Music from when I was Little

[gshowell]

This will be a real sick thread, but it's a lot of the music I was first exposed to as a wee lad.

Teresa Brewer - Put another Nickel In

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[gshowell]

Patti Page - How Much is that Doggie in the Window

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[gshowell]

Hank Williams - Hey Good Lookin

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[gshowell]

Patsy Cline - Crazy

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[Sylvan]

This is the first song that I remember hearing.

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[gshowell]

This isn't the first song I remember, but it's certainly one I remember all the words to.

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[gshowell]

Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons

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[Sylvan]

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[Mike Miller]

I inherited a lot of 45s from my an old coffee shop my Grandmother used to run. The one I remember the most is "Where Will the Dimple Be?" by Rosemary Clooney:

On the baby's knuckle or the baby's knee,
Where will the baby's dimple be?
Baby's cheek or baby's chin, seems to me it would be a sin
If it's always covered by a safety pin

[gshowell]

For Mike Miller. It's not Rosemary Clooney on the video, but it's her singing.

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[gshowell]

My wife gets mad at me cause I know all the words to this song and when I get frustrated I sing it.

Johnny Horton - Battle of New Orleans

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[Mike Miller]

Oh, “R”
I say “R-A”
“R-A-G”
“R-A-G-G”
“R-A-G-G-M-O-P-P”
Ragg Mopp!
Ragg Mopp!
Doodly-doo-de-do-doo
Ragg Mopp!
Doodly-doo-de-do-doo
“R-A-G-G-M-O-P-P”
Ragg Mopp!

[gshowell]

Oh, “R”
I say “R-A”
“R-A-G”
“R-A-G-G”
“R-A-G-G-M-O-P-P”
Ragg Mopp!
Ragg Mopp!
Doodly-doo-de-do-doo
Ragg Mopp!
Doodly-doo-de-do-doo
“R-A-G-G-M-O-P-P”
Ragg Mopp!

Ask and You Shall Receive. Ragg Mopp - Beany and Cecil in a Bob Clampett cartoooooooooonnnnnnnnn

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[raoul duke]

When I was little, disco was dying and punk was surging. However, my old man was hootenanny specialist and I grew up listening to him sing the songs of one of the geniuses of American songwriting. . .

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[raoul duke]

Of course, my favorite Roger Miller. . .

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[sneakers77]

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[gshowell]

I remember all of those.

Here's my favorite Roger Miller - I had an Uncle who lived in Bangor, Maine. He was in the Air Force, a navigator on B52 Bombers.

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[gshowell]

I like this next song, but, the point is, I was too little to have a choice over what was watched on TV. You gotta remember there was only one TV and it was in black and white. The kids weren't allowed to touch it. You had no control over it whatsoever. Unless it was a substitute baby sitter. Then you got to watch cartoons. But you still couldn't touch the set. An adult had to change the channels for you.

My mom liked music, so she watched all the music shows, like - Sing along with Mitch Miller. This song is from 59 or 60 and I always liked it no matter.

The Brother's Four - Green Fields.

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[raoul duke]

I remember all of those.

Here's my favorite Roger Miller - I had an Uncle who lived in Bangor, Maine. He was in the Air Force, a navigator on B52 Bombers.

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Damn. Tell me that ain't some of the best American songwritin' outside of Appalachia or the Delta. . . The production is a little cheesy, but that don't matter.

[gshowell]

Sneakers post reminded me of something I remember from Sing Along with Mitch Miller. I was lucky enough to find it on youtube.

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[gshowell]

Along with the US Air Force Blue, I remember this little ditty, it's called "Duck and Cover" We were shown something like this in Elementary School. I don't remember if this was the same video.

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I got detention in high school because I was laughing my ass off during a bomb drill. By then I knew that all these precautions would be useless if the bomb fell. When the teacher yelled at me to get up against the wall, I said, "Why, if they drop a bomb on us, we're screwed."

[gshowell]

I remember this song being sung by Burl Ives. I can't find a version by him and this isn't the version I remember from childhood, but this is another one I remember from when I was young.

Big Rock Candy Mountain

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[MERL J]

My mom would sing this when she dressed me in my Black Slacks. Loved the "bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rr" in the beginning - great laughs between us.

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[MERL J]

Another one my mom used to sing to me.

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[sneakers77]

I remember this song being sung by Burl Ives. I can't find a version by him and this isn't the version I remember from childhood, but this is another one I remember from when I was young.

Big Rock Candy Mountain

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Great song.

Off the soundtrack of "O Brother Where out thou"? (2000) starring George Clooney.

[gshowell]

Merl J, I remember Black Slacks. brrrrrrrrrrrrr

Sneakers77, I saw "Oh Brother Where art thou"? But, for some stupid reason I was thinking about Burl Ives this morning. He sang Big Rock Candy Mountain. I remember hearing him sing it on the TB.

From what I read on youtube, Big Rock Candy Mountain is a song from the Great Depression. I don't know if that's true or not, but it makes sense if you listen to the words.

[gshowell]

I never could figure this one out, but my Mom bought this record and played it to death.

Danny and the Juniors - At the Hop

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[wheresthesun]

Stay on the sunnyside, always on the sunnyside, stay on the sunnyside of life; you'll feel no pain as we drive you insane if you stay on the sunnyside of life.
The Limeliters, "Through Children's Eyes" :D
I knew every word to every song, and it scares me that I still do...mostly.

[gshowell]

oh, oh, oh, I forgot about the Limeliters.

One thing at a time. Keep on the Sunnyside of Life - by June Carter Cash

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[gshowell]

wheresthesun, I couldn't find the Limelighters song you mentioned, but I found another one I remember. It's a new version and the guys are old, but...

Limelighters - There's a Meeting Here Tonight

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[Achbek1]

I remember this song being sung by Burl Ives. I can't find a version by him and this isn't the version I remember from childhood, but this is another one I remember from when I was young.

Big Rock Candy Mountain

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Big Rock Candy Mountain is actually a song about drunken railroad bums.:eek:

Here's a song from when I was little:

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[wheresthesun]

wheresthesun, I couldn't find the Limelighters song you mentioned, but I found another one I remember. It's a new version and the guys are old, but...

Limelighters - There's a Meeting Here Tonight


They are old, but there's that one very distinctive voice that always stands out, must be Glenn Yarborough. I still have the album "through children's eyes," and a phonograph to play it on. For those of you who don't know--vinyl albums preceded cds, and 8-track tapes. Here's a beauty:

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[gshowell]

Some cartoons were ultra-violent, some were silly, and some were supposedly educational. I always hated the educational ones.

Here's one. We had to sing this song in Elementary School Chorus. My friend and I made up new verses, like....

I'm no fool, no sir eeeee
I'm gonna live till I can't pee

Jiminy Cricket and I'm No Fool

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[gshowell]

My dad was into Country Western. He had the album this song was on.

Hank Snow - Movin On

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[gshowell]

This is for Tuesday cause I ain't gonna be here. My aunts and uncles were crazy for this guy.

Johnny Mathis - Misty

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[gshowell]

Johnny Cash from 1958 - I walk the line

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[sneakers77]

Johnny Cash from 1958 - I walk the line

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Brought to you in part by "Oscar Maples Ford"

What did a new ford cost back then? $1800 ?

[gshowell]

Brought to you in part by "Oscar Maples Ford"

What did a new ford cost back then? $1800 ?

$1,800? Maybe. But, I'll bet that was a lot of money. People forget there was a major recession in 1957. Half the Dads on our street were out of work. My Dad lost his job at Bell Aero Space, permanently. My best friend's Dad only worked half day shifts. We ate a lot of wieners, beans, and black bread. $1,800 may seem inexpensive, but the opposite was true.

[gshowell]

More Disney. Jiminy Crickett - Encyclopedia

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[gshowell]

I didn't know Les Paul and Mary Ford had a TV show. I only know two songs by them. In the good old Summer Time and, well, I can't remember right now.

I never saw this show when I was young, but I did hear this song.

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