started waxing nostalgic the other day for the records my parents played on the old Zenith console
through the miracle of I-Tunes, i downloaded a bunch of memories and put together a mix cd of songs i heard throughout my childhood. a pretty good cross section of the late 50's early/mid 60's if i do say so myself...mostly country with some pop and instrumentals of the time:
1 Buck Owens-Tiger By The Tail
2 Jimmie Rodgers-Honeycomb
3 Arthur Smith-Guitar Boogie (Arthur was a local celeb, had his own TV show)
4 Bobby Bare-Detroit City
5 Herb Alpert-A Taste Of Honey
6 Eddie Arnold-Make The World Go Away
7 Dean Martin-Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime (we always watched his show)
8 Chet Atkins-Yankee Doodle Dixie
9 Buck Owens-Buckaroo
10 Ernest Tubb-Walking The Floor Over You (my grandmother's favorite, we had the record too)
11 Elvis Presley-Crying In The Chapel (my parents preferred gospel Elvis)
12 Chet Atkins-Yakety Axe (we had Boots Randolph's sax version as well)
13 Don Gibson-Oh Lonesome Me
14 Elvis Presley-Peace In The Valley
15 Englebert Humperdinck-Please Release Me (the record that kept Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields from reaching #1)
16 Floyd Cramer-Last Date
17 Hank Snow-I'm Movin' On
18 Herb Alpert-This Guy's In Love With You
19 Jimmie Dean-Big Bad John
20 Johnny Cash-Daddy Sang Bass
21 Johnny Horton-Battle Of New Orleans (i think this was my first favorite record)
22 Porter Waggoner-Green Green Grass Of Home (we watched Porter's show each week)
23 Ray Price-For The Good Times
24 Roger Miller-King Of The Road
25 Sergio Mendes & The Brazil 66-The Look Of Love
26 Everly Brothers-All I Have To Do Is Dream
27 Chet Atkins-Mr Sandman (dad liked Chet's version of the Chordettes classic)
So, what did your Mom & Dad listen to? what music was playing in your house when you were a kid?