Are there any members 55 years and older?
55+? What was the first popular song you learned to play on the keyboard?
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happyrat1
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Iron Man 
Or maybe it was Jingle Bells...
Gary
Or maybe it was Jingle Bells...
Gary
Telstar.
Its different everytime I play it .............. one day I will get it right.
Its different everytime I play it .............. one day I will get it right.
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I take it that the children's songs and old folk tunes that are usually taught to young children learning to play the piano (e.g., "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star") don't count?
One of the first popular hits that I tried to learn was "Roundabout" by Yes. I also had a couple of songbooks of The Who's music, and tried to learn to play "Overture" and "Underture" from Tommy.
I take it that the children's songs and old folk tunes that are usually taught to young children learning to play the piano (e.g., "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star") don't count?
One of the first popular hits that I tried to learn was "Roundabout" by Yes. I also had a couple of songbooks of The Who's music, and tried to learn to play "Overture" and "Underture" from Tommy.
Wow, I just watched your youtube 420 Blues. How fabulous!Iron Man
Or maybe it was Jingle Bells...
Gary
I'm just learning how to use this forum, I'm slow I guess it's the age thing". I did mean adult popular standards.
I see that golden oldies for my generation has an entirely different meaning than yours. I like Cole Porter or Irving Berlin and the 1920's to 1960 's songs. I just realized that some of the shoes I own are older than the Who's music.
Now I really feel old, I should ask that question of your parents, or grandparents?
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Some people believe that your personality can be explained by which song was Number One on the day you were born. (Okay, I might have made that up-- but it sounds like it could be true.)
On the day I was born, the Number One song in the USA was "The Chipmunk Song," which completely proves the accuracy of this theory.
http://thisdayinmusic.com/birthdayno1
On the day I was born, the Number One song in the USA was "The Chipmunk Song," which completely proves the accuracy of this theory.
http://thisdayinmusic.com/birthdayno1
happyrat1
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They didn't have a Canadian chart for the year I was born but my life's theme song was "Another Saturday Night" on the night I turned 18.
At least according to the website
Gary
At least according to the website
Gary
Rayblewit
Love Music / Love Life
I learnt to play Dylan's Blowin'in the Wind.
Ray
Ray
Rayblewit
Love Music / Love Life
Marty,
I must admit since I have developed my playing skills over the years and began collecting OLD sheet music, my style changed. It is still changing. I love playing 30's 40's and 50's music.
Glen Miller tunes for example.
Also tunes of Deano, Sinatra and Anka.
That's Amore' ray
I must admit since I have developed my playing skills over the years and began collecting OLD sheet music, my style changed. It is still changing. I love playing 30's 40's and 50's music.
Glen Miller tunes for example.
Also tunes of Deano, Sinatra and Anka.
That's Amore' ray
Looking up what was number 1 when I was born I can categorically state that I am positively NOT going to learn ....... Goodnight Irene.
I have enough of those original sheets to make an interesting collage for a wall. I'm hoping my grandkids will develop an interest in what I've collected so it won't go to waste when I go to the big beauty shop in the sky.
happyrat1
Destroyer of Eardrums!!!
When I'm ready for my dirt nap I'm looking forward to all the fantastic concerts by all of the brilliant musicians we've lost in the past few decades
Gary
Gary
I truly believe the standards made by those brilliant musicians of the golden age of Jazz and Broadway stage will be repeated and will take on new meaning as the current popular vocalists get older. Everyone mellows out with age.
Marty
Marty
happyrat1
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Sort of on topic...
Gary
Gary
Oddly enough, I was playing something completely different and a friend thought of Telstar; I couldn't remember a lick --- hey that was the early 60s that I last accompanied it on bass when; you needed a guy with a big twangy guitar with a flush handle to play it. I had to google it on youtube in order to figure it out on a keyboard. I seem to recall a rumor that they produced some effects by miking a flush toilet.Telstar.
Its different everytime I play it .............. one day I will get it right.
My dad bought my mom a record player that plugged into the radio as an xmas present. It came with a couple of complementary discs: one was the Chipmunks on one side and the David Rose Orchestra "That's Almost Good!" on the other side. I guess my birthday tune would be "Heartaches" --- had to look it up but now I remember it (yeesh!).Some people believe that your personality can be explained by which song was Number One on the day you were born. (Okay, I might have made that up-- but it sounds like it could be true.)
On the day I was born, the Number One song in the USA was "The Chipmunk Song," which completely proves the accuracy of this theory.
http://thisdayinmusic.com/birthdayno1
Outside of music lessons where the first part of the "Little Suite" was the typical first actual piece learned unless one counts "Are You Sleeping?" the beginner song was "Heart and Soul". My first money makers on keyboard were "House of the Rising Sun". "Gloria". "Can I Get a Witness" ... and "Stranger on the Shore" under duress as a friend played clarinet.