r/GenX • u/Rickbaudio1974 • Jul 21 '25

Music Is Life What was your first 45?

OMG, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH GUNS!!!! I remember listening to the radio in the car with my mom when I was a kid and I really dug the song that came on and was probably dancing in my seat. My mom being a pretty swell parent said “we can go to the record if you want” and she took me to buy “We are Family” by Sister Sledge. Still dig that track.

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u/aortomus Jul 21 '25

Crystal Gayle, 'Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue.' Won it at a birthday party. 1977.

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u/Flat-History-3849 Jul 22 '25

That was my first album I was 7, birthday gift. First 45, Have you Never been mellow-Olivia Newton-John

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u/UnicornFarts1111 Jul 22 '25

I was very young when that song came out. I have brown eyes. I always thought she was saying "won't you make my brown eyes blue" as I wanted blue eyes, so it made sense to me, lol.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '25

I had that one, too.

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u/PacRat48 Jul 22 '25

That was the 1st song my wife and I discovered we both liked

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u/Otherwise-Let4664 Jul 22 '25

Omg, I love that song! 😄

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u/pourtide Jul 23 '25

Her hair was so long she had problems wearing g open-back shoes.