first song you ever heard on the radio (that you can remember)

[milagros317]

In a phone conversation with my brother on Sunday, he remarked that the first song he definitely remembers hearing on the radio was Mona Lisa sung by Nat King Cole in 1950 (which would make it when he was four years old).

youtube.com/watch?v=EG-A_qTAKEI

This caused me to recall that the first song I remember hearing on the radio was Oh! My PaPa sung by Eddie Fisher in 1954, when I was was four years old.

youtube.com/watch?v=6dWOsP_wly0

So tell us, what is the first song that you remember hearing, sung not by someone in your family but rather by a professional singer? (Depending on your age, it could have been on the radio, on TV, on a record player, on a hifi, on a stereo, on a tape player, on a CD, or on digital media.)

 

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[bethaknee]

Straight Up by Paula Abdul, which came out around 1990 I think. That's the earliest memory I have of hearing a song on the radio, though I am sure there were earlier ones that I just can't recall.

 

[chicago]

When I was around like age 3-5, my dad used to wake up early on Saturdays and cook us a big breakfast with the radio playing Motown and soul music from the 60s. I think the first song I can remember is The Temptations - "My Girl." I used to think they were singin to me because they mentioned the month of May and my birthday is in May. You know how little kid logic is, makes no sense lol

The first song I remember hearing that wasn't an 'oldie' was Technotronic's "Pump Up The Jam." My older sister (8 year difference) had their audio tape.

I remember seeing Sinead O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U," Mariah Carey's "Vision of Love," and Wilson Phillips (lmfaoooo) "Hold On" videos all from 1990.

If I had to wager a guess, maybe Soul II Soul's "Back To Life" was the first radio song.

 

[Bator]

My parents always had music playing at home so I can't be certain but I think it may have been Just Can't Get Enough by Depeche Mode. They loved their 80's music and it's quite catchy and something a child would enjoy. I might have been 4 at the time. I still like that song.

 

[Wolf]

The Carpenters, "Close to You".
Oxnard, California, 1970.

 

[FeatherEndeavor]

"Sneaky Snake" by Tom T. Hall (1974) is the first song I vaguely remember. First one I vividly remember is "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" by Crystal Gayle (1977).

 

[Masque]

The only one that comes to my mind is how as a kid I'd always get excited when Boogie Wonderland came on.

 

[Mitchell]

The first song I can ever remember really loving was "Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover"

I was six at the time.

 

[Yote]

I think it was Hey Ya! by Outkast in 2003. I was four years old.

 

[FeatherEndeavor]

I think it was Hey Ya! by Outkast in 2003. I was four years old.

Oh my God. Reading this makes me feel sooo old.

 

[cloudgazer2k]

Oh my God. Reading this makes me feel sooo old.

Right?

Boys of Summer by Don Henley is the earliest I can recall.

 

[SmashTV]

Oh my God. Reading this makes me feel sooo old.

Yep. Mine is My Life by Billy Joel! The piano riff struck a chord with a very young Smashy.

Cheers, everybody,
SmashTV

 

[Yote]

Oh my God. Reading this makes me feel sooo old.

Ha, I kind of expected a reply like this. 😛

 

[Libertine]

There were a few my babysitters used to play.

Here are some links.

Abigail Breecher by Freddie Cannon

www.youtube.com/watch?v=J191zWAbDLo

Johnny Get Angry by Joanie Summers

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcLXs3Np93s

The Lion Sleeps Tonight (this version by The Tokens, though they 'appropriated' it)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQlByoPdG6c

And finally, Navy Blue by Diane Renay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Julr7EAPt8

 

[scopab2]

In the early seventies; Beautiful Sunday by Daniel Boone

 

[soarhh60]

With Arms Wide Open - Creed