Friday night is ... the first single you bought

[Dayvo]

With my own pocket money, very early 70s:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X48weyESpec


He sang it a bit better than we did at junior school assembly.

 

[Venod]

Thats me out, never bought a single.

 

[classic33]

Ray Moore - The Bog Eyed Jog

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPN6jCbttYA

or
Ray Moore - O' My Father Had A Rabbit

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xxKB6p8RMs



Other than that, never bought singles

 

[biggs682]

i think mine was Donny Osmond with Long Lost Lover from Liverpool please do not ask me why

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Albatripe Fleetwood Mac. My mum had won on the bingo and given me some extra pocket money.

 

[summerdays]

Abba's Money Money Money....

 

[iandg]

A bit of Alice Cooper

 

[potsy]

I had taste even back in 84 when I was just a baby


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGNiXGX2nLU

 

[Dayvo]

i think mine was Donny Osmond with Long Lost Lover from Liverpool please do not ask me why

Sorry to correct you, and embarrassed at knowing this, but it was Donny's little brother, Jimmy, who did 'Long Haired Lover from Liverpool.'

Your memory is fading, biggsy!

 

[roadrash]

Not sure, i think it may have been this

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StVUPKkmZG0

 

[Chromatic]

How do you people remember this stuff, I can't, but here are my best shots at the likely contenders.
Single:

Son Of My Father - Chicory Tip


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[Yellow Fang]

I wish I could have bought a better first single.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I Hear You Knocking by Dave Edmunds. I bought it for 2 shillings ( it was an ex juke box record) from Mary's Music in Accrington.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GrP5k02TSs

 

[Accy cyclist]

The Witch by The Rattles
I bought this a few days later so i suppose it's nearly my first single.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuhkgTv9csE

 

[Lonestar]

Adam and the Ants Stand and Deliver.

EDITED.Told I should post video.

Stand and Deliver" is a song by English new wave band Adam and the Ants, released as the lead single from their third studio album, Prince Charming (1981). The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number one on 9 May 1981, and remained there for five weeks.[1] It has sold 1.03 million copies in the UK.[2] On the US Dance chart, "Stand and Deliver" peaked at #38, (along with the B side, "Beat My Guest").[3] In 2015 the song was voted by the British public as the nation's 15th favourite 1980s number one in a poll for ITV.