Just did a quick Guy Mitchell search, and I’m thinking the flip side of Christopher Columbus was probably Sparrow in the Treetop. I can still remember the words. Dang, I’m old.
AuntiePam
Did that Frankie Laine record have High Noon on the other side? Or am I thinking of the one where he was a brush salesman?
Zeldar, maybe – but grandma’s albums didn’t have pictures – they weren’t the kind of LP albums we grew up with.
They were more like a photo album – heavy covers, and each page was sort of a folder where you inserted a record. There was a circular cutout for the record label.
I can’t remember if the record was High Noon and Mule Train or Mule Train and Moonlight Gambler.
Yeehah! My kids grew up to Mule Skinner Blues. I think it’s cool that there have been not one but two great songs about mules in my lifetime. 
In the old days there was also Spike™ Jones (I guess because of Spike™ Lee’s lawsuit I have to be careful using the word Spike™- He says he owns all things Spike™ ). There was another thread on this Forum a few days ago about “Favorite Parody Songs” and Spike Jones’ name was mentioned a lot.
This is probably a slight hi-jack, but as to your quote above, there is a new-kid-on-the-block for novelty songs. His name is Cledus T. Judd and he specializes in Country Singers. He has picked on: Shania Twain, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Faith Hill and many more. Only been around a few years, but starting to get a good following.
Auntie Pam
Mule Skinner Blues- That brings back some memories. But, uhh, do you have a thing about mules in songs? Got to ask why? 
- no ‘thing’ about mules, but it struck me funny that for both me and my kids, mules have a big place in our musical history. It’s like each generation needs a mule song. Wonder how far back it goes.
I was born in 1963.
My first musical memory is “I’m Henry the Eighth” by Herman’s Hermits.
The first song I remember hearing from the radio is “Maneater”. I don’t even know who sings that song, but my sister listened to it all the time.
Hall and Oates.
Born in 1970. First music I remember is the theme to “Romeo and Juliet”. First rock song I remember is “Louie Louie”. First song I remember expressing a preference for is “Heart of Gold”.
I distinctly remember hearing ‘The War of the Worlds’ for the first time and the aliens’ cries of “Ulla” sending chills down my spine. At about the age of 5 my Mum gave me a copy of Sandy Nelson’s ‘Let There be Drums’ on cassette which I played incessantly and led to me playing drums to this day.
I remember rocking out to ‘Crunchy Granola Suite’ by Neil Diamond as well from ‘Hot August Night’.
I remember liking the song “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” by Paul McCartney. Checking the net, it seems it was released in May of 1971, which would make me just a couple months shy of 5.
I know I remember it from the time of its release, since I recall hearing it on the radio a LOT.
My earliest recollection of a song on the radio would be The Beatles, “I Wanna Hold Your Hand.”
For a recording, it would probably be a kiddie Popeye record I had. Not the familiar “I’m Popeye the Sailor Man” theme song, but one that went, “Popeye the sailor man, eats his spinach by the can…,” sung by some uncredited singers. This was backed with “I Wanna Be A Life Guard,” sung by Popeye and Bluto.
Thinking more about it, for more “adult” music on record, it would be the Smothers Brothers’ “Chocolate,” and a Christmas song which I think was called, “Wait for the Wagon.”
Welcome aboard SDMB, The Crunchy Frog.
I’ve noticed your name/nick/handle before and wondered if you and Crunchy Frog are related. I guess I could just call you The, but that’s probably even less distinctive!
I was on up in years before I ever had access to records, maybe 10 or so when I got the soundtrack album for Samson and Delilah on one of those early 10" 33rpm discs. We didn’t even have a record player for 33’s. Just one of those wind-up 78 players with a needle you could use for a golf tee. Had to go to a neighbor’s house to play the record.
One of the first 78rpm “albums” (6 discs in a boxlike thing) I had was of Peter and the Wolf, with Basil Rathbone narrating.
1st songs, Bobby Darin’s rendition of Mack the Knife and Harry Belafonte’s version of Daoooe (, Daaaooo, daylight come and me wanna go home).
1st album, the album that changed my life: Abbey Road. I really don’t have to specify the artist on this one do I? Okay, just in case some of you are most unfortunately, IMO anyway, ignorant (and the mission is to fight ignorance wherever it lurks) of that work then, yes, funseekers, it’s The Beatles.
Do you think I could fit in just one more, admittedly gratuitous, parenthetic phrase?