FabSwingers.com forum: What was your first single

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

As a child i got into music at an early age and loved to listen to the charts each Sunday.

I finally got a record player (god i feel old) one christmas with Slades epic legendary Christmas song.

What was your first single?

I was told i would be bought a single each week and i requested 'Friggin in the Riggin' by the Sex Pistols only to be bought 'Brown girl in the ring' by Boney M lol

Have fun

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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge

two little boys

rolf harris

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By *rs and mr sanddancerCouple
over a year ago

Boldon

making your mind up by bucks fizz

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By *rs and mr sanddancerCouple
over a year ago

Boldon

"two little boys

rolf harris"

I love that song still - know all the words too - how sad is that!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It was Benny Hill - Ernie, the fastest milkman in the west. Bought for a Christmas present by my parents along with my all new, super dooper hi fidelity, record player. You know the kind, with the speaker in the lid and the stylus that flipped over from LP to 78.

The first single that I actually bought myself was My Coo Ca Choo by Alvin Stardust. Cost me 45p and it was on the 'Magnet' label - hows that for a good memory ?

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By *ashful BazMan
over a year ago

poole dorset

My first bought single was from my next door neighbour, he was so desperate for some fags, he sold me a Northern soul record it was by

The John Schroder orcherstra - I'm going to change.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Can't remember,it was either micheal jacksons thriller or ozzy osbournes bark at the moon (which I knew all the lyrics to at 5 yrs old lol)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i love my shirt ,cant remember wh by first lp was tublar bells

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By *empnbunkCouple
over a year ago

south coast

first single i bought was... Bad Manners "Special Brew"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Skids, Iona, my sis scratched it when we fell out and I cant track down a copy now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Vodka then went onto Bacardi followed by some JD. Infact doubles JD

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Skids, Iona, my sis scratched it when we fell out and I cant track down a copy now

I found it straight away on a 'Best Of the Skids' album

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By *all-Eddies QosCouple
over a year ago

wirral

stay another day by E17.....christmas number 1 in 1994 I think

hearing it now still brings a tear to my eye......it was mine and my first ever boyfriends 'song'

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yazz and the plastic population the only way is up

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By *ucsparkMan
over a year ago

dudley

The clash London Calling

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By *icarswife45Woman
over a year ago

wiltshire town near Bath

Rock On...David Essex

When my mum died we found out she had kept it all those years,its now a cherished item in my memory box.

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By *ashful BazMan
over a year ago

poole dorset

"Rock On...David Essex

When my mum died we found out she had kept it all those years,its now a cherished item in my memory box."

I've met David Essex, top man.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'd love to be able to say that it was some classic tune, but in actual fact.....

...it was Turtle Power from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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By *ewels74Woman
over a year ago

Dundee/Angus/Blackpool

i actually cant remember but i do think it was an Abba record - i still have all my records and lps in a record case

so needs to go to a record fair again

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By *laggieWoman
over a year ago

Derby

jeez..this will date me...Jerry Lee Lewis...'Great Balls of Fire'..on an enormous record.

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull

"two little boys

rolf harris

I love that song still - know all the words too - how sad is that!

Same here! My street cred went down a few notches when my Mother bought that for Christmas!

I cringe now when I hear it!

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

Frankie- Sister Sledge

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

DReam, Things Can Only Get Better

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By *londeCazWoman
over a year ago

Arse End of the Universe, Cumbria

"two little boys

rolf harris

I love that song still - know all the words too - how sad is that!

+1 n i fill up every time i hear it

My first single was Turning Japanese y The Vapours.....First albums i got 3 for xmas...Boomtown Rats - Fine Art of Surfacing, Blondie - Parallel Lines n Police - Regetta de Blanc.....total class imo

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By *ewels74Woman
over a year ago

Dundee/Angus/Blackpool

oo just remembered - must be Yes Sir i can Boogie - due to the fact i must be 3 or something and family have it on tape of me singing it lol

and also Japanese Boy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

its would have been take on me by aha

my dad bought me it to teach me how to use the record player

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lily the Pink, by The Scaffold

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

1963 Swinging on a star - Big Dee Irwin

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By *oddyWoman
over a year ago

between havant and chichester

donny osmond puppy love

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Skids, Iona, my sis scratched it when we fell out and I cant track down a copy now

I found it straight away on a 'Best Of the Skids' album

Yup so did I but would love to have the original single, to replace the one the witch scratched.

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By *unky monkeyMan
over a year ago

in the night garden

Blondie - Denise

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By *enithWoman
over a year ago

closer than you think

Definitely going to age me .....

Pinky n Perky's Hit Parade 1968

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

bohemian rhapsody queen on its first release in 75

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pepsi & Shirley : Heartache

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

"Rock On...David Essex

When my mum died we found out she had kept it all those years,its now a cherished item in my memory box."

That was mine as well, well it was the first record i officially bought for myself with a record token i had for christmas.

Before that my mum went to a second hand shop and bought a record player that looked like toaster and it just took singles (dont know what happened to the other one cause we had other records as little kids)

Anyway armed with this record player we went to the shop to buy a record for it and it was T rex sold gold easy action

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

red red wine... UB40

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By *ngel Devil69Couple
over a year ago

Manilva

Under the moon of love, Shawaddywaddy. Hope I spelt it right?

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

I feel bloody old reading this thread, some of the songs mentioned on here i was practically grown up when they came out lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

used to buy albums and EP's rather than singles.....but I did buy Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse Of The Heart when it was released....didn't like her enough to buy an album....but the single was fab....well it was back then.....but i do still play it sometimes

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By *ugartitsandhimCouple
over a year ago

North West

I Hate to admit this but its was

The Bare Necessities (Jungle Book)

Look for the bare necessities

The simple bare necessities

Forget about your worries and your strife

I mean the bare necessities

Old Mother Nature's recipes

That brings the bare necessities of life

Wherever I wander, wherever I roam

I couldn't be fonder of my big home

The bees are buzzin' in the tree

To make some honey just for me

When you look under the rocks and plants

And take a glance at the fancy ants

Then maybe try a few

The bare necessities of life will come to you

They'll come to you!

Look for the bare necessities

The simple bare necessities

Forget about your worries and your strife

I mean the bare necessities

That's why a bear can rest at ease

With just the bare necessities of life

Now when you pick a pawpaw

Or a prickly pear

And you prick a raw paw

Next time beware

Don't pick the prickly pear by the paw

When you pick a pear

Try to use the claw

But you don't need to use the claw

When you pick a pear of the big pawpaw

Have I given you a clue ?

The bare necessities of life will come to you

They'll come to you!

So just try and relax, yeah cool it

Fall apart in my backyard

'Cause let me tell you something little britches

If you act like that bee acts, uh uh

You're working too hard

And don't spend your time lookin' around

For something you want that can't be found

When you find out you can live without it

And go along not thinkin' about it

I'll tell you something true

The bare necessities of life will come to you

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By *ugartitsandhimCouple
over a year ago

North West

Please please please feel free to sing along

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By *arkstaffsMan
over a year ago

Rugeley

It was either Cars by Numan or one of the early Humam League ones, that long ago I can't remember!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Baggy trousers. Still love Madness

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mick Mug

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Little Arrows - Leapy Lee was the first on e bought for me..first one i remember buying was Blockbuster by The Sweet

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By *acavityMan
over a year ago

Redditch

Damn you all for your cool first singles!

Mine was "Star-Trekking" by The Firm.

My taste hasn't improved much since...

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By *exki11enWoman
over a year ago

Bristol

Oh good god! My first record (yes, i'm just 'that' old) was Keith Harris & Orville

I also had Hey Frankie. Even as a 6 year old I had an eclectic taste

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By *edbagioMan
over a year ago

ripon

like clockwork boomtown rats

god im old

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By *roquoisMan
over a year ago

Portsmouth

Rubettes - Jule Box Jive

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By *roquoisMan
over a year ago

Portsmouth

Ooops...should have read

Rubettes - Juke Box Jive....lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

This old House -

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

worzel gummage

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By *obsrocketMan
over a year ago

Loughborough

My first album was Pinky and Perky Cars. First single was Emerson Lake Palmer Fanfare for the common man.

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By *empting Devil.Woman
over a year ago

Sheffield

tracey ullman, they don't know....

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By *oddy2112Couple
over a year ago

woodhall spa

Roxanne by the police. on blue vinyl. still got it in my dads loft. worth a small fortune now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Skids, Iona, my sis scratched it when we fell out and I cant track down a copy now

God what a dreary song, she did ya a favour lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

waseither Mud, Tiger feet or a suzie quatro song, I cant remember, but what I do remember is going into the record shop, asking to listen to a single and standing in a booth with headphones on,if I liked the song I bought it ...

Slade were the best though lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rockin' All Over The World by Status Quo

And yes, I like it, la la la la like it here we go.. oh

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The prince by maddnes,first album siqning off by ub40 still one of the best albums ever.

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By *oulmates YorkshireCouple
over a year ago

Leeds

"tracey ullman, they don't know....

oh I loved that song

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By *4FantasyCouple
over a year ago

Spalding

D.I.S.C.O by Odyssey

kazx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Call Me...Blondie

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By *ashful BazMan
over a year ago

poole dorset

"D.I.S.C.O by Odyssey

kazx "

think that was by Ottawan.

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By *aceytopWoman
over a year ago

from a town near you

wild thing by the troggs,god im old lol

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By *innamon!Woman
over a year ago

no matter

Elvis presley - His latest flame. I never had a record player

my favourite back then or before was cathy's clown the everly brothers..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Suzi Quartro- Devilgate Drive.

and for some reason I grew up to like women who wear leather, strange that can't understand why

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I wanna dance with somebody-Whitney Houston 7"

Who's That Girl-Madonna 12"

total cost from HMV back then was £3.74

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

late 70's Lucky Number.......Lena Lovich...AAAH OOOOO AHHHHH OOOOO lol

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By *ollie_JCouple
over a year ago

London

We love these threads as we check the posters "swinging" age

Back on track, 99 Red Baloons

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By *etillanteWoman
over a year ago

I was given a pile of mid 60s singles when I was bought my record player for passing my 11 plus.

My first full priced purchase was......... Pushbike Song - The Mixtures

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

thanks to all those who added to the thread.

it made interesting reading and gave me a few chcukles too.

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By *utAndThickMan
over a year ago

Nearby

"making your mind up by bucks fizz

That album was my second bought album!

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By *utAndThickMan
over a year ago

Nearby

First album

kids from fame

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By *emima_puddlefuckCouple
over a year ago

hexham

Ultravox, Vienna

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Id like to teach the world to sing... New Seekers...

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