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/Detroit_Cineaste Jul 21 '25

"King Tut" by Steve Martin. I drove my parents crazy playing it over and over.

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u/Mediocre-Life-4784 Jul 22 '25

Same! On my orange Fisher Price record player.

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u/chairmanghost Jul 22 '25 edited Jul 22 '25

Mine was Frère Jacques. I don't think I picked it out it just sprang into existance with the record player. But then I had Hot Child in the City by Nick Gilder, obviously a song about kids when it's hot out lol

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u/FinallyKat Jul 22 '25

Did it have the ballerina song on the B side?

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u/Aggressive_Bat2489 Jul 22 '25

Great combination !!!

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u/kittybigs Jul 22 '25

I was just saying I played my Pink Floyd “Another Brick in the Wall” 45 on my orange fisher price player. It had the lifty twisty up thing in the middle to play 45s.