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Post by Ricketi on Nov 17, 2020 20:57:04 GMT -5
As a kid my parents had a great sounding Hi-Fi (tube) and had tons of albums. My dads favorites to listen to was Hank Williams, Hank Snow, Johnny Cash, Johnny and Jack etc. My mom listen to more pop stuff along with big band, Frank Sinatra, Elvis, Ray Conniff Singers. She loved buying sound tracks from musicals too.
What type of music were your parents into?
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Post by Bronx on Nov 17, 2020 21:06:59 GMT -5
When I was a kid every Saturday the family would clean the house. My parents were in charge of the music so while we were cleaning they would usually play a combination of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby and Engelbert Humperdinck albums. I wasn't crazy about it then, but now once or twice a year I'll play some of it and enjoy listening to it, probably mostly for nostalgic reasons.
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Post by Pinetree on Nov 17, 2020 23:54:51 GMT -5
Herb alpert, Perry Como, and Mantovani seem to come to mind.
Dad never really got into Ted Nugent (at all), but Mom would sit and listen to my Yes albums with me.
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Post by Laker on Nov 18, 2020 4:06:12 GMT -5
I remember my father listening to a lot of big band stuff and my mother being a bit more eclectic listening to artists like Perez Prado, Les Baxter, and Mario Lanza. His brother was a pro sax/clarinet musician all his life playing everything from jazz to polka gigs, and my mother’s brother played guitar, banjo and piano in various cowboy/western bands.
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Post by roly on Nov 18, 2020 4:51:05 GMT -5
Great topic.
I think the only reason my parents owned a record player was so Christmas music could be played during the holidays.
Rest of the year it was the local radio station which was a mix of country and fluffy pop music...think Wayne Newton and other smarmy stuff like that.
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Post by MJB on Nov 18, 2020 6:49:52 GMT -5
My parents weren't into music much. All I remember them listening to was music on TV, mostly "Hit Parade" and "Lawrence Welk". They did watch Ed Sullivan so I did get them to listen to a lot of British Invasion music.
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Post by budg on Nov 18, 2020 6:57:23 GMT -5
My parents were into country with Hank Williams , Faron Young , Floyd Cramer and Tennessee Ernie Ford. Maybe some Dean Martin and Al Martino sprinkled in. My Mom did give me my first Beatle singles in She Loves You and I Want to Hold Your Hand.
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Post by Opie on Nov 18, 2020 7:36:38 GMT -5
My dad was mostly tone deaf, but he did like Red Foley. Mom's side were all Missouri/Oklahoma country folk,they all played something. She always had on Patsy Cline ,Chet Atkins, Texas swing plus whatever the radio had to offer.
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Post by oldnjplayer on Nov 18, 2020 7:46:58 GMT -5
growing up my mom did not listen to music. I did listen on the radio, lots of "Oldies". Platters Duprees ets. Still love to listen to this genre.
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Post by HenryJ on Nov 18, 2020 7:52:05 GMT -5
I grew up in a parsonage, so my parents were into whatever was in the hymnals.
However, before surrendering to the gospel ministry, my dad had a country band that did covers of Jimmie Rodgers songs.
I didn't really get into Bob Dylan into the '90s. There was a song Dylan did that sounded like a Jimmie Rodgers song, and it made me wish I had bought the album on vinyl in the '60s when it came out. Daddy might have liked that Dylan song.
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Post by Ragtop on Nov 18, 2020 7:56:26 GMT -5
My mom was an audiophile before the word was even coined. She had a Harmon Kardon amp and a Motorola reel-to-reel. And some no-name speakers.
I remember Frank, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Charley Pride, and Frankie Lane singing "Rawhide."
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Post by Mike the marksman on Nov 18, 2020 7:58:47 GMT -5
My parents are baby boomers, Born in 1959 and 1960, so I grew up listening to Pink Floyd, Elton John, The Cars, Peter Frampton, Rush, Queen, Queensryche, etc. My mom even had a cassette of Joe Satriani's 'Flying In A Blue Dream'.
This stuff was playing non-stop during road trips and around the house when I was growing up.
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Post by themaestro on Nov 18, 2020 8:30:16 GMT -5
My dad didn't really listen to music. My mom did. We had a decent console stereo. When I was a kid, one of her favorites were was Bert Kaempfert. He was a German orchestra leader and the records leaned toward easy listening and light Jazz. She also had some Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. When it was cleaning day, Mom would put a few records on the changer and would turn it up loud enough to be heard throughout the house while she worked.
After I was out of the house and after she had enough money to do so, she really blossomed out with quite a CD collection. Hundreds of CD's, ranging from country, blues, pop and jazz. It was always interesting when I was back for a visit to see what was new in her collection. Her favorite favorite artists were piano players, from honky tonk to jazz. Erroll Garner was a big favorite.
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Post by RonC Picker on Nov 19, 2020 12:10:58 GMT -5
Dad bought albums by the Ink Spots, Mills Bros, McGuire Sisters, 4 Lads, Como, Sinatra, Martin, and others of those times. Mom mostly listened to daytime radio like The Breakfast Club, and. Bunch of soap/serials. They both loved watching Lawrence Welk, and Perry Como on TV.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Nov 19, 2020 12:27:20 GMT -5
My parents barely ever played music. My dad was into Blondie because I think he had a crush on Debbie Harry, and mom listened to Barry Manilow and Bruce Springsteen.
Somehow I still turned out semi-normal.
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Post by LTB on Nov 19, 2020 13:39:54 GMT -5
Herb alpert, Perry Como, and Mantovani seem to come to mind. I liked Herb Alpert. Perry Como not so much...a little slow for me. Dad never really got into Ted Nugent (at all), but Mom would sit and listen to my Yes albums with me. That was pretty cool pintree! |
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Post by Pinetree on Nov 19, 2020 15:45:22 GMT -5
I still like his music to this day.
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Post by jazzguy on Nov 19, 2020 15:47:42 GMT -5
Everything from classical to Perry Como to the Beatles.
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Post by LadyJazzer on Nov 19, 2020 16:37:52 GMT -5
My Dad was into jazz...period. Mostly "Big Band" 30's/40's swing, 50's/60's modern, Combos: Benny Goodman, Nat "King" Cole, Lionel Hampton, etc.
My Mom wasn't into anything. As with most everything else "in her little life", it was just one more irritant to be unhinged about.
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Post by Joe Potts on Nov 19, 2020 17:37:18 GMT -5
My parents were in high school in the 1930’s, so music of that era was, mostly, their favorite.
My dad was a Bing Crosby fan. He also sang in a barbershop quartet, so I heard a lot of that growing up. He was a banjo player, and idolized Eddie Peabody.
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Post by langford on Nov 19, 2020 17:45:00 GMT -5
Stockhausen. My dad was into modern classical and all that stuff.
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Post by Leftee on Nov 19, 2020 18:25:49 GMT -5
Just this thread title brought up a scaring, horrible memory.
The local easy listening station was always on, in the mornings, when we were getting ready for school. My mom used to hum along to “Afternoon Delight.”
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Post by Ricketi on Nov 19, 2020 18:36:50 GMT -5
Lol!!
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Post by Leftee on Nov 19, 2020 18:41:01 GMT -5
Damn you people
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Post by rickyguitar on Nov 19, 2020 18:49:35 GMT -5
They liked Perry Como, Lawrence Welk and do.e orchestral stuff. Big old Grundig with big old remote speaker. When they were out I would crank Hendrix on it.
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Post by mikem on Nov 19, 2020 19:17:09 GMT -5
Growing up my parents listened to Lawrence Welk, Sinatra, a few other crooners, and classical music.
My brother & I were into Maynard Ferguson and Spyro Gyra...
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Post by Rick Knight on Nov 21, 2020 8:09:33 GMT -5
My parents didn't have a hi-fi or buy records, but listened to Big Band, Sinatra, Perry Como, Nat King Cole, etc. on the radio and watched tv shows like Lawrence Welk, Ed Sullivan, and Mitch Miller. My Dad must have liked some Country, as I remember him singing Hank Williams' Hey Good Lookin'. After I got a record player and started buying music, I remember my Dad saying he thought Let's Spend The Night Together wasn't a bad song until he realized what the words were.
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Post by matryx81 on Nov 21, 2020 11:31:13 GMT -5
My parents are baby boomers, Born in 1959 and 1960, so I grew up listening to Pink Floyd, Elton John, The Cars, Peter Frampton, Rush, Queen, Queensryche, etc. My mom even had a cassette of Joe Satriani's 'Flying In A Blue Dream'. This stuff was playing non-stop during road trips and around the house when I was growing up. My experience echoes this. It was a lot of what would now be called classic rock, and probably where my musical education started (having a copy of the Doors Greatest Hits album released in 1980 probably really started the trouble). That said, there were some albums in there I never got into (Marshall Tucker Band comes to mind). I still like to listen to that stuff. It still holds up and is less fatiguing on the ear (see loudness war for that). There was some good music that did come after that time though. |
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Post by woody on Nov 21, 2020 13:10:58 GMT -5
My dad sang along with Mitch. Mom threw her underwear at Englebert Humperdink.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Nov 21, 2020 15:21:31 GMT -5
Both my parents has fairly eclectic musical tastes, and they maintained a small but varied LP collection. Glenn Miller, Mozart, Tommy Dorsey, Louis Armstrong, Vaughan Monroe, Spike Jones and the City Slickers, Elvis, The Mills Brothers, Perry Como, Buck and The Buckaroos, Dave Brubeck, Trio Los Panchos, The Ventures, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Smokey Robinson, Herb Alpert, Nelson Riddle, Merle Haggard, Sergio Mendez and Brazil '66, Beethoven, Miles Davis, Baja Marimba Band... It was all over the musical map and it was all wonderful stuff.
I thank them every day for all of it.
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