What music did your parents listen to at home when you were growing up ? Did any of it rub off on you ?

[WildRosie]

My M&D were both born in the 1930s which might explain their rather conservative, middle-of-the-road musical tastes. They didn't have any Mantovani or Ray Conniff albums - they were perhaps a little too young for those - but they did have a fair few James Last albums. Also, stuff like John Denver, Jack Jones, Don McLean, Carpenters, Perry Como, Johnny Mathis , Tony Christie and Neil Diamond. They had at least one Ray Charles album too which, for them, was a little more hip! Quite a lot of classical orchestral and operatic albums too, mainly from the 'These You Have Loved' series presented by Richard Baker. No 'Your Hundred Best Tunes' that I recall.

Much of the foregoing, plus whatever was on the radio and Top Of The Pops, formed the soundtrack to my youth. I have both vinyl and CD albums from many of these artists, e.g. Jack Jones, James Last and Perry Como - I confess! No Mantovani or Ray Conniff though. Nor Bert Kaempfert. Easily obtained at any charity shop but I'd need a paper bag for my head first.

BBC Radio 2.

Morning, noon and night every day except Saturday and Sunday when we turned over to BBC Radio 1 for Junior Choice.

If there was a boxing match on, dad would listen at the kitchen table and we'd have to be quiet in the back room.

Middle of the Road, Val Doonican, some Trojan Records reggae, light classical and lots of cheesy stuff from the 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s.

Pete Murray, Jimmy Young, Terry Wogan, David Jacobs, Colin Berry, Sheila Tracey, Tim Gudgin, John Dunn, Charlie Chester, Ray Moore, David Hamilton, Jean Challis, Robin Richmond then Nigel Ogden playing the Organ, Tony Capstick, Jim Lloyd, then Mike Harding presenting folk, Gloria Hunniford, Judith Chalmers, Benny Green, Sing Something Simple with Cliff Adams his Orchestra and Singers with the outright strange accordion moment in the middle of the half hour show, Two Way Family Favourites, Sunday Night Soapbox, Waggoner's Walk, Good Morning Sunday with Roger Royle, Derek Jameson did a breakfast show for a while - weird(?), Richard Allinson, Don MaClean did a Sunday morning show, Charles Nove, Alan Freeman, Dave Allen and Bob Harris presented Country Music and Listen to the Band, Friday Night is Music Night, Your 100 Best Tunes - all middle of the road, nothing controversial and news on the hour.

The records they played were old Country & Irish and some traditional 'diddly-aye' stuff.

Until I got my own transistor radio for a birthday, I had no idea about the rest of the world and got a sanitised glimpse of the Top 10 from Top of the Pops and the chart countdown on BBC Radio 1.

Opera & jazz in my parents home and no I love dance music mainly with a bit 80’s rock thrown in now and again

I absolutely love Frank Sinatra. My granddad always played Frank Sinatra (not later recordings like My Way but his earlier stuff with the Count Basie Band). Live at The Sands is one of my favourite albums

My mum played blues, Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Billie Holiday, Rod Stewart, Santana, Jimi Hendrix, 10cc, Ellkie Brooks, Diana Ross, Neil Diamond and these are all on my play lists I love them

Most of the music I listen to is from the 60/70’s

My mum was (still is) into classical music. She has a music degree so only "proper" music will do.
Did this rub off on me? No, not one bit. Could be worse though, DH's dad was into Tijuana brass cover bands.
My dad liked The Beatles till he met my mum and his (probably now very valuable) LPs sit in a box in their loft.
My current musical taste is quite eclectic, my Spotify playlist has Queens of the Stone Age and their various iterations, Royal Blood, Fallout Boy, Breaking Benjamin, Gorillas, Grails, The Pirate Ship Quintet, Fleetwood Mac and Jambinai at the moment.

Parents born early 50’s, we grew up listening to Stevie Wonder, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Mitty Collier, Randy Crawford, Sam Cooke, Otis Reading, Marvin Gaye, Desmond Decker, Tyrone Taylor and Ken Boothe.

If our dad wanted to get rid of us he would put on Yellowman or Eek-A-Mouse as he knew we would all shout at him to switch off that noise and go up to our rooms.

If dad went out, mum would let us listen to ‘modern’ music like UB40 or Culture Club.

I don’t really listen to music now. I only have two songs on my Spotify playlist -Cottage in Negril by Tyrone Taylor and Masterblaster by Stevie Wonder.

Meatloaf, dire straights, billy idol, madness... yes they all rubbed off on me all in my playlist.. i am 30 xx

Yes, I was born early 90s and my parents listened to a lot of Fleetwood Mac, Simply Red, Sting, ELO, Dire Straits, and Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
But they also played a lot of classical music, and mum was a big Robbie Williams fan, so it was quite a mix.

We had Mantovani! I expect that LP was my mum's. My dad had a wide ranging taste from classical to jazz to gospel to pop. I expect, like me, he appreciated great singers from all genres. I have loads of 'their' music on my playlist.

DS17 has loads of my 1970/80s music on a playlist that he's titled 'ancient music'

Absolutely it did. I grew up
Listening to Beatles, Beach Boys, Dionne Warwick, Everly Bros, Carpenters, Leo Sayer and Gilbert O Sullivan
Have all of them somewhere on my playlists

Queen
Chris Rea
REM
Lots of motown and 60s pop
Rod Stewart

I like it all, except REM.

My parents were born in 1953/1954

Oh yeah Kirsty Mcoll too. And Belinda Carlisle!

Guy Mitchell, Paul Anka, Frankie Laine, Slim Whitman...amongst other 50's stuff... And the one who whistled a bit & Irish folk stuff funnily enough... Ddad was Chinese & had travelled the world in the merchant navy & Guy Mitchell used to mention Singapore & lots of 'dating sweethearts' and 50's 'nice stuff' Mum's a classical musician, but Dad dominated the record player (born 1929/1940) - and yes, my brother and I know EVERY word to Guy Mitchell songs - as do my 3 now-adult DC as 'agong'/grandad used to do the school run with them so they had no choice I'm even named after one of the songsbut cannot listen to them now since he passed away recently... One day maybe

Ooh yes Jim Reeves & Foster & Allen like a pp above... the Jim Reeves one about "put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone" & Gene Pitney "24 Hours from Tulsa" I thought was really sad & wondered if things like that really happened... And "if I don't take her to the dance next week - Johnny will" - not sure who sang that. And BIG BAD JOHN going down a mine & saving people, so he wasn't really 'bad'. Lots of stories in those songs... Never forgotten them obvs

Lots of country music and the Spinners !

@alittlequinnie

I'm so glad somebody has started a thread on this.

I'm always amazed when people my age don't know about any music before they were born and wonder did their parents never play anything?

My parents born mid-1940s - lots of Everley Brothers and Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry.

Both MASSIVE Jim Reeves fans too - all of the above have rubbed off on me.

Johnny Cash featured heavily and my brother and I really like him too.

Despite being a teenager in the 80s there was a big 50s revival in Birmingham so I used to go to their pubs and clubs.

I still liked current stuff too but yes, parents big influence.

Wasn't so sure on my Mum's Daniel O'Donnel and Foster and Allen but those came in later when she was middle aged!

Your parents would have got along with mine! Pretty much sums up my childhood musical influences too. Apart from Birmingham (we were North West), sounds fun though!

Herman's Hermits and the Shadows.

My dad is very interested in music in general and made us listen to things like Jim Reeves, The Carpenters, Frank and Nancy Sinatra, Dire Straits, The Who...

Some of it I like, some of it brings back a lot of memories (good and bad) and some I'm just not bothered about.

We always used to have to listen to 60s and 70s music and as a child I'd tell myself that I wouldn't make my dc listen to stuff from my childhood and teen years; instead I'd keep up with the times. That didn't happen: I love a lot of 90s stuff and when I hear it, I turn the radio up and sing at the top of my lungs!

My Dad was something of a Jim Reeves fan too. He had a double vinyl album which my Mum hated and the rest of us were fairly indifferent about. It may be responsible for me knowing all the words to Distant Drums and He'll Have To Go. Dad also was quite partial to Bing Crosby, something I wasn't aware of until his final few months. As I recall, Mum was less particular and would listen to most stuff - she certainly had albums by Rod Stewart, Barbra Streisand and Art Garfunkel.

Dad didn't really listen much to music, but I do remember he liked Jim Reeves and Foster and Allen.
Mum listened to Carpenters, Barry Manilow, Elton John and ABBA.
I've got a very wide range of music likes but not sure that was influenced by my parents.

My dads a bit of a strange one had all sorts on in when growing up. Can't say I still listen to opera now, but often do have a groove to the Gregorian monks chanting.

Bryan adams, pink floyd, Bon jovi, meatloaf, def leppard, queen, Mike and the mechanics, genesis. My mum constantly had music going in the kitchen, and every single one of these is in my music.

My mom isn't fond of music but my dad loves The Beatles and Queen. However, it didn't really affect my music tastes. I only use Beatles' songs when doing birthday Smartshow 3d videos for him and that's it.

Wow, your parents were hip! Neil Diamond and the Carpenters??!!

Mine were born at either end of the 30s, me in 1969. We had Kathleen Ferrier and the choir of Leeds Parish Church

@merryhouse

Wow, your parents were hip! Neil Diamond and the Carpenters??!!

Mine were born at either end of the 30s, me in 1969. We had Kathleen Ferrier and the choir of Leeds Parish Church

They also liked The Spinners (Liverpool, not Detroit) and went to a few of their shows. Probably at the Batley Variety Club, where Jack Jones also appeared regularly.

Folk, classical and the pop of the time (1970s). I have very similar tastes to my mum - but my sister who grew up in the same environment has totally different tastes (ska/rap/hip-hop).