Friday 28 April 2017, the early years

This morning I'm starting my new blog, a history of music that has featured in my life. I hope to find examples of some of the memorable pieces as well. I made two pages of notes to help jog my memory.

My earliest memories of music came from the radio. We used to listen to Children's Favourites and Two-Way Family Favourites, which both played requests of popular music. My Dad also had a collection of 78 records, including songs by Paul Robeson, Peter Dawson and Kathleen Ferrier. We had an old wind-up gramophone made by HMV. It had a picture of a dog listening to a loudspeaker inside the lid. I used to like hearing Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody which got faster and faster. I spun round until I got dizzy. Dad used to sing My Curly-Headed Baby and Roll Up Your Blankets to me in the bath. Here's Paul Robson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S4rmXXsqQ0

I also liked the theme tune from The Archers, and Listen With Mother on the radio.