Sound Recordings

     For my first interview with Mrs. Carol, we talked about sound recordings and music as she grew up from 1942 until today. She informed me a lot about the importance of music in her family growing up and the influence it had on her.
     Carol started off with the mention of the record player that her parents had bought sometime in what she believe was the late 1960s. She said that the record player was positioned in their family living room, where they would hang out and listen to the records that her parents would play. Carol listened to artists like Frank Sinatra, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, and many other artists that existed at the time. She mentioned of all the people she listened to, her favorite artists was B.B. King with the song "Shake It Up and Go."

 

 

       At home, Carol and her siblings were allowed to play music whenever they wanted as long as company was not over. Unless their company wanted to enjoy the sounds of the vinyl recordings that the family possessed, there were no exceptions. She said that her parents considered it to be rude.
     Carol said that her parents strongly influenced that type of music that they listened to. Before the record player, she remembers them singing or humming songs around the house. As a result, she became familiar with certain songs growing up and acquired a taste for the same music.
     Today, Carol listens to a few of the same songs when she has time during the day. She said that her children had to teach her how to use the Internet, and specifically use Youtube so she could have access to her favorite type of music whenever she wanted. Carol admits that she still struggles with trying to use a computer system, but she is thankful for having a way to get to the music that she listened to growing up!