"ugly junk"      Interesting how tastes change--and often broaden.

I grew up just about exclusively with classical.    But by about 12 or so I was delighted to discover top 40, with, at that time, Chubby Checker, Nat King Cole, Little Eva, Claude King, Didi Sharp. Bobby Vinton, Brian Hyland and a bunch more.

Didn't desert classical.   But got a charge from lots of other types of music too.