Songs your Mum and Dad used to sing.

[timoc]

My Mum and her next door neighbour used to sit at the table in our house peeling potatoes or mending kids clothes and listening to the wireless. It was my 13th birthday, and this song was becoming popular, so much so, it became a favourite of my Mum. When she was in a good mood she sang it regularly.

Doin' What Comes Naturally (Complete)​

Dad had a deep, deep voice and sang all the Paul Robeson songs, like this one.

Paul Robeson - Ol' Man River (Showboat - 1936)​

Your Mum and Dad must have had songs they liked, and maybe they were good singers.... tell us about them.

 

[hearlady]

This was their song.

 

[Pepper]

The Mater loved Paris

 

[Pepper]

Mater loved Ella, Frank Sinatra the most

This song was a hit the summer they were married

 

[NorthernLight]

My father had been a musician before marrying. My mother listened to the radio all day. But other than my mother singing a lullaby, I don't remember either of them singing.

I sing and hum a fair bit though.

 

[horseless carriage]

 

[Jace]

Their favorite song was "Dancing..cheek to cheek"...
"Heaven, I'm in heaven...

They met with/during the playing of this song.

 

[Kika]

My father was the singer, not my mother. He was actually quite good and was an impromptu singer at many family weddings and other gatherings. These are the ones I remember from when I was very young, but he sang until he was in his 90s.

 

[MarkinPhx]

My dad had a wonderful voice and often sang to the family and/or friends while playing the guitar. 500 Miles is what I remember most.

 

[Gaer]

Mother had a lovely voice:
Dad had a cheerful voice:
"Begin the Beguine"
"Sentimental Journey"
"Casey Jones"
"Tennessee Waltz"
"Red River valley"
"Cool Water"
"Big Rock Candy Mountain"

 

[Pink Biz]

My mom sang around the house all the time. Her favorite singers were Bing Crosby and Perry Como. This was one of her best-loved tunes.

 

[Alligatorob]

The only song I ever remember my mother singing:

 

[Supernatural]

Mother couldn't carry a tune, she was tone deaf.

Papa sang all kinds of songs as myself. Eclectic. Anything from the 1920s until his death in the 1970s.

He taught me how to sing and got me in the local church's choir. I sing from Soprano to Alto.

His favourite singer was Roger Whittaker who whistled and Papa, who was a wonderful whistler and showed me that too.

 

[dobielvr]

Their favorite song was "Dancing..cheek to cheek"...
"Heaven, I'm in heaven...

They met with/during the playing of this song.

Heaven, I'm in Heaven...I caught myself singing that the other day.
My Dad used to always sing it, along w/many others. He had a great voice.

 

[Georgiagranny]

My mother couldn't carry a tune in a basket. I inherited her inability to sing.

My dad, however...oh, my, he could and did sing. He was a Barbershopper and sang in a quartet with three of my uncles and also sang in a Barbershopper chorus. When I was little, he had voice lessons on Saturday afternoons, and my older brother and I took turns going along.

During the 40s he cut some records for Decca. I don't know whatever became of them...could be that one of my brothers or sisters has them?

Estrelita, Night and Day, You Are My Sunshine are songs I remember him singing often.

When he was older, maybe in his 50s, he auditioned for the Atlanta Symphony Chorus and was accepted. He was so excited that he decided renting a tux for performances just wouldn't cut it and paid a king's ransom to buy his own tux and have it tailored.

 

[hollydolly]

Never heard either of my parents sing..ever.! However my paternal Grandmother was someone who loved to sing, but she sang all the Pop Tunes of the day.. she liked to think she was hip, and current lol...

 

[timoc]

In the 50s, this film was showing and my Mum went to see it several times, she could mimic Peggy Lee too, she loved this song.

He's a Tramp (From "Lady and the Tramp"/Sing-Along)​

 

[Murrmurr]

My mom made up songs. A different one for each kid. The one she made up for my baby brother was silliest of all...

"Oo Dus a Widdow Tinky" (translation - You're Just a Little Stinker)

Oo dus a widdow tinky tink-tink,
Dus a widdow tinky, tinky, tink tink-tink.
Oo dus a widdow weety weet-weet (sweetie),
Dus a widdow weety, weety, weet weet-weet.

Hey, it worked. He always stopped fussing.

 

[seadoug]

My mother used to sing to me "Eeensy Weensy Spider" and she and I used to sing together "You Are My Sunshine, My Only Sunshine" on road trips.

 

[oldpop]

 

[timoc]

Another that Mum liked.....

There's a Pawn Shop on The Corner by Guy Mitchell​

 

[Fyrefox]

My father never sang. My mother sang stuff like Roger Miller's "King of the Road"...badly! If you were especially lucky, she'd take out her violin and saw on it while you were expected to listen in rapt attention...oh the pain, the pain!

 

[win231]

I only heard my dad sing once. We were all in one car, going out to dinner & my niece who was 12 yrs old, played a tape of "Let It Be" in the car. My dad starting singing, "Let it Be....Let it Be." We all ROFLOL!

My mom never sang - unless there was a song called, "Drop Dead, I wish you were never born."

 

[Pam]

My dad was the singer in the family. He had a beautiful tenor voice and I grew up listening to him singing around the house and listening to his opera records. There are many songs that I associate with him but this is one that he would sing to my mother.

Their neighbour was from Chile and when his parents used to come over to England for a visit they would always ask dad to sing Amapola for them.

I'm very fortunate that I have a tape recording of him singing and I really must do something about getting it onto a disc or the computer at some point.

 

[timoc]

My dad was the singer in the family. He had a beautiful tenor voice and I grew up listening to him singing around the house and listening to his opera records.

I'm very fortunate that I have a tape recording of him singing and I really must do something about getting it onto a disc or the computer at some point.

Do it today, Pam, do it today.