1. "Do You Know The Way To San Jose?" by Dionne Warwick
My earliest memories of liking music are sitting at the breakfast table and Mum would have the radio on. Dionne Warwick and Burt Bacharach were all the rage in the late 60's.
I can remember thinking my cousins (all boys, a couple years older than us) having really cool taste in music and this was one they had just bought on a single. Every time we visited we asked them to play it. Looking at that clip, I'm cringing just a little bit.
3. "The Wild One" by Suzi Quatro
One of the first ever birthday parties I went to, they were playing this song over and over again, again on a single on an actual record player. All the really cool people had one. We even had a record player.
4. "Bye Bye Baby" by The Bay City Rollers
I could have put any of The Bay City Rollers' songs in here and it would've been my favourite. Just watching the clip gave my heart a little flutter. I was so, so in love with these guys as a young girl. Why, I don't really know.
5. "Roll Over Lay Down" by Status Quo
The local horse race track (Eagle Farm for those in Brisbane) used to hold an annual kid's Christmas party with rides, food and a kid's disco. This was one of my favourites they played. We all loved Status Quo and I'm sure us kids were the original air guitar heroes of the day. I'm not sure "roll over lay down and let me in" were the best lyrics to be letting an innocent 9 year old listen to but I didn't have a clue back then.
So there you have it. A bit of a mixture. I'd pretty much say the above are still pretty much liked, except maybe "Little Arrows". What was I thinking? Thanks Kate for another great Listography. I expect there'll be quite a few classics in this lot. Head over to Kate Takes 5 for a look to see what everyone else has linked up.
I listened to Bay City Rollers "Saturday Night" on my little record player with the penny on the arm so it wouldn't jump. :)
ReplyDeleteMorning, Anne! I remember these songs! (with the exception of Leapy Lee/Little Arrows) Can't say I've ever heard of him or the song, but I'm sure I would have liked them back then. It's certainly not any different than "Mony, Mony" and "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy" and I loved those songs. LOL I wonder what happened to Suzi Quatro... I bet she's still rockin' somewhere. :~) And the Bay City Rollers? I was smitten, that's for sure. Thanks for the little stroll down memory lane! Hope you're having a lovely week so far!
ReplyDeleteOMG Anne, thanks for the trip down memory lane. Rollermania, how embarrassing to admit to that now. Lol.
ReplyDeleteSingles, EPs, LPs... brings back memories. Suzi Quatro... I used to think she was so cool, as were her jackets.
ReplyDeletewhat awesome songs!! Love Suzie Quatro! She recently toured in Perth! Love love love her! Status Quo are old UK rockers.. now featuring on Coles ads! haha!
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in reply to your email.. old rockers broke so now they come to Australia to find money in crap ads!!!
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ReplyDeleteOoh, lots of memories there, but I've never heard of Leapy Lee! I worked at an AM radio station throughout high school so was strangely familiar with 60s and 70s music, for a teenager in the 80s.
ReplyDeleteClassic songs Anne! I'd not heard the Little Arrows one before... I quite like it... hehehe. Suzi Quatro is the coolest and still is!!! That lady can rock a bass!
ReplyDeleteMy list would be more along the lines of Whitney Houston, Madonna (Material Girl days) and other cringe worthy 80's pop songs. lol
That's a great idea for a list!
ReplyDeleteMakes me think about what my top 5 growing up songs might be... my first "favourite song" was Bananarama's "Love in the First Degree" and I also remember loving Belinda Carlisle's "Summer Rain". I can still remember dancing around the lounge room to it!! I still have both songs on my iPod playlist to this day.
Those song are famous.
ReplyDeleteHaha, lots of memories for me there Anne! I loved bay city rollers & suzie Quatro! Lol, Great list xxx
ReplyDeleteI love how music can bring back such clear memories. Lovely post x
ReplyDeleteok, so this is going to come out all wrong but anyway... it's like my Dad just wrote that list. The cool thing is though that I love the songs to because I grew up listening to him play the on the old record player in the evenings.
ReplyDeleteGood list!
Oh my God I turn my back for 5 minutes and you're off spreading rumours about me across the internet!
ReplyDeleteRight now I've read your choices... I can't believe what a big voice Suzi Q had for such a little lady. She was fab. Also love your no. 1 - great memories for me too (though maybe not from the first time around!)
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