Your first record player....
Your first "Hi-Fi" record player...
Hearing your first "stereo" .....
Changing phonograph needles...
Ruby or diamond needles....
Your first transistor radio...
Replacing radio tubes in your car radio....
Listening to new records at the Appliance House listening booths...
KLIF...KBEC...KFJZ...WRR...
Calling in "dedications" at KBEC or even stopping by the station to request a song...
Having a song dedicated to you...
The name of all your favorite DJ...
Kat's Karavan....
Bill Mack... Jim Lowe....Johnny Mack Borders...Bill Ward
The first record you bought...
The first album you bought...
The thrill of finally having enough money to buy a new record....
The term "Flip Side"...
Knowing what a "spindle" is...
Moving from 78 rpm to 45 rpm records....
Stacks and stacks of 45 rpm singles...
Waiting on the record shop to receive the latest releases...
The first time you heard "Teen Angel"....
Hearing about, but never seeing the "dirty bop"...
Your first attempt at dancing....
Learning The Twist....
Watching American Bandstand....
Watching "Your Hit Parade"....
Your first dead car battery from listening to the radio or leaving it on over night.....
Getting a scratch on your favorite record....
Lending records and getting one back that had been scratched....
Seeing Ronnie Dawson play at the Youth Center...
A parent yelling to turn down the music....
Exchanging records....
Actually liking the song on the flip side....
Listening to a 45rpm played at 78rpm...
Trying to learn the words to "Purple People Eater"...
Being thankfull when a "slow song" was finally played at the dance...
Girls on one side, boys on the other, dancing in the middle...
Dancing in socks on the Youth Centers slick concrete floor...
The long walk to ask a girl to dance...
The long wait for the boy to get there...
Having someone else ask the girl to dance before you got there...
Sweaty palms...
Stepping on a dance partner's foot....
Wishing he were a little taller...
Wishing she were a little shorter...
Wishing he would learn to dance...
Wishing you could dance...
Smelling a girl's perfume or boy's after-shave while slow dancing...
Wanting to sing the song to your partner while slow dancing...
Wishing a song would never end...
Wishing a song would end real soon...
Knowing a specific song appropriate for each situation...
Hearing a song that exactly expressed your feelings...
Playing the same song over and over and over and...
Hearing static on the radio during your favorite song...
Hearing your song fade in and out over your radio...
Losing the knob on your car radio...
Having the car radio quit whenever you hit a bump...
Waiting and waiting and waiting for the radio to play "your" song...
Finding out a boy loves your favorite song...
Finding out a girl doesn't care for your favorite song...
Arguing over which record gets played next...
Rearranging the stack of records to be played...
Having an "automatic" spindle for your 45's
Losing the plastic adapters to play your 45's on the slim record spindles...
Wondering what 16 rpm or 33 1/3rpm records looked like...
"Crystal" radios...
Needing an antennae to pick up your radio station...
Trying to dance at the Youth Center is new shoes with slick soles...
Trying to dance at the Youth Center is new shoes with crepe' soles...
Wondering if she'd like a coke after the dance...
Wondering if he'd ask to get a coke after the dance...
Wishing he had a radio in his car that worked...
Wishing she'd quit changing the radio station...
Wishing the push buttons on your car radio worked...
Not liking a song until the 100th time you heard it....
Spending all your money on records...
Wishing you could sing like whoever was singing at the time...
Wishing you could write a song that beautifull...
Arguing over what the words to a song really were...
Having someone in the car sing along but not know the lyrics....
Dancing to your very favorite song....
Wishing he could "fast dance"...
Hoping they'd play "The Stroll"...
The Levee Club, The Cellar, Lu-Ann's....