First Single Bought

[ChipButty]

Hey guys just kick back and listen to this Georgie Fame and Van Morrison 

 

 

[Somnambulist]

I never bought singles, but my first album was a Johnny Cash greatest hits

compilation in 1970. I was nine.  Then Three Dog Night's Naturally.  Then Deep Purple's Machine Head.  Big changes from 5th to 7th grade.  

[pineapple01]

Whole Word in his Hand . Laurie London.1958

[AjarnMartin]

It wasn’t a ‘single’ but a ‘record’! Age giveaway, of course, but...

“Rock around the clock” by Bill Haley and His Comets (1955). It’s probably worth a fortune now... haha.

[jesimps]

"Three Steps to Heaven" by Eddie Cochran in the late 1950s.

[rucker4012]

Believe her name was Lek, from Issan, 19 years old and claimed to have never been married.

[transam]

 

[geisha]

Black is Black for my first party, Los Bravos, 1966. 

[Peterphuket]

5 hours ago, bendejo said:

Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford, 78 rpm.  My aunt bought it for me.  I must have been 4 years old.

 

My turning point was buying an FM radio in 1968.  US$20 is a lot when you're making $1.25/hour before taxes.  Suddenly discovered a whole other world of popular music.

 

Oh yeh, I never forget the 2 or more transistor radio's from Japan, a very nice time....wow I'm getting old!

[DaLa]

House of the Rising Sun by the Animals, 1969. 
In those days you requested to listen to the record in a booth before you made the decision to buy it.

I absolutely wanted to buy it and flew out of the booth up to the purchasing counter and said to the girl at the till. ‘Can I have it please’

She smiled, raised her eyebrows several inches flicked her hair back and replied ‘maybe, and do you want to buy the record as well?’

Sadly I was too young and naive for her response to register. 

[Alex2554]

1969

[wolf81]

I never bought singles I think. I did buy albums though.

 

The first one was probably from Metallica, most likely "Ride The Lightning".

 

 

[Mac98]

Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis 1957.

[thaibeachlovers]

11 hours ago, Peterphuket said:

Oh yeh, I never forget the 2 or more transistor radio's from Japan, a very nice time....wow I'm getting old!

I remember them. My first memory of pop music was listening to The Carnival is Over on someone's small transistor radio during a break in school.

[BritManToo]

I had no money to buy singles.

First albums were Black Sabbath and Ziggy Stardust.

[ChipButty]

50 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I remember them. My first memory of pop music was listening to The Carnival is Over on someone's small transistor radio during a break in school.

In the days before UK pirate radio in the mid 1960s, the only way to hear broadcasts of pop music was to listen to the evening programmes starting at 7pm from Radio Luxembourg on 208 metres medium wave

[faraday]

Just now, ChipButty said:

In the days before UK pirate radio in the mid 1960s, the only way to hear broadcasts of pop music was to listen to the evening programmes starting at 7pm from Radio Luxembourg on 208 metres medium wave

Wow....you just brought back some memories....

 

The signal would rise & fall, music drifting in & out.

 

But, it was pop music.....

 

Now, I think there is way too much of everything.

 

As The Eagles sang:

 

 

 

"Everything, all the time
 Life in the fast lane"

 

 

[ChipButty]

8 minutes ago, faraday said:

Wow....you just brought back some memories....

 

The signal would rise & fall, music drifting in & out.

 

But, it was pop music.....

 

Now, I think there is way too much of everything.

 

As The Eagles sang:

 

 

 

"Everything, all the time
 Life in the fast lane"

 

 

A mate of mine was a DJ on there

[Andrew Dwyer]

19 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

In the days before UK pirate radio in the mid 1960s, the only way to hear broadcasts of pop music was to listen to the evening programmes starting at 7pm from Radio Luxembourg on 208 metres medium wave

I once recorded, on my tape/radio recorder,  several programs from Radio Luxembourg after discovering Rocktober ( the month of October playing only rock ). 
Of course stopping and starting the tape before the DJ started talking was an art.

 

It was on this program I first heard Magic Man by Heart !!

[bannork]

 

[OneMoreFarang]

1 hour ago, ChipButty said:

In the days before UK pirate radio in the mid 1960s, the only way to hear broadcasts of pop music was to listen to the evening programmes starting at 7pm from Radio Luxembourg on 208 metres medium wave

RTL was my favorite a couple of years later - on FM. Especially Desiree Nosbusch

 

[pineapple01]

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[Ventenio]

no idea.  maybe this song, but you asked "bought."  Maybe this was before I had a job, and got some allowance of 1 dollar a month..lol

 

around 1985 when this song came out i think.  The bottom song is CLASSIC

 

 

 

Edited May 8, 2020 by Ventenio

[OneMoreFarang]

And I remember the first song I ever downloaded: Cameo - Word Up

I think it took many minutes, maybe even hours, to download it. Obviously audio only, on Napster. ???? 

I still like it.

 

 

[daveAustin]

Chalk Dust - The Brat

 

 

[torturedsole]

Definitely not the first single I ever purchased but was the first single that made me excited to go into town on Saturday and purchase. 

 

 

[torturedsole]

14 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

And I remember the first song I ever downloaded: Cameo - Word Up

I think it took many minutes, maybe even hours, to download it. Obviously audio only, on Napster. ???? 

I still like it.

 

 

Was my top album of 1986 and used to play the tape to death on my Walkman.  I still remember every word to every tune on there.  

[superal]

On 5/8/2020 at 7:46 AM, ChipButty said:

In the days before UK pirate radio in the mid 1960s, the only way to hear broadcasts of pop music was to listen to the evening programmes starting at 7pm from Radio Luxembourg on 208 metres medium wave

Oh yes I remember it well .   When I heard a new song from a new group it was amazing .

Love Me Do by The Beatles in 1962 changed the face of music and became the most exciting era of which we were so fortunate to have had in our younger years . BTW a quick Google says that the 7" Love Me Do vinyl was the most expensive ever sold at auction for nearly $15,000 . 

[xylophone]

Runaway by Del Shannon....bought in 1961.

[scorecard]

On 5/6/2020 at 3:06 PM, Pilotman said:

Beatles, 'I want to Hold Your Hand' , 1963 or 4 I guess. 

Same.

 

A couple of years I saw the Beatles live in Adelaide, Giant theatre so big / so long it was impossible to who was actually on stage and a <deleted> sound system (sound system nothing as sophisticated as today).

Edited May 9, 2020 by scorecard