There's nothing quite like old vinyl for bringing back the memories, particularly when it's in the 45rpm format.

My parents bought a radiogram (an "Alba") back around 1957 or '58. It contained our first proper record player - 78, 45 and 33 speeds - so, naturally, I started to spend my weekly pocket money on singles. I still have them, and was going through them yesterday, out of curiosity.

The very first one was Lonnie Donegan's "Battle of New Orleans", to be followed by many more. They show definite trends as the years went by - guitar mainly at first, then a traditional jazz period, then blues, and so on. A selection of titles:

"Greenfields" - The Brothers Four
"Apache" - The Shadows
"Shazam" - Duane Eddy
"Piltdown Rides Again" - The Piltdown Men
"Move It" - Cliff Richard
"Smokestack Lightnin'" - Howling Wolf
"Because They're Young" - Duane Eddy
"On The Rebound" - Floyd Cramer
"Petite Fleur" - Chris Barber's Jazz Band
"Temptation" - The Everley Brothers
"Midnight In Moscow" - Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen

etc., etc.

Stranger how potent cheap music is, as Mr. Coward said.