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Joachim Kettner


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Post  Posted 4 Mar 2014 9:52 am    
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I still have most of the singles I bought when I was a teen.
My first one was "Misery/Ask Me Why" by the Beatles, I think it was in '65 from a man who set up jukeboxes in my hometown.
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Roddy Ring

 

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Post  Posted 4 Mar 2014 10:52 am     45
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To the best of my recollection, the first 45 I bought (i.e. not borrowed or stolen from my older sisters), was the Rolling Stones: Miss You/Far Away Eyes. In retrospect, that single had the Stones accused of going Disco, and simultaneoulsy has clearly caused consternation among country fans, as I've seen a few discussions on here about Ron Woods' steel playing. I suppose it is a good example of The Stones' penchant for pissing everyone off at the same time.
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Frank Freniere


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Post  Posted 4 Mar 2014 10:55 am    
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Interesting question for people of a certain age!

It was either "Rama Lama Ding Dong" by The Edsels, or "Speedy Gonzalez" by Pat Boone. Musta been the early '60's, purchased in my hometown of Franklin, MA from a sort of jewelry store that also sold records and sheet music.
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Brint Hannay

 

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Post  Posted 4 Mar 2014 3:23 pm    
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"Blue Moon" by the Marcels. Spring 1961 from a record store in Birmingham, Michigan (suburbs of Detroit). I was 10.

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Michael Maddex


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Post  Posted 4 Mar 2014 3:30 pm    
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Not positive, but I think it might have been 'He's a Rebel' by the Crystals. Again, not positive, but I think it was a Sam Goody's in downtown Pittsburgh.

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Geoff Barnes


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Post  Posted 4 Mar 2014 4:18 pm    
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Not a 45... first record I bought with my own money (allowance so technically my parent's money) was "Angry young Them".
When I took it to school, my music teacher threw it in the bin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Qn9CVnpmc&list=PL3FCCBBFF77C8BF98

First single I remember was "Little red riding hood" but I have no idea how I got it.... might've been a present.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNEYfIUDkh8

I also remember a plastic coated cardboard "square" with "hang down your head Tom Dooley" on it that got played to death.... might've been from a magazine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhXuO4Gz3Wo
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HowardR


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Post  Posted 4 Mar 2014 8:53 pm    
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Oh, do I remember!....."The Gypsy Cried" by Lou Christie 1963
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Rick Schacter

 

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Post  Posted 4 Mar 2014 9:26 pm    
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I think it was Help by The Beatles... and I think the flip side was I'm Down.

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Andy Volk


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Post  Posted 5 Mar 2014 2:48 am    
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I didn't buy it but I played my mom's 45 oof Frankie Laine's version of Jezabel over and over as an 8 year-old.
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Jeremy Steele


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Post  Posted 5 Mar 2014 6:19 am    
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"Peggy Sue" by Buddy Holly. I think I asked my older sister to buy it for me, must have been late 50s.
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Bill McCloskey

 

Post  Posted 5 Mar 2014 10:58 am    
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Not Fade Away by the Rolling Stones.
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Dean Rimmer

 

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Post  Posted 5 Mar 2014 11:05 am    
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smith n wesson lol......rebel rouser by duane eddy ....got to know him years later
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Larry Lenhart


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Ponca City, Oklahoma
Post  Posted 5 Mar 2014 1:10 pm    
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My sister and I would pool our money and buy the latest hits...each of us would throw in 50cents. I think the first one we bought was in about 1957, but I dont recall which one it was...probably a Ricky Nelson one...she was a big fan of his and being my older sister, if she thought it was cool, so did I ! I still have all of them, and they included Sun 45s by Jerry Lee Lewis, a lot of Elvis. Ricky Nelson and Chuck Berry. What was cool were the covers of those 45s...a lot of them had a nice picture of the artist and of course the title of the song...great memories...she and I were just talking about that this week !
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Doug Beaumier


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Post  Posted 5 Mar 2014 2:53 pm    
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First 45 record: Chubby Checker, "The Twist"

First Album: Introducing the Beatles (VeeJay label)
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Clete Ritta


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Post  Posted 5 Mar 2014 3:57 pm    
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At 51 Im not sure, but it just might have been Hound Dog by Elvis Presley from Music Manor in downtown Englewood NJ sometime in the late 60's.

I eventually had a stack of them and one of these portable light blue plastic suitcase 45 players.


Also quite a few of these adapters for the real turntable at home.


I recall cutting out records from the back of cardboard cereal boxes, like the Jackson Five's ABC.

I had a number of 45's but I'll never forget my first 12" LP's, the Rolling Stones octagon-shaped Through the Past, Darkly. Then the Beatles Sgt. Peppers and later Jimi Hendrix's Smash Hits. Music just wasn't the same after those. Wink
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Dave O'Brien


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Post  Posted 5 Mar 2014 5:49 pm     First 45
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"Run Boy" by George Jones
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Tony Glassman


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Post  Posted 5 Mar 2014 6:04 pm    
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"Goodbye Baby "by Jack Scott-1959
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Dave Hopping


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Post  Posted 5 Mar 2014 6:18 pm    
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Behind The Green Door-Jim Lowe,1956.
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Tony Prior


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Post  Posted 6 Mar 2014 4:19 am    
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Backbeat #1

I rode my bike 2 miles to town and back in the middle of summer to buy it. I think I had heat stroke when I got home, I was like 12...or something like that...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez22B377ntk
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Joe Casey


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Post  Posted 6 Mar 2014 4:57 am    
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I'm betting I bought "Ain't that A shame" By Fats Domino as I have everything he ever did.
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Dave Hopping


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Post  Posted 6 Mar 2014 7:25 am    
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Joe Casey wrote:
I'm betting I bought "Ain't that A shame" By Fats Domino as I have everything he ever did.


@Joe-didn't you like the Pat Boone cover? Winking Laughing
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Joachim Kettner


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Post  Posted 6 Mar 2014 7:37 am    
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Dave Hopping wrote:
Joe Casey wrote:
I'm betting I bought "Ain't that A shame" By Fats Domino as I have everything he ever did.


@Joe-didn't you like the Pat Boone cover? Winking Laughing

Here's a great cover by Ronnie Hawkins:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-Burwvehec
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Joe Casey


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Post  Posted 6 Mar 2014 4:06 pm    
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Dave, I didn't even like Pat Boone. Laughing Ronnies is good but nothing like the fat man from new Orleans and Lee Diamonds sax.
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Jack Stoner


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Post  Posted 6 Mar 2014 4:17 pm    
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I don't remember what the title was, but the first 45 I bought was an Eddy Arnold record. I was a "Little" Roy Wiggins fan and bought all the Eddy Arnold records I could, to listen to Roy. I started out with 78 RPM's and then 45's whey they first came out.

Tells you I'm not "39" anymore.
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Mike Neer


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Post  Posted 6 Mar 2014 4:39 pm    
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I inherited my parents' 45s, which were plenty and taught me all I needed to know about Rock and Roll and Doo Wop, but the first 45 I purchased (or was purchased for me) was I Think I love You by the Partridge Family, followed by What's Going On by Marvin Gaye. I was 7 years old.

By the time I was 9, I developed an elaborate scheme with the local record shop where I would buy a few 45s (with stolen change) and then exchange them as scratched. What a juvenile delinquent I was, but I would do anything for music.
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