What music did your parents listen to?

[karenbrown18]

Going back many a year..... I can remember my Mum loving Shirley Bassey, Nat King Cole, Tom Jones and Englebert!!!

Dad loved Country and Western...... Jim Reeves, Slim Whitman.

The funny thing is how ever much you hated the songs at the time and regardless how many years have gone by... you never forget the words...cringe

[Mojo]

My Mum used to play Bob Dylan, Dave Edmunds, Fleetwood Mac, Cream, Barry Manilow and Helen Reddy ALL the time!

I actually keep meaning to look for a Helen Reddy CD but always forget and buy trance/dance instead!

[Heather74]

The shadows, The Beatles, The Carpenters,The Searchers,The Seekers, Cliff Richard, Roy Orbison,Manfred Man, The five penny piece and of course Barry Manilow.

I remember singing "keep your hand on your ha'penny" by The Five Penny Peice If only I knew:eek:

[Rapanui]

Englebert Humperdink, Gerry and the pace makers (I once bought Gery and P/M cd for my mother's birthday and I ended up listening to it more than she did!), Johnnie Mathis, the shadows, the Who, Mantovani the seekers ...

[stevef]

My parents played Gene Pitney, The Everly Brothers, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison to name a few. That's probably why I like these artists now, except for Gene Pitney of course.:p

[stevef]

Englebert Humperdink, Gerry and the pace makers (I once bought Gery and P/M cd for my mother's birthday and I ended up listening to it more than she did!), Johnnie Mathis, the shadows, the Who, Mantovani the seekers ...Nothing wrong with Gerry & The Pacemakers.:)

[soapy]

I was brought up listening to John Denver, and although i hated it at the time, if i hear it now i'm right back there.

[jessi]

My father rarely listened to music but my mum was a big fan of Jim Reeves & tom Jones.

[Rapanui]

Nothing wrong with Gerry & The Pacemakers.:)

No not at all. I bought their CD recently and they did quite a funky version of Magic Moments on it ...

[Taylor Sinclair]

Motown, Frank Sinatra, Beatles, Tom Jones, Derek and the Dominos

[Morcar]

My dad was, and still is, in a Male Voice Choir so thats the kind of thing that was played alot when I was a kid. He also liked Jazz and Skiffle. :(

[lazlowoodbine]

Favourites were Neil Diamond, Barbara Streisand, Elaine Paige, Elton John, Simon & Garfunkel, David Essex and possibly the most played of all, Richard Clayderman.

[ZipperCat]

Mum: Jim Reeves, Brotherhood of Man

Dad: Matt Monroe, Paul Robeson

[pedro]

mum was never a music fan but me dad loved Doris day

[astrabug]

In our house, it was The Stones, Supertramp, ELO, and Cat stevens.

[designgirl]

Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Elvis, Neil Diamond. I listen to them all now - love the Man in Black a lot. Will also play some Neil Diamond, every once in a while...:p

[stevef]

I only have 1 tape in my car, Side A is Johnny Cash, Side B is Roy Orbison, it's probably been in there 3-4 months now, never get sick of it. Even my 3 year old daughter goes around the house singing I Got Stripes lol.

[designgirl]

I only have 1 tape in my car, Side A is Johnny Cash, Side B is Roy Orbison, it's probably been in there 3-4 months now, never get sick of it. Even my 3 year old daughter goes around the house singing I Got Stripes lol.

You're a classy guy Steve....I love it that you are educating the next generation as well....:)

[yelever]

Dad used to listen to Shakin Stevens, Little Richard, Jim Reeves. Mum used to listen Simple Red, Phil Collins, Queen and Tina Turner,

[salemsmine]

My dad loved Neil Diamond, The Corries, Slim Whitman, Perry Como, and Lonnie Donnigan(is that how his name is spelt). My mum loved Elvis, cringe Sydney Divine,and there was always the latest Top Of The Pops L.P. does anyone remember them, they were always stuck on the record player at parties and then the grown ups just had to dance:o.

[salemsmine]

Just rememberd the Johnie Cash L.P. live at Sanquentine prison where he sang My Name Is Sue, and in the background you could hear the inmates shouting. That L.P. was put on most sat nights after my dad came back from the pub and he would join in the songs with Johnie:D. from maxine

[madferit]

Pink Floyd
Beatles

[frame]

gene vincent,roy orbison:) cliff richard:(

[suzannewozere2]

Dad likes trad jazz , Connie Frances, Slim Whitman, but he also had tubular bells and the planet suite.
Mum likes musicals like half a sixpence and later Andrew LLoyd Webber,
she also liked Jim Reeves and Richard Clayderman.

[john]

My Dad like Shirley Bassey, my Mum liked Matt Monro, Ken Dodd singers like that, which is probably where I got my taste in music from, strange for a 37 year old, I know. But true.:D

[Snowblue]

My dad liked Bing Crosby and my mum liked Frank Sinatra but they didn't listen to music at home when we were growing up. Nowadays, my mum (aged 87) listens to classical and opera.

[curmudgeon]

Mostly horrible horrible tedious middle of the road ****. Dad's a fan of the big band thing so James Last was a favourite, Glenn Miller etc. These days it's those dreadful Sinatra wannabes like Michael Bubbly and Jamie Bleeding Cullum. To be absolutely fair, they did introduce me to Simon & Garfunkel. Also, Dad has enough taste to loathe James Blunt and the like. Mum goes mainly for the big singers, some of which are very good for what they are, some of which are Michael Ball.

[branny]

My Dad went Elvis mad when he died. It was like being brainwashed. My Mum used to like Ultravox and went to see Midge Ure on his solo tour. I grew up listening to Madness and was constantly ribbed by my dad that they wouldn't last 5 minutes. 33 years on and he's admitted he was wrong.

Fortunately for my daughter, my music taste is vary varied (still love my 80's stuff though) so no chance of brainwashing.

[1970schild]

Dad - The Shadows, Roy Orbison, The Everley Brothers

Mum - Cliff Richard, The Beatles, most 1960s music

[Gabs]

ABBA...Smokie...I remember my mom telling me something how Mexican Girl (Smokie) was like a song she and my dad both liked a lot...

[ridski]

Many of the ones already mentioned, strangely enough. Jim Reeves, Roy Orbison, Matt Munroe, Bing Crosby, Billy Fury, Perry Como, Bill Haley & The Comets, Andy Williams, Dean Martin... No Sinatra for some reason. My sisters had all the good stuff from the 60s and 70s for me to grow up on. My brother was a hippy and loved Pink Floyd.

[Shirl]

MY mother use to like MAX BYGRAVES i always remember her singing YOU NEED HANDS it use to drive me mad.:eek:

[scotchmist]

My parents were not musical in the slightest so it was entirely up to me to introduce music into my household.

My mother was horrified at my choices..The Smiths, Bronski Beat, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Spandau Ballet, Bow Wow Wow! Then to really wind her up I started playing the bagpipes !!

[tulip]

Big band stuff!

tulip

[mandypandy]

Mum loved gene pitney, richard calyderman. Dad loved Hollies gilbert osullivan they used to boom it out on the old radiogram do you remember those old things it was my dads pride and joy.

[miss grazelda]

hi, my dad loved listening to Jim Reeves, and shirely Bassey, not my kind of music though,

[wispa lover]

My mum likes country (e.g. Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton), also Irish (e.g. Daniel O'Donnell and Christy Moore). She also likes Bruce Springsteen. One 80s song she likes is Love and Pride by King.

My dad likes Cat Stevens, Van Morrison and a few others I can't remember.

[ArchStantonsGhost]

Dean Martin - Jim Reeves - Ray Charles AND Johnny Cash - Gene Pitney -Tammy Wynette - Billy Jo Spears and Dolly Parton are some of the stars that my parents loved when I was very little that I like very much today..... but would never admit to it publicly.:p

[glam_racket]

There was a distinct lack of anything remotely credible in my childhood home.

No Pink Floyd, Dylan or Hendrix. Not even the Stones or Beatles.

I had to make do with the likes of Lindesfarne and Neil Sedaka!

However, one gem I remember has to be this classic, the cover brings all them memories flooding back.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2626/3700874275_f7e8f11e40_m.jpg
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2626/3700874275_f7e8f11e40_m.jpg)

[Richard1978]

My Mum likes stuff like Celene Dion, Dido & Norah Jones.

My Dad has a very wide taste in music, & my sister & her friends were amused when he bought best of CDs of Kylie & Brittney Spears in a short time, along with a best of Reggae compilation.

[Kiop]

When I was a kid my mum liked Richard Clayderman, Andy Williams, Bee Gees and pap like that.

My dad liked Herman's Hermits, Gilbert O'Sillivan, Neil Diamond, The Nolans, The Hollies, James Last (EEK!) and Mantovani.

So, as you can see, neither of my parents have much of a good taste in music, lol.

[ArchStantonsGhost]

MY mother use to like MAX BYGRAVES i always remember her singing YOU NEED HANDS it use to drive me mad.:eek:


Max Bygraves ?
I'm sure that would be regarded as child abuse in the 21st century Shirl :eek:



..........and I thought I had it tough :D

[andyccm]

ow my mum and dad ever got together is beyond me,

she was into Boney M and then Abba whils his record collection consisted of Black Sabbath, Mike Oldfield and Fleetwood Mac

[milkyrain30]

fleetwood mac, peter gabriel , kate bush , tina turner,cat stevens, dire straits, ian dury & the blockheads....

[scotchmist]

My parents did not listen to music!! However their Japanese transistor radio was always tuned to Radio 2 so that's what I was subjected to and my mother would listen to Radio 4 in the car. I on the other hand was and still am obsessed with all forms of music and introduced bagpipes and The Smiths into my household with mixed reactions from all parties involved!

[Danny]

Mother had non-stop Elvis faintly in the background while she did housework etc

As soon as Dad got in from work he was banished to dining room where he read papers, chain smoked and played Brass band LP's .... You could stack up to six on turntable and he always did so (radiogram lol )

[Etch-a-sketch]

Hmmm....

Mum loved ABBA, Jean Michele Jarre, Fleetwood, Bee Gees, ELO, Cliff Richard in his 'Devil Woman' phase, Anne Murray, Janis Ian, Billy Joel and she always bought whatever hit complilation albums that came out in the 70s. She used to buy movie soundtracks as well and Matovani records. I used to love her Herb Albert stuff...hehe.

My dad liked big band swing and jazz music (prolly where I get my own jazz fetish from), the Beatles, Rod Stewart.

My stepdad...well when he and I my mum got together they had a HEAP of albums the same, so we had doubles of a lot of things. He liked a lot of the same stuff as mum but he also had a thing for really early electronic music like MOOG (had about 10 of their albums), Kraftwork, Emmerson Lake and Palmer, Dire Straits, Jeff Wayne.

We always had music on in our house. Either record or the radio. Was kinda nice :)

[victorbrunswick]

My parents were a bit older than the parents of my friends so their musical tastes ran towards Big Band and musical theatre, an influence that definitely rubbed off on me. In fact the funny part is that my own musical tastes predate that of my parents! I heard very little Rock in the house when I was growing up so even to this day I never really got into it. Though in the area of contemporary music my Mom liked John Denver and my Dad liked Abba.

[battyrat]

Parants mostly listened to radio 2 when I was growing up.Can't remember much they liked untill the late 70's when dad got an interest in abba and baccara?.Mums not so much into music and dads gone all 50's soft stuff and country nowdays.Drives me mad.

[onthebusesfan]

My Dad Was A madness and Lionel Ritchie and hot chocolate when my mum was courting , my dad was a dj back then so i grew up with all the artists .

[shilton dipper]

i don't remember my parents listening to records ............ohhh except for the odd bout of Perry Como ...........cripes :rolleyes: ..........they were more radio listeners.......terry wogan, jimmy young, pete murray on radio 2

[darren]

perry como who is he then.hehe

munm and dasd listened to the wireless as we over here call it.

they listen masinly to country music the old stuff sixties seventies eighties.

[Trickyvee]

Mostly the radio, but mum had Barry Manilow, Julio Inglesias and Bread in her collection while dad had The Beatles, The Seekers and weirdly for my dad, several Tchaikovsky albums.

[havasack]

My parents rarely played music. It was whatever was on the radio. Wasn't always like that though as apparently my dad gave away about 300 vinyl when they moved into my childhood home (which was much bigger than the pokey flat they had previuously)

Does this place have smileys as I want to use the the little yellow head smashing himself off a wall.

[sf1378]

My Mum liked playing old vinyl records on her Amstrad hi fi - she had Kenny Rogers, ABBA (which was brilliant!), Elvis, and other obscure Country and Western style singers who'd autographed their records for her when she bought them...bless her.

My Dad once bought an old record by 'Nully Secundus' which had an Army Brass Band of some sort dressed in those tricorn hats and red long tunics on the front - it freaked my Mum out as it sounded so terrible - it must have been at a lower RPM than her player could handle and she must have not noticed we'd turned all the sound knobs to full blast as it sounded like wailing....lol. Her impression of it made me crack up...only cost Dad 20p...lol

Dad used to have this little Ferguson portable VHF FM / MW radio that could be battery or mains powered and he'd put it on and listen to a local station called 2 TEN FM and some songs he liked came on - I remember he liked Mike and The Mechanics and his nickname was Mike so it was funny to us...They both liked QUEEN too - well, who doesn't I love them too...She also loved The Bee Gees. Basically, she introduced me to some great musicians - Queen, Elvis, The Bee Gees and I'm glad for it as I do love their old songs too.

Mum also liked Julio Inglesias as well but she didn't buy his records (thank god!)...

[sf1378]

Oh, and also my Mum liked.....Max Bygraves :eek:, thankfully she didn't have his records or tapes! She also liked Dean Martin too. What made me laugh was her theory that Cliff Richard, Tom Jones etc, whom she didn't like were pale imitations of Elvis - well, he was legendary...She did admit correctly that Tom Jones had a great voice when he was younger and she was right, I actually like many of his older songs from the 1960s, I cannot stand Cliff, I actually wish he'd come out of the closet as its such a well known secret really...

[themilkman]

My dad was never a big music fan, he had some albums with soundtracks from Westerns like 'The Big Country' etc, but he had quite a collction of 'steam train' albums. My mum liked listening to Ray Coniff (sp).

[n3llyo]

i was lucky compared to most of the kids i knew at school whilst their old folk fed them on a diet of classical,country or banal radio pop of the time (abba,brotherhood of man etc) my old man played black sabbath.led zep ,alex harvey band and cream when he was at home

[darren]

i think my mum liked burl ives.
we had an old record player which sat near the living room window.

it wasalways in use.

[victorbrunswick]

Oh, and also my Mum liked.....Max Bygraves :eek:, thankfully she didn't have his records or tapes! She also liked Dean Martin too. What made me laugh was her theory that Cliff Richard, Tom Jones etc, whom she didn't like were pale imitations of Elvis - well, he was legendary...She did admit correctly that Tom Jones had a great voice when he was younger and she was right, I actually like many of his older songs from the 1960s, I cannot stand Cliff, I actually wish he'd come out of the closet as its such a well known secret really...

I always liked Tom Jones. This is my favorite clip of him with Eric & Ern.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WMj8Ml5pTA

[DoctorQui]

Mum : The Carpenters, Johnny Mathis, Elvis Presley, The Everley Brothers, Doris Day

Dad : Anything Country and Western, Glen Campbell, Roy Orbison

[darren]

funny enough my mum liks jonny cash.


dad like charlie landsborough.
only just found out.

[jrt2345]

Elvis Presley and Don McLean - Father
Mother - Don't know

[LittleBoo]

My Parents so enjoyed listening to the 60's songs.

Also my Mum liked the Carpenters, Batchelors, and the Searchers.

[xmark1234]

neil diamond and tony cristie

[the-peoples-poet]

I was raised by my Grandparents and they didnt' go in for music. Two of my Aunts were quite young when I was little and they listened to the things from their teenage years, stuff from the 70s like the Bay City Rollers, Slade, Mud etc, They also listened to the modern 80s pop of the day, Duran Duran, things like that. I never liked any of that stuff, apart from Slade. I went lurking around other radio stations and found one that played Queen, Status Quo (which Auntie liked too) and I still have her Quo LP from years ago. I then discovered that my cousin Mark listened to decent stuff like Iron Maide, Def Leppard, Alice Cooper etc and I loved that. When I eventually saw Motorhead on The Young Ones, and saw the wonderfullness that was Lemmy, I knew that that would be me forever and it has been. :)

[ann22]

My dad loved Frankie Laine, he sang the themes to High Noon, Champion the Wonder Horse. My mam loved (and still does) Irish country music. She also loved Jim Reeves.

[victorbrunswick]

My Dad was also a big fan of Les Paul

Les Paul & Mary Ford --The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_NT2SZ3HHs

[dwain-dibley]

my mother used to listen to
jim reeves
sidney divine
the alexander brothers

my dad used to say all modern music was **** from the 50,s onwards but caught him singing along to little richard lol

[scooby365]

ABBA ... nearly always ABBA. Made it easy at Christmas and birthday though, because there was usually a rehashed singles tape or album to buy. Sometimes we'd have Brotherhood of Man (Save All Your Kisses For Me and a few others lesser known tracks). My parents were so middle of the road it's a wonder we ever managed to park the car properly.

My mum listens to Jim Reeves, and I have a few of his songs and hearing them always takes me back. Distance Drums and Welcome to my World, in particular. Must admit that Jim did have a lovely singing voice. Mum also liked Alvin Stardust and I remember giving her the Stardust poster from my Look-In magazine one Mother's Day and she was well chuffed. Extra helping of rice pud' for me that day!

There was a period when going-on-holiday music consisted of Hooked On Classics and ABBA tapes but to start the journey we'd listen to the radio and it seemed that every year on the Saturday morning we left home, the Radio 1 'jock would play 'Captain Beaky'. Love that song.

[Cartimand]

When they were younger, my folks were big Elvis fans. Now though there's only my elderly mum left and she's gone all classical.

[victorbrunswick]

Another favorite of my parents was Mantovani (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantovani), they had several of his albums which I discovered one day and used to play all the time. Funny, but this one brings back childhood memories for me. I did have a funny childhood. ;)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5WPsQzO2dc