The first song I remember hearing
My parents owned a Chinese restaurant in Leicester so we’d spend all our time there as a family. Music was a big part of family life, and they would subject us to Elaine Paige, Matt Monro, the Carpenters and When a Child Is Born by Johnny Mathis, which became the soundtrack to our youth.
The first single I bought
I remember feeling very grownup buying Uptown Girl by Billy Joel on a seven-inch from a record shop called Ainsley’s in Leicester. Don’t laugh. It’s a great song. I’ve still got it in my memory box, with Billy Joel with his guitar on the front.
