Who was in your parents' album collection?

[nolabear]

Mine were absolutely perfect for describing who my folks were, except for one.

Glenn Miller

Elvis Presley (both gospel and King Creole)

Andy Griffith "What it Was Was Football"

Tennessee Ernie Ford

The Kingston Trio (the outliers)

Later,my father went on a CW tear but that was duringmy adolescence and I quit paying attention.

[Archae]

1. Romy Gosz, the Six Fat Dutchmen, Jerry Schneider, etc.

You guessed it, polkas.

[applegrove]

2. British marching band music in my dad's collection. My mom didn't own one album.

[ohiosmith]

3. Didn't need one. Didn't have a record player!

[HopeHoops]

4. Marie Osmond.

Now on the plus side, there were the Carpenters, Simon & Garfunkel, and a few other albums I really liked. But Marie Osmond? We used to have to WATCH the Donny & Marie show - E-FUCKING-GADS!

[Archae]

12. "I'm a little bit country..."

"I'm a little bit rock and roll..."

We used to watch too, my younger sisters loved that show.

It could be funny when they poked fun at themselves, like the "Do It Yourself Be An Osmond Kit."
Came complete with "Osmo-chops" dentures, twice as many teeth as normal.

[HopeHoops]

25. I've still got a stack of 45s and the one on top is "Paper Roses" (which we called "Paper Noses").

They're in the "stuff to sell on eBay" pile now.

[hlthe2b]

5. Ecletic bunch my late parents...

My Mom love Sinatra, but then went nuts over.... Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. They both liked New Orlean's own Pete Fountain and Al Hirt and of course Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald.

My Dad LOVED Big Band music, including Glenn Miller and the like. Later on he listened to nothing but C&W--especially Chet Atkins , but shocked me when he latched on to Bob Seger.

My Mom love the Beatles. She loved John Denver Go figure.

[KamaAina]

6. Creedence. Stones. Beatles. Dylan. JJ Cale. Simon and Garfunkel.

Yeah, Mom's cool. But she did subject me to prenatal Creedence overexposure.

[kwassa]

7. Fats Waller, Ella Fitzgerald, Eddy Condon and his Windy City 7, the Hi-Lo s, Billie Holiday,

Pete Fountain, Benny Goodman, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, many other jazz artists.
and lots of classical music.

[JBoy]

8. Brasil '66 is one I remember.

[pinboy3niner]

9. A complete collection of Al Jolson on 78s

They also had comedy albums including Bill Cosby, Bob Newhart, and the Smothers Brothers.

[trof]

10. Except for Elvis it sounds like my collection.

[Martysbestcatch]

11. Oldies but Goodies that I remember...

The Mills Brothers
Dean Martin
Les Paul and Mary Ford
Perry Como
Mitch Miller
Spike Jones

[zen_bohemian]

13. lets see

Chuck Berry
The Kingston Trio
Dean Martin

Then I came along, along with the 60's, then it was.....
Hendrix
Janis Joplin
The Doors
Iron butterfly
Peter Paul and Mary
Simon and Garfunkle


Rare Earth
Cat Stevens
Cream
Deep Purple

[Taverner]

14. Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, Wes Montgomery, Mose Allison, Beatles, A.C. Jobim...

[Mad_Dem_X]

15. Sonny and Cher, The Supremes, Elvis.

[MiddleFingerMom]

16. MFMDad had several Jackie-Gleason-conducted collections of romantic orchestral pop songs.

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"Fly Me to the Moon, Alice -- TO THE MOON!!!"
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He really did put out a coupla dozen "romantic" albums.
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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. Tijuana Brass, Peggy Lee, Dave Brubeck, but mostly classical.

[sadbear]

18. Paul Simon, Jim Croce, Mamas and Papas, Herb Alpert, Willy Nelson, Lovin Spoonful

All late 60s early 70s stuff (they married in '69). But the thing that brought them together was their mutual love of Joe and Eddie.

[shanti]

19. dad was a music lover, born in 1929

and he had a large LP collection. all i remember though was julie london and lots of jazz-dixieland mostly.

[benld74]

20. The folks never owned records but I can recall watching the,,,,

Lawrence Welk Show
Jackie Gleason Show
Ed Sullivan Show
Sing Along with Mitch Miller
etc

[Art_from_Ark]

21. Same here

My mom never had any albums, but she watched Lawrence Welk, Tom Jones, Liberace, Sonny and Cher, Dean Martin, Porter Wagoner, Buck Owens/Roy Clark, as well as music specials like Petula Clark, Herb Alpert, and Mickey Finn.

My grandparents watched Sing Along with Mitch:

"Let's all sing like the birdies sing
Tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet,
Let's all sing like the birdies sing
Tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet,
Let's all warble like nightingales
Give your throats a treat
Get your lines from the birds
Now you all know the words
Tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet"

[Kali]

22. Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Katie Lee, recordings of Hopi Katchina dances, sample albums of 60s music

Bill Cosby. They had a pretty good shelf of records, but that is about all I remember.

[OriginalGeek]

23. My dad had 3 dog night, Dylan and Willie Nelson

My mom had Mac Davis and Billy Crash Craddock that I remember...or church music.

[southerncrone]

24. Mario Lanza, Herb Alpert, Elvis,

Perry Como, Mel Torme, Dean Martin, Tom Jones.
These are the ones I remember.

Yeah, I'm old.

[TwilightGardener]

26. Allman Brothers, CCR, Marshall Tucker Band, Carly Simon, and Crosby, Stills, & Nash

[TwilightGardener]

28. My older brother's collection (more influential to me): Kansas, Rush, Styx, Boston, Yes, ELP

[Bertha Venation]

27. Bill Cosby

LOVE "What It Was Was Football!" Hilarious. Funny lookin' little punkin.