I don't remember what my mother sang, but this has prompted me to ring up my brothers and sister to find out what the remember before we all to old to remember much of anything. I know I was glued to the radio from an early age(beforeTV. THe first song I can remember thinking was really great was Abba Dabba Honeymoon, and my dad singing Open the Door Richard. Mostly, if I think of my mom singing, it was hymns in Latin at church. I didn't have a clue as to what she was sing- oh, now I remember, a Catholic hymn "Tantum Ergo", but I would just scat along at the top of my voice like Eddie JEfferson or King Pleasure might have done in the same situation. Thanks for the thread. I'll be back after I send out some e-mails. Seth from China