Hello all,
Greetings from England.
This really is the most amazing web site. I feel as if I've died and gone to heaven.
So Arthur Crudup stole from Blind Lemon! (babthrower 02/26/07)That is an amazing piece of trivia. But to me it's not trivia; it's so important! No wonder Dylan released 'Love and Theft'. That's exactly what the music business is all about: you love it, you steal it (and these days, you seem to be able to get away with it. Ha!)
Well, this may be showing off, but I hope it's taken in the right context, 'cos I interviewed him for my radio show, but can anyone guess/imagine as to what was the first single Robert Plant bought?
Twould be a miracle if you could :~)
Love and peace

Hi Zenobia,
Glad you like AnswerPool.

Wow this is going to be a difficult trivia question to answer! Is the answer on the net?

I found somewhere that the first album he bought was by Robert Johnson. I couldn't find anything about a particular single. However, one of the early singles Plant played was, "I like it like that" by Chris Kenner.
I think you may have to give us a clue.

Hi Dance Girl
Nice to hear from Ontario. The world certainly has grown small!
I would imagine the Robert Johnson thing is one of those apocryphayl rock'n'roll stories: believe me, when Robert Zeppelin was fourteen, here in Middle England, original blues LPs were rarer than hen's teeth.
The answer, to my knowledge, is not on the net because I don't think anyone else ever asked him that question (it's a thing I have when talking to people. My first single was Bye Bye Love by the Everlys, on 78rpm, easy to break when you sit on them. Which I did... It's an awful sound, believe me — the breaking of, not the song).
As for the clue: well there is one, right at the end of my original question, because I appreciate it is a difficult, almost impossible one to answer. Here's another clue: the first line of the hook tells of the singer receiving some maternal advice......
Love and peace

Could it be "You better shop around" 1960 hit by the Miracles ? (My Mama told me).

Hello Mozart56
That's the one:'Shop Around'by The Miracles.
You sure know your music.
Robert bought this single when he was thirteen (1961), almost year after its American release, which is how long the slightly more obscure stateside hits took to get into the shops over here...
He also told me an amusing anecdote about Johnnie Ray, how when he (Robert)as a child was out shopping holding onto his father's hand, looking up at him, and all the other men in the street thinking 'I can't beleive they can sing like Johnnie Ray', even though, in England in those far-off halcyon days particularly, everybody looked like Johnnie; thin, short hair, wide flannel trousers. Even at that age, Robert could spot soul a mile off, and whatever you may think about Johnnie Ray (personally I thought he was great) he certainly was different; that 'soul' thing.
Well done my friend. Sorry I don't have a prize for you!
Now please, someone, anyone, try and put me out of my misery: the instrumental on my other post. What was it???!!!
Love and peace.