While I was growing up, my Dad played in a local cover band (the nut doesn't fall far from the tree as I am following in his footsteps)... anyway - he always bought 7" singles to learn songs, we didn't have a lot of LPs.   But when I was about 6, my folks bought me a little record player and "Cosmo's Factory" by CCR.   I played that album zillions of times, and it still one of my all-time favorites.   

Philadelphia AM radio was my thing when I was real little.  WIBG and WFIL played all the hits, and I loved them.

Curiously, my folks only owned one Beatles album - Abbey Road.  I made up for that in short order.

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> I seem to recall my first memory of any kind where music was concerned was 
> "What's New Pussycat" by Tom Jones....that would have made me 2 years old 
> (!!) 
> 
> But, it wasn't until I was 8 or 9 years old that I actually started paying 
> attention to songs on CHUM-AM. 
> 
> My first 7" single purchase was "Ben" by Michael Jackson....my second was 
> "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John and "This Is Your Song" by Don 
> Goodwin at the same time. From there on it was one 7" single purchase with 
> my allowance every week until I was 19....then albums became the norm. 
> 
> Jaimie Vernon, 
> President, Bullseye Records 
> "Not Suing Our Customers Since 1985!!" 
> http://www.bullseyecanada.com 
> Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia 
> http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/ 
> 
>