Lurkers' week: what's the first single you ever bought?

So wonderful, all those early 60s titles, ear worms galore I didn't get much pocket money so remember hoping really hard that I'd get record tokens for birthday and Christmas presents!

Elton John, Your Song.

Summer Holiday(Cliff Richard) - 1965 or so. Still have it. Went to look for it there! Also found Pinky and Perky's Pals and Nina and Frederick!

Do Wah Diddy Diddy by Manfred Mann in 1964.
B side What you gonna do.

The night has a thousand eyes by Bobby Vee rubber ball on the b side

Cast your fate to the wind by Sounds Orchestral. Swiftly followed by With the Beatles.

It was Apache by The Shadows. And yes I did the footwork moves every time I played it with my imaginary guitar closely followed by Ruby Murray's Real Love. ?

First single brought was David Cassidy and had posters.

'I got rhythm' by The Happenings. Still great song today.

I can’t remember mine either. I envy people who can remember things like this!

My mother bought a record player in a case for us early 60s and a record by Lonnie Donegan, an instrumental.I can't remember the name. That was the first single we had.

Marydoll I read your post about the Knorr factory with interest as only yesterday we had one of those packet soups as a very light lunch and I was wondering how they mechanically cut the veg so small!

'The Legend of Xanadu' by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Titch in 1968!

I am the same age as you Gillybob but was more of a David Cassidy fan.
Never had any money for records so made do with the radio.

Knocking on heavens door - Bob Dylan still love it to this day 1970,s

First album, didn’t collect singles, LED Zeppelin l. Looooong time ago, wheres those years gone?

Hi everyone hope you enjoy the chat. My first record was ‘ I Want You Back’ by The Jackson 5 . Way back when Michael was about 5

My first record was Lonnie Donegans Putting on the Style. I guess I'm older than most of you!

Rock around the clock.

Sugar Sugar by the Archies for me too cavewoman . I still love it. I was born in 1962 so would have only been about 7 or 8.

I later fell head over heels in love with Donny Osmond and saved all my pocket money to buy all his records.

I can remember being excited buying both of these as starters to my singles collection - T.Rex 'Get it On', and R.Dean-Taylor 'There's a ghost in my house'...but cant remember which was first!

I never had the money to buy singles, but I won Love on a Mountain Top, with and admission ticket to a disco once. It was a lovely soul record but I lost it somewhere along the way.

Blockbuster by Sweet

Cliff Richard EP (remember them?) - Expresso Bongo. Favourite track was "Shrine on the Second Foor".

I was lucky enough not to have to buy singles.... my father worked in an industry where by he 'acquired ' the top ten every week ?. First album I bought was Blondie, Parallel Lines. And I still have it!!

Someone bought me Love Me Do by The Beatles. I think I was about 5 years old. I can't remember the first one I bought myself.