Tag: Music for children

Birthday Elf unmasked!

One of the annoying things about being a parent is that, for years, Santa gets the credit for the best presents at Christmas. Same with Easter. If you grew up in rural Australia, where rabbits are loathed as a destructive environmental pest, letting the praise for the chocolate eggs go to a magical bunny is […]

Tags Birthday Party with Tip Toe (song), Birthdays, Gene Autry, Humour, Music for children, Peter Piper, Philips (label), Shellac, Sound effects, Stephen Gale, Tip Toe the Birthday Elf

1970s 45 rpm 7" Children's

There’s something about Mary

Post author By Richard Evans
Post date April 27, 2016
1 Comment on There’s something about Mary

The first sound recording in human history occurred in 1877. Thomas Edison, the irascible genius who also invented the incandescent light-bulb and a host of other new technologies, recorded himself onto sheets of tinfoil. The vibrations in the air from his voice caused a diaphragm to move, activating a stylus which cut into the foil. […]

Tags Mr. Pickwick (label), Music for children, Nursery rhymes, Recorded sound - history, Thomas Edison