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Lurkers' week: what's the first single you ever bought?

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CariGransnet (GNHQ) Mon 09-Mar-20 09:12:10

What’s the first single you ever bought?

Confession - I can’t actually remember mine - though I do remember the first single I ever owned...Puppy Love by Donny Osmond (and I was most peeved because my brother got Long Haired Lover from Liverpool by Jimmy Osmond and I’d have much rather had that grin)

Riggie Mon 09-Mar-20 12:07:39

I thinknit was "she loves you" by the Beatles or the Cliff "Young Ones" EP.

Samegrandma Mon 09-Mar-20 12:07:35

Little Donkey by Nina and Frederick - I was 6! I still have it somewhere in the attic! Second was Cliff's Bachelor Boy.

Northernandproud Mon 09-Mar-20 12:07:22

Matchstick men and matchstick cats and dogs how embarrassing now

ninathenana Mon 09-Mar-20 12:03:00

Bits 'n" Pieces Dave Clark 5

patnic Mon 09-Mar-20 12:01:52

It was Young Girl by Gary Puckett and the Union Gap. Bought it with my then boyfriend (later he became my husband and later still my ex!)

joannapiano Mon 09-Mar-20 12:00:51

Not Fade Away by the Rolling Stones. I worked Saturdays in my uncle’s record shop from the age of 14 and met a very young Mick Jagger when he came in to browse records when playing a gig at the theatre opposite.

GNan Mon 09-Mar-20 11:59:02

Living Doll by Cliff Richard - those were the days

Mazamet07 Mon 09-Mar-20 11:58:22

The Bay City Rollers - they were massive when I was at primary school. My first single was either All Of Me Loves All Of You or Give A Little Love. I have no idea of the tunes or the lyrics now, despite playing the record constantly.

Leah50 Mon 09-Mar-20 11:58:19

The Rolling Stones "Not Fade Away", to my amazement my Dad loved it too.

FindingNemo15 Mon 09-Mar-20 11:57:31

My Mum made me buy Can't get used to losing you by Andy Williams. The next week I bought She Loves You by the Beatles!

Tamd Mon 09-Mar-20 11:56:55

This takes me back, Daydream Believer by the Monkees. I had a crush on Davy Jones ?

Morgie52 Mon 09-Mar-20 11:55:52

I admire those that can remember. Have been racking my brain but cannot recall. Could have been a Beatles record !

AlysonH Mon 09-Mar-20 11:54:29

Maggie May by Rod Stewart. Played it over and over...
from a lurker

Notsooldat75 Mon 09-Mar-20 11:54:27

Frankie Vaughan Give me the Moonlight. Ooooh Frankie!

juliecamm Mon 09-Mar-20 11:53:31

It was "I Think I Love You" by The Partridge Family. I was obsessed!!

Henny2020 Mon 09-Mar-20 11:52:15

Do I count as a Lurker? I have recently posted a couple of times - but I am very new to it all.
I can't remember which singles were bought for me and which I bought myself. But I think my first was "Little Children" by Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas. Incredibly cringe making!
6s 8d!

Dee1012 Mon 09-Mar-20 11:51:44

Jeepster by T-Rex, I remember being rather taken with Marc Bolan!

michelleblane Mon 09-Mar-20 11:49:37

I received From Me To You as a birthday present and we didn't have a record player, we just had a gramophone for 78's. When my parents bought a record player, I splashed out on It Might As Well Rain Until September by Carole King. I still have it!

Miriam Mon 09-Mar-20 11:49:27

My first single was River Deep and Mountain High by Ike and Tina Turner in the 60’s and I still have it now.

lemongrove Mon 09-Mar-20 11:41:43

Now I have Walking Back To Happiness as a constant ear worm!?

Anannymous Mon 09-Mar-20 11:41:09

Pigtails in Paris by David McBeth I think

TerriBull Mon 09-Mar-20 11:20:47

I remember my brother bought "Walking back to Happiness" by Helen Shapiro which included the profound and meaningful words "wompah oh yeah yeah" in the chorus. Then my dad bought The Beatles first two albums for Christmas, ostensibly for me, but I suspect also for himself, my parents became born again teenagers in 1963 when The Beatles emerged on the scene having been shaken out of their classical music only vacuum to embrace all that modern culture had to offer! I wasn't allowed to put them on the record player, he had to do it for me in case I scratched them sad I was about 9 at the time so didn't have spending power. I think I started buying singles around 1966 when I was about 12, so it would have been The Beatles, Walker Bros, but can't remember what my first purchased single was.

Lilypops Mon 09-Mar-20 11:14:14

Shakin all over. Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. Played it till it almost wore out. !

nonnasusie Mon 09-Mar-20 11:13:00

Can't remember which one but it would have been a Cliff Richard one. My son still has them all stored in his garage! He's embarrassed to admit that he knows the words to most of them?

Marydoll Mon 09-Mar-20 11:07:59

Please could you all stop posting? I have wasted my morning , looking for these songs on You Tube. ?
I have a wedding to organise!!!!