Favorite 45 (Single)

[BruceH]

Sweet, "Fox on the Run"

Bay City Rollers, "Saturday Night"

The Rolling Stones, "Get Off Of My Cloud" (purchased as an "oldie" when I was 11 in 1977, the same summer that I purchased my first LP--the Ramones' LEAVE HOME, yeah!)

Holy crap----the first album you purchased was the Ramones' Leave Home? How cool is THAT? Ghost, you are THE MAN!!!

[chris olivarez]

Rolling Stones-"The Last Time".

[Jim Dye]

I grew up with all of my moms 45s. My favorite was The Peppermint Twist by Joey Dee and the Starlighters.

I love that Roulette label. Thank you Morris Levy!

I still have all my 45s. I'll dig though the box later and list some of the really bad and goofy ones.

Edited April 29, 2004 by Irwin Mainway

[chris olivarez]

If you insist.

[DrJ]

Well I'm gonna take this question in the spirit I think it was intended, goin' way back to early childhood. There was a bunch but the Doobies' "Black Water" sticks in my head...they were huge in the San Jose area where I grew up, with many of the band having Bay Area roots. I must have played that single 8 million times.

[Quincy]

My first 2 were Banana Splits 45s from Kellogg's. Actually they're EPs as there are 2 songs on each side. I'm guessing my Mom sent in some box tops and a buck or two for the 45s and posters. By the way, "Doin' The Banana Split" was written by Barry White.

Many of my first 45s were '70s crapola.

Jim Stafford - Spiders & Snakes

Blue Swede - Hooked On A Feeling

Ray Stevens - The Streak

C.W. McColl - Convoy

Breaker breaker good buddy, I think I had a thing for novelty songs. My 1st 45 bought at Grants for 67 cents was a bit better - Paul McCartney's "Jet."

After graduating to LPs (and buying some more crap before finding my way) I did pick up some (what I think are) better 45s later on. Had to get those Who import B sides that weren't available elsewhere at the time, and I have a few nice punk picture sleeves and the like from The Jam, Sex Pistols, X, MDC and other melodic memorable bands of the time. Oh yeah, a "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" arm band that came with the Dead Kennedys' 45. Perfect for formal evening wear or just strolling around town!

[kenny weir]

First 45 (a gift): Don't Sleep In The Subway by Petula Clark. Still have a VERY soft spot for Pet's best, mostly penned and/or arranged by Tony Hatch and Jackie Clarke.

Next 45: Windy by the Association

First 45 purchased: Itchycoo Park by the Small Faces. Great tune, but it was the flip side I played over and over - I'm Only Dreaming is a simple pop masterpiece. Later on I also got the Faces' The Universal single.

Other 45s I remember fondly: Lady Madonna by Fats Domino and Blue Greens by William Truckaway. A real lost classic: Avenging Annie by Andy Pratt.

I had a radio-only thing for Spanky and Our Gang. I also had an album with the Mamas and the Papas' lovely "Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon)" on it but had no idea WTF it was all about.

After all that it was all downhill - Hendrix, the Animals, Muddy Waters, the Dead, Bob Wills, Doug Sahm, Professor Longhair, the Pistols, the MC5 and onwards!

[medjuck]

Elvis: Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel. Now there's a double bill. But now that I think of it, I may have had this on '78. But the one I remember the look of the best was "That'll be the Day".

Definitely on '45, though I never owned it. I just remember seeing it at parties. (So I guess you can see how old I am.)

[patricia]

"You Win Again" - Jerry Lee Lewis

"Louie Louie" - Wailers

"Bette Davis Eyes" - Kim Carnes

[BruceH]

"Bette Davis Eyes" - Kim Carnes

Shouldn't that be in the "Worst songs" thread?

(Hey, I kidd, I kidd!!)

[mikeweil]

Daydream, Lovin' Spoonful

Summer In The City, dtto

Psychotic Reaction, Count Five

a Turtles single I remember for the absolutely crazy flip side, Umbassa The Dragon

Come On Up, Rascals

[The Mule]

"Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett

...hey, I was just a kid!

[Man with the Golden Arm]

Still have them all...

"The Twist" b/w "Twistin' USA" - Chubby Checker

"Shaft" b/w "Cafe Regios" - Isaac Hayes

but remember playing the heck out of Edgar Winter's "Frankenstein".

My first 45 was "On The Good Ship Lollipop" Shirley Temple, only because I had that for tap class. Made it thru first recital and I was outta there. Savion Glover I was not...white I was!

[Man with the Golden Arm]

My first 2 were Banana Splits 45s from Kellogg's. Actually they're EPs as there are 2 songs on each side.

Man my wife and I were just singing the "Banana Splits" theme the other day as we had to ride our daughters little bikes home from a friend's house in order to get the car. We must of looked just like 'em!

[JSngry]

a Turtles single I remember for the absolutely crazy flip side, Umbassa The Dragon

Ah...Turtles B-sides. NOW we're talking connoiseiur!

Edited April 30, 2004 by JSngry

[Sundog]

Billy Preston- Will It Go Round In Circles Played that sucker to death!

[JohnJ]

Suzi Quatro - Can the Can (my first crush)

Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side

David Bowie - Life on Mars

The thing is, I still really like the last two.

[patricia]

"Bette Davis Eyes" - Kim Carnes

Shouldn't that be in the "Worst songs" thread?

(Hey, I kidd, I kidd!!)

Perhaps. But, it was hypnotic at the time and I was quite intrigued by Carnes' unconventional, scratchy voice.

[LAL]

Never owned one of them 45s but I did test out one of my dad's, I think it was The Shadow's Walk Don't Run. Quite liked this instrumental.

[Noj]

I collect compilations of 45s--I wasn't born until '76, so I missed the real deal.

My favorite is on King:

Overnight Low "The Witchdoctor."

Is this the place where the lady lives with the jungle fever? B)

[patricia]

Never owned one of them 45s but I did test out one of my dad's, I think it was The Shadow's Walk Don't Run. Quite liked this instrumental.

"Green Onions" by [i think] Booker T. and the M.G's.

I had a record-player that you could set the spindle-arm off to the side and the same record would keep on repeating, indefinitely.

Edited April 30, 2004 by patricia