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What is the first song or piece of music you can remember hearing on the radio (or)?
October 26, 2016 at 2:12 pm
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I was born in 1953 and this song that came out in 1957 is the first one I remember hearing on the radio. I wonder how much everyone's first song would have in common, like characteristics which are more likely to appeal to toddlers and small children?
https://youtu.be/h1ubG2f1-to
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RE: What is the first song or piece of music you can remember hearing on the radio (or)?
October 26, 2016 at 2:26 pm
Wow, that's a tough one. If memory serves, I believe it was Karn Evil 9, from ELP.
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RE: What is the first song or piece of music you can remember hearing on the radio (or)?
October 26, 2016 at 2:36 pm
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Born in 66 here.
The first music I remember hearing was at five -- it wasn't on the radio, per se, but on the 8-track with Mom taking us with her grocery shopping. The album? Tapestry, from Carole King. And Mom played it a lot, so that it got burned into my brain. A beautiful work; I've gone out and bought it a couple of times as an adult, because it's one of those albums which bears repeated listenings. A sample:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqQXvcr9Uag
First song I remember hearing on the radio? "Do it Again", from Steely Dan -- a little later, I had just started first grade and my sister and I were walking to Sprouse-Reitz to spend our allowances -- a whole quarter! -- with her little blue transistor radio cranked. Not being a musician at the time, I had no appreciation for Denny Dias's fantastic solo on electric "sitar" -- but the song sure grabbed my ear, and years later, when I got into the Dan from another route, I was gladly surprised to learn that this was in their songbook:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMWBHpd4WiI
That same day, walking home, "Rock On" came on ... but good lord, I can't stand that song, and so won't post it here.
The first album I ever bought, A New World Record I got because I'd heard this on the radio, about ten years old. The opening chords are what made me want to play guitar -- the sound just killed me, it resonated in my little brain so hard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1Y-rfbzmgY
Thanks for the trip down Memory Lane, Pops. Good stuff -- looking forward to the other replies. 
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RE: What is the first song or piece of music you can remember hearing on the radio (or)?
October 26, 2016 at 2:52 pm
The first song I ever heard was by DJ Bobo on TV, altough I don't remember which song it was. But that day I started listening to DJ Bobo and did so for nearly 10 years. Then I discovered hip-hop and a little later - the metal music.
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RE: What is the first song or piece of music you can remember hearing on the radio (or)?
October 26, 2016 at 2:56 pm
I can't be sure if it was the first one but certainly the first one that stuck. Without understanding the lyrics, of course. The tune just appealed to me as a toddler or small child. How old was I? Fourish?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-rB0pHI9fU
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RE: What is the first song or piece of music you can remember hearing on the radio (or)?
October 26, 2016 at 3:05 pm
https://youtu.be/hTWKbfoikeg
That was the earliest music memory of mine. Played on the radio in my dad's car while he was driving me to preschool one day. I was like 3 years old.
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RE: What is the first song or piece of music you can remember hearing on the radio (or)?
October 26, 2016 at 4:06 pm
The first song that I remember was 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover.
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