First Song you remember from childhood

Most of the songs from my early childhood I remember are Church songs and hymns. My mom did teach me how to sing "You are my Sunshine" when I was around 3 or 4. The earliest radio songs I remember was "Puff the Magic Dragon" and "There was a Crooked Man". The Beatles came out a couple years later and really changed my outlook on music.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC2tlNmz4ao]Peter, Paul, And Mary ~ Live ~ Puff The Magic Dragon ~ 1965 - YouTube[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lySUIBrDsIE]Ronnie Hilton 'Don't Let The Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man)' 45 rpm - YouTube[/ame]
 
Pop23 said:
My two oldest siblings are 10 and 12 years older then me. Simon & garfunkel and the Beatles played constantly, but to be honest, the first song I remember was

These boots were made for walking by Nancy Sinatra
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Uhuh. And "Downtown"..."Downtown."

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abOzcjxNJ30]Petula Clark goes Downtown - 1967 - YouTube[/ame]
 
"Mairzy Doats" is a novelty song composed in 1943 by Milton Drake, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston. It was first played on radio station WOR, New York, by Al Trace and his Silly Symphonists. The song made the pop charts several times, with a version by the Merry Macs reaching No. 1 in March 1944.

At first glance the song's refrain, as written on the sheet music, seems meaningless:

Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wooden shoe?

However, the lyrics of the bridge provide a clue:

If the words sound queer and funny to your ear, a little bit jumbled and jivey,
Sing "Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy."

With this aid, the refrain is quite easily comprehended, and the ear will detect the hidden message of the final line: "A kid'll eat ivy too, wouldn't you?"

http://library.umkc.edu/spec-col/ww2/warnews/rams/c/mairzydoats.ram
 
First song that comes to mind is one that Super Sugar Crisp had on the back of their box.
You could cut it out and play it on your record player


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyn1cqSpUBE]Michael Jackson and The Jackson 5 - ABC - Dick Clark's Best of Bandstand (1969) - YouTube[/ame]
 
Heard this one at the first drive-in movie I remember. Made it through the first movie, slept through the second - do remember being carried in the house.

I was two or three.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew3mtNZFrMY]Debbie Reynolds - Tammy - YouTube[/ame]
 
it was all hank williams at my parents house....

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WXYjm74WFI]I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY (1949) by Hank Williams - YouTube[/ame]

this was 24/7 the sad music of hank williams....my father was a drinker at this time....

and for some reason i remember this happy song:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9H_cI_WCnE]Sheb Wooley - Purple People Eater (1958) - YouTube[/ame]
 
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qee0Gmr9XJU]Baby Genius: Itsy Bitsy Spider Video - YouTube[/ame]
 
And this one which every student sang to begin the school day in the first grade:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owx3ao42kwI]"Jesus Loves Me" by Listener Kids - YouTube[/ame]
 
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