Some fun stuff....Found some old 45's............

[CathyA]

I am going through a box in my closet and found my old 45 records. Here's a partial list of some of the ones I have.....

Love me tender
Big Bad John
TellStar
Twist and Shout
Roscoe James McClain
That Greasy Kid Stuff
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
Little Green Apples
My Boyfriend’s Back
Ticket to Ride
The Letter (Give me a ticket to an airplane, ain’t got time to take a fast train…..)
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
I’m a Believer
See you in September
What the World Needs Now is Love
Popsicles and Icicles
Poke Salad Annie
Gravy (with my mashed potatoes….gimme gravy….)
Sunday Will Never Be the Same
I’m so Lonesome I Could Cry
Moon River
You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me
Traces
Classical Gas
Guantanamera
Peppermint Twist
King of the Road

Recognize any of these? :)

[Alan]

Recognize any of these? :)All but 3. Do you have something to play them on?

[CathyA]

Hi Alan. Not sure if I have an old record player. We might have DH's old one, but that's for hunting on another day. haha I sure wouldn't want to play these on a nicer record player with a good needle!
Which 3 didn't you recognize?

[Gardnr]

My favorite 45 is "The Telephone Man":cool:

[Alan]

Which 3 didn't you recognize?
Roscoe James McClain, Popsicles and Icicles, Traces. I may recognize them if I heard them but the titles don't do anything for me.

Edited to add: Just spent a few minutes on YouTube and now I change my answer. Even after hearing it I still didn't recognize Roscoe James McClain.

[happystuff]

If "Traces" is the one with "traces of love"... etc. then the only one I don't recognize is TellStar. But then, I'm usually better recognizing words to a song versus titles. Nice find - enjoy!!

[iris lilies]

Since we are talking about music, help me figure out something that’s been bugging me for 48 hours. Who is the 1990s pop music performer who had a big hit who dressed up in a tux and I think he played piano? I think he had female backup singers? I am trying to find a clip from Beverly Hills 90210 where Kelly and Brenda lip-synch that hit song but I can’t think of the name of the song.

[CathyA]

Yeah Alan, the only thing I remember from that song is the name that they started the song out with.
Happystuff....yes, it's Traces of Love.........("faded photographs...covered now with lines and creases...tickets torn in half, memories in bits and pieces..."
Telstar was just an instrumental....and it had an out-of-this-world-type sound to it.
Sorry I can't help you IL.

[CathyA]

LOL Alan........I just found an audio of Rosco James McClain and have no idea why I even liked it. haha Maybe I picked up someone else's record when we had get-togethers. I hope that was it. haha

[CathyA]

I think I was about 13-14 when I liked most of these. (early-mid 60's).

[pinkytoe]

I remember all those songs. I have only one old 45 tucked away somewhere - Peggy Sue by Buddy Holly.
Iris, was it Huey Lewis?

[iris lilies]

I remember all those songs. I have only one old 45 tucked away somewhere - Peggy Sue by Buddy Holly.
Iris, was it Huey Lewis?

Huey Lewis!!! That was it! Thanks.

[CathyA]

Okay.....here's most of the rest of them. (Anybody know where to recycle old records?)

Sukiyaki
The Chipmunk Song (really old!)
Calendar Girl
Dawn Go Away
To Sir With Love
Cry Baby Cry
Have You Heard
My Own True Love
My Buddy
Mr. Songwriter
Your Other Love
View From My Window
All I have To Do Is Dream
Don’t Let the Rain Fall Down On Me
Hot Diggity (Perry Como)
‘Til (my all-time teenage favorite)
The Sand and The Sea
Lover’s Concerto
Mecque, Mecque
A couple I loved when I was really small and played over and over on my little record player (but don’t have them now)
Red Sails in The Sunset
Tell Me a Story
Buffalo Gals Won’t You Come Out Tonight
You Belong to Me

It was fun going through these. Where does the time go??

[Sad Eyed Lady]

I recognize most of them from both of your lists and actually have quite a few of them myself. I also still have a lot of vinyl (albums) but have been slowly letting go of some of them to a music store that sells vintage vinyl. Still holding back on my Dylan, Cat Stevens, Van Morrison, Neil Young etc. It would take a lot of courage to let those go, but I am trying to down size for the impending older age/move thing that will happen at some point. Books and records are some of the biggest collections I would have to deal with - the rest of the house is not so bad as far as "things".

[SteveinMN]

Long ago I gave my 45s to a guy who does an all-request pop-music show on a local radio station. Some were new to him; he made the redundant ones prizes in trivia contests among his music-addled fans. :welcome: But if you don't know someone who'd be happy to see them, depending on where you live, there may be a local radio station or record store that would take them (probably not for $$). Otherwise, most of our local thrift stores still sell 45s and a craigslist/freecycle/Facebook/Nextdoor post or two should pass them on to an appreciative recipient.

LPs are (generally) worth more; if you have a number of them, it likely would pay to find a record store and try to sell them; should come out a wash at worst and you might have some real gems worth $$ there. Or craigslist/ebay/Facebook for-sale could do it if you have some time and energy to pursue that route.

[Teacher Terry]

I got rid of all vinyl in my last cross country move 22 years ago.

[happystuff]

Record players are back in vogue again. There are plenty of people who actually buy them. Maybe not for much, but something. And some are actually worth quite a bit to collectors.

[Zoe Girl]

Glad you knew Huey Lewis, it was bugging me.

Nope, dont know them but then again I was born in mid 60's

[Float On]

I recognized all of them Cathy. I was gifted a box of 200 45's when I got my first record player at 6 years old in the early 70's and I sang into my hairbrush every day. The box was a gift from my mom's youngest brother so the records covered the 50's, 60's and probably a few 40's thrown in as well as very early 70's. I think he gave it to me because he had moved on to 8 tracks. I can't believe it but I gave the box of records to one of the boys friends a few years ago.
The record that created a life long love was Petula Clark's Downtown and I got to see her with Andy Williams maybe 10-15 years ago (I have all of her albums copied to CD's thanks to my MIL). Probably the record I played the most at age 8 was Dead Man's Curve. I was fascinated by the sound of a car skidding off a cliff in that song!

[KayLR]

Recognized most of both lists, and owned many of them myself. I had a stack of 45s almost as tall as I was at one time. Bought them at the drugstore uptown for .50-$1. I still have much of my old 33 vinyls...the ones a thieving babysitter didn't steal. He took all my Zeppelin !:(

[frugal-one]

Place to sell or even see if they are worth anything!

https://www.discogs.com/getstarted/

Have to tell something son told me recently. I went to a garage sale this summer and found a kid's cd collection.
When GD came over we played one and danced and sang to the music. My son said she now believes grandma is singing the songs on the cd. She is 2. haha