1st albums bought for me (and my younger sister) were Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas album, and a Huckleberry Hound dog album. The first album I remember buying (probably we three sisters combined our resources) was Chubby Chekkers, but it could have been something else. I don't really remember having any money of my own to buy anything other than 45's before I went to college - and even then, funds were very scarce.

Mom and Dad liked music and bought the first stereo in our neck of the woods -the speakers were major pieces of furniture in those days.    Mom had a great, eclectic collection of 78's (that my neatnick Dad trashed at some point) and 45's before then that we listened to on a humble mono turntable- .don't remember most of them, but they included the Andrews sisters, Patsy Cline, Elvis Presley, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Andy Griffin, early Everly Brothers, Jerry Lee Lewis. Johnny Horton, etc. There may have been some early Buddy Holly. For no particular reason, I remember a 45 my Mom had of a rock & roll song "They Call Me Hawkeye" and I can not, for the life of me, remember who did it.

I am the keeper of the family albums that have survived. (Survival and playability are not synonyms.) In terms of albums, I am never clear about what Mom bought "for us girls" (her excuse - she loved rock 'n roll and loved to dance. She'd set up the ironing board in the living room Saturday mornings so she could watch American Bandstand while she ironed - taking frequent breaks to dance and to teach us, especially my older sister, how to lindy, jitterbug, etc.), and the early purchases we made for ourselves.