Here are the children’s record pages for adults. My intention in these pages is to look back to the 1950s and 1960s, and where appropriate to even earlier, to examine the records that were played to children.
Whereas today, children are largely faced with having to listen to adult pop music, some care was taken in earlier radio broadcast to play children’s music to children.
At the bottom of this page, I provide a check list of the types of records that were played to children on Junior Choice. The pages that follow this one provide further examples.
This traditional collection of children’s classics follows the hugely successful “Hello Children Everywhere” released some years ago. Many of these tracks are timeless and are widely recognised for their use on radio shows aired throughout the 60s.
- Nellie the elephant – Miller, Mandy
- Runaway train – Delhart, Vernon
- Middle of the house – Cogan, Alma
- Grandfather’s clock – Radio Revellers
- Owl and the pussycat – Hayes, Elton
- Puffin’ Billy – Melody Light Orchestra
- All things bright and beautiful – Uncle Mac
- Robin Hood – James, Dick
- How much is that doggie – Pinky & Perky
- I’ve lost my mummy – Harris, Rolf
- Laughing policeman – Penrose, Charles
- My boomerang won’t come back – Drake, Charlie
- You’re a pink toothbrush – Bygraves, Max
- I taut I taw a puddy cat – Blanc, Mel
- Teddy bear’s picnic – Hall, Henry
- Ballad of Davy Crockett – Ford, ‘Tennessee’ Ernie
- Hippopotamus song – Flanders & Swann
- Jake the peg – Harris, Rolf
- Gilly gilly ossenfeffer katzen… – Bygraves, Max
- Woody woodpecker – Blanc, Mel
- Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf – Pinky & Perky
- Ugly duckling – Cribbins, Bernard
- I know an old lady – Pertwee, Jon
- Bee song – Askey, Arthur
- When I see an elepahnt fly – Peterson, Clive
