What was your first "45"?

[Mr. Ected]

For someone whose album collection now exceeds 11,000 from every genre and time period, it's amazing that this is how I got started:



Followed shortly by this one:



I know this dates me, as 45's have long since departed the scene...but do you recall your first?

[Hoyt]

1. My parents' Elvis Presley "All Shook Up" (1957). I'd put player on floor and jump off bed

to make it skip when he'd sing, "I'm in love, I'm all shook up." Was not a bright child.

My first record purchases were in the 60s, but bought LP albums like The Byrds.

[dawg]

2. I don't think I ever bought a 45.

We had some, but I don't think I had anything to do with picking them out.

I specifically remember having Telephone Line by ELO. Well, actually, I still have it. Because of the divorce, I'm back in the same house with the same console stereo that I grew up in. (Yes, you read that right. I grew up in a console stereo.)

[AgadorSparticus]

3. Shawn Cassidy's Da Doo Ron Ron

[aaaaaa5a]

4. J. Geils Band. Freeze Frame.

[LWolf]

5. omg.

The first 45s in my life belonged to my mom. I listened to them over and over. But that 2nd one? That WAS one of my first 45s; she bought it for me. And that first one? It was one of my good friend and neighbor's; she had me over every Friday night to watch them on the tv; she was a huge fan.

Truly, though, my very first were these, and a few others; they came with a big picture book:

[Phentex]

12. Oh I remember those that came in book sleeves!

I LOVED those! I have not thought about this in years. I had one about Georgie the ghost:

I cannot believe there it is on YouTube. The sounds just came rushing back into my brain.

[Phentex]

14. and here's the B side which always scared me to death...

[LWolf]

15. It's amazing what

gets embedded when we are very young. I was listening and reading these when I was 4 and 5, and I still remember them 50+ years later.

[Donkees]

6. "I don't wanna be an Easter chicken, I wanna play bass guitar...

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...I wanna black leather jacket, buckskin shoes, drive me a foreign car, I wanna go go go in stereo, I wanna be a record star"

'Man like I don't dig feathers'

[rug]

7. Eve of Destruction

[pinboy3niner]

33. I think that was my first, too

My older brother had all the doo-wop, R&B, early rock, soul, and even the novelty songs, so it was a while before I had to buy anything.

[lastlib]

8. I think the first one I bought was either....

"Signs" (Five-Man Electrical Band) or "One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack)" (Coven)--not real sure which was first, but one of those two 1971. I still have 'em (and abt. 50 more), but haven't fired up the phono turntable in years.

[TexasBushwhacker]

9. I was 8 and it was 1965

"Beach Blanket Bingo" by Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello.

[DFW]

10. Slightly unorthodox

But I laughed my ass off for about 15 years from this

[Coventina]

11. Woo-hoo!!

[femmocrat]

13. I think it was this one, "Peace in the Valley" by Elvis:

[GReedDiamond]

16. Surfin' Bird by The Trashmen...

This is the re-mastered version with alternate ending:

[Paula Sims]

17. Queen - Killer Queen

[denbot]

18. I believe it was "Hang on Sloopy" by the McCoy's (1965).

A never saw this version till now..

[Skittles]

20. Otis Redding "These Arms of Mine"

my dad would play it to try to get me to sleep

[IcyPeas]

21. Herman's Hermits - Mrs. Brown

[progressoid]

22. Three Billy Goats Gruff.

I was in kindergarten. Never had another. Always LPs after that.

[NanceGreggs]

23. "Blue on Blue" ...

... by Bobby Vinton.

[LynneSin]

24. "Hey Hey What Can I Do" - Led Zeppelin

My mother would not let me buy '45s'. She felt it was a waste of money for a song that would just come and go quickly especially since I could hear it on the radio. My brother said I should buy albums because it was the best way to hear the complete concept offered by the artist.

So I just always bought full albums (cassettes, CDs and Digital too). Very very rarely have I bought a single song.

The exception of course is 'Hey Hey What Can I Do' by Led Zeppelin. It was a anomaly from a group that discouraged singles off of their albums. However it was on the B-Side of 'The Immigrant Song' from Led Zeppelin III and the only song they had released, prior to the band breaking up after John Bonham's death', that was not featured on any of their full albums.

Exceptions are always made for Led Zeppelin. I own not only the 45 record but the CD Single that was released on the 20th anniversary of the song. I realize that 'Hey Hey' was just a b-side song and I can honestly say I would have never bought that just for 'The Immigrant Song' since that song was also on LZIII.

[BarbaRosa]

25. Burl Ives

[Tikki]

26. "Harlem Nocturne"....The Viscounts "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody"....James Ray

I am not sure which I bought first...
Tikki

[yellowdogintexas]

50. Harlem Nocturne is one of the best !

I used to listen to a late night station in Nashville which played it regularly.

[PassingFair]

27. The Cowsills

I loved Barry.

[boston bean]

28. Saw what's left of the Cowsills at the Big E a week and half ago or so!

[benld74]

29. This be mine

http://colt45maltliquor.com/?age_verified=yes

[greendog]

30. Sex Pistols - "Anarchy in the U.K."

[Submariner]

31. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

I remember it was a red 45.

http://www.vinyl45s.com/thumbnail.asp?file=

[PennyK]

32. Sheri Baby by the Four Seasons

My mom had bought me one or two, as part of a goodie package for a really bad case of the measles, and she "treated" me to "go Away, Little Girl" by Steve Lawrence, but this was my own first choice. I think "It's My Party" by Lesley Gore may have been my second. Good times.

[Special Prosciuto]

34. The Troggs rule forever

[eShirl]

35. "Right Back Where We Started From" by Maxine Nightingale

[whistler162]

36. First 45 I had is

of the Four Aces singing "A Cuckoo Bird In The Pickle Tree/It's A Woman's World"

https://www.discogs.com/Four-Aces-The-Cuckoo-Bird-In-The-Pickle-Tree-Its-A-Womans-World/release/2142415

Not sure how I got it.

Purchased it was either American Pie or the theme for the Bunkers.

[RobinA]

37. American Pie

my parents hated rock, so I played it when they weren't home. I may still have it somewhere.

[aikoaiko]

38. Para Ordnance 14.45 in 2002

Whereas most 1911 style 45s are single-stack with mag capacities of 7-8, Para Ordnance made a double stack version (mag capacity 14) that required a much wider grip. My hands are large and it fit like a glove with my add-on Hogue grips. Carried it in a shoulder rig with 2 spare mags on the counter-balance side.

It was my favorite .45, but I sold when I needed some cash.

Today, I'd get an STI double-stack.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

39. I've been watching this thread for an m1911 entry

[geardaddy]

40. This was mine

I think I was seven

No, wait it was this one. I was four

[annabanana]

41. "Love, Love Me Do"

[madamesilverspurs]

42. Shadrack

.

[robertpaulsen]

43. Disco Duck by Rick Dees and his cast of idiots.

I was four years old, it was a gift from my aunt.

[Enrique]

44. "I will survive" by Gloria Gaynor

my Van Halen-loving older sister was mortified!!

[Retired George]

45. Tweny-one years ago

Spent 12 months there.

[Cadfael]

46. The Beatles

Matchbox was the "A" side, with Slow Down on the "B" side. God I'm old!

[KG]

47. I started out W/ a .22, it was easier aim.

oh, wait...

[Texasgal]

48. "Don't go breaking my heart"

By Elton John and KeeKee Dee.

[LeftInTX]

49. Good Vibrations/Wouldn't it be Nice - Beach Boys

But my first LP was Boots by Nancy Sinatra.

I just had to have that LP because she looked so cool on the cover!!

(Most of the songs on the LP were her renditions of Beatles songs)

[yellowdogintexas]

51. "Skokiaan" from 1954

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I may have had the Four Guys version but I think it was this one.

I received a little record player for Christmas and it included some 78 "little Golden" records and Disney songs. One of my mom's stepbrothers threw in a couple of his 45s and this was one of them. I think the other one was

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I played them a LOT which is probably why I still remember them. I was like 5 or 6

[Rhythm]

52. "Frankenstein" by Edgar Winter... a gift from my fave uncle

I was 6, and my mom's little brother (age 14) gave me his copy to play on my record player.

A few months later, he gave me my first non-kids albums -- Alice Cooper's "Billion Dollar Babies" and "School's Out"

[adigal]

54. The Partridge Family was one of my first ones too!

I loved David Cassidy!!!

[PufPuf23]

55. Johnny Horton - Battle of New Orleans

[Stuart G]

56. Theme from Magnificant 7....of course..still got it...

I think I bought that 45 in November of 1960...oh...that is a while ago..ain't it???

[kwassa]

57. "Wooly Bully" Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs

who were Dominican, not Egyptian.

a great song still.

[tonekat]

58. I grew up with an older sister...

...she had a huge (for the time) collection of late 50's, early to late 60's albums and singles. Hundreds of 45's! I used to borrow her albums for a couple of years...I have her Elvis 45, for "safekeeping".

I have to look through my own small collection of 45's. My mom brought home one of those collections of former juke box records, there was a hole punched through the label on every one. Most of it was super lame, but it did have "Wooly Bully" and a not really popular Animals single. I remember buying the Beatles' "Lady Madonna", the Stones "Ruby Tuesday/Let's Spend The Night Together" and "Jumpin' Jack Flash" at Woolworth's.

[vanamonde]

59. Spanky and Our Gang

Lazy Day

[Boomerproud]

60. It was garage-band minor hit called "Little Black Egg" by the Nightcrawlers.

I think it only got to #94 on the charts, but for some reason it was a HUGE hit in Columbus when I was growing up. My brother played drums in a band and sang lead when they played it at parties.

Last single I brought: "Walking On Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves.

[Liberal Jesus Freak]

61. Ode to Billy Joe n/t

[nopence2020]

62. This is going to date me, but...

I Got A Line On You by Spirit

[lindysalsagal]

63. Edison Lighthouse : Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)

(Had to google 1970!)



You know: I googled '73, '72, '71, '70 top 100 and it's funny but I could hear 90% of them instantly in my head.

Now, I don't know any of the stuff played at the gym on the pa system. But I've got the stuff from 45 years ago!

[Slippery_Hammer]

64. I am the walrus

By The The Beatles.

[Liberal_in_LA]

67. probably the Jackson 5

[brooklynite]

68. It's been awhile, but I thing it was "Georgy Girl" by The Seekers.