo]

31. I remember jumping up and down whenever my older sisters

would play the Beatles' song "I wanna hold your hand." I also remember liking it when my mom played any Tom Jones record, especially Pussy Cat, pussy cat or whatever that song was....

My favorite kid song from my childhood was Rubber Ducky. It was on a Sesame Street record. On this record was also Kermit's song "it's not easy being green." The album cover folded out and had the song lyrics written on the inside. I LOVED that album. I also remember trying to rub my stomach and tap my head at the same time because of a song on that album. Anyone else have this record when they were kids?

[It was not a pretzel]

32. yer bringing back those memories

"I wanna hold your Hand" was one of my favourite Beatles songs but it could have been released well before I was born. I seem remember liking that and "Help" at a young age.

[AquariDem]

34. Has anyone heard of Joan Armatrading?

She's this excellent, moving solo singer from the West Indies. My moms had a whole bunch of her vinyl albums even before I was born, and I loved to hear her songs even as a very young child.

[It was not a pretzel]

35. I'm sure my Dad used to play her stuff

to me from the bottom of the bed. He still mentions her stuff when he talks about music.

My old man was never a musician, but he zaught himself the guitar and played some amazing songs to me. That's the kind of thing you never ever forget.

[supernova]

38. Yes, I have

I have one of her vinyls. She's terrific. I'm sorry more people don't know about her.

[carpetbagger]

36. "The Long and Winding Road"

"Band on the Run"
The theme from "Midnight Cowboy"
"Love Is Blue"
The theme from "Love Story"

[It was not a pretzel]

37. don't know how i forgot

"Where do you go to my Lovely" and

"Streets of London".

[scarlet_owl]

39. Monkeys on the Moon by Sopwith Camel

I still love that song. My dad used to sing it to me while we would look up at the full moon.

[Jack Rabbit]

40. Danny Boy

My dad sang it while walking a colic-suffering baby (who shall remain anonymous) during the night.

[Cocoa]

41. Joy to the World

three dog night...

I guess it was the bullfrog and the fishies that my toddler self liked.

[mykpart]

42. Not even sure of the title,

but it was by Teresa Brewer and went,
Put another nickel in
In the nickelodeon
All I want is lovin' you
And music, music, music.