You’re 1 month from my sister’s age.
I am 12-6-46, second year baby boom.
My mom was a member of the RCA Victor record club. She got a new 78 record every month. IIRC it had 3 songs, all pop singers. Rosemary Clooney, Eddie Fisher, Pati Paige and so on.
We watched the Les Paul and Mary Ford Show followed by Dinah Shore. both 15 minutes IIRC. Tennessee Ernie Ford, Grand Ole Opry. Nat King Cole, Jimmy Durante, Liberace, Perry Como. Anything with music.
I remember my mom tried to explain to us why Nat King Cole was cancelled, but I was too young to understand. Maybe the first and one of the few times my parents ever said anything about race.
I went to boarding school in Paintsville KY. On a warm spring night, I remember the high school girls were out on the big veranda and they were playing records. I laid in bed and heard hound dog and all shook up for the first time. Never heard anything like it.
The nuns let us watch 1/2 hour of bandstand on occasion.
We lived in Logan WV and had two radio stations, both country. No western, just country.
When we moved to Cal, my mom not only had tossed my comic books, but my sisters 45s and all of her Elvis posters.
Thanx everyone for all the info and personal stories.
I’ll check in later to catch up.