i'm old- new kids on the block!!! oh man i was the biggest joey fan ever.
some of the other first things i listened to when i noticed music around 9 or 10...
Roxette (still love them)
Debbie Gibson
the sound track to Dirty Dancing
as a little little kid there are a few memory songs. my aunt used to sing one to me i don't know what it's called something about "i've got a brand new pair of roller skates you've got a brand new key" and my mom had one she'd sing to me about "there was a king with a big gold ring ..." i can't find that one online anywhere.
Also thanks to mom I listened to a lot of Abba, Supertramp, and Simon and Garfunkel.
oh and speaking of tapes that go missing. my moms favorite tape ever was Leo Sayer and dad and i freaking hated it. We conspired to "lose" it when we moved and she was never the wiser.
and my little brother drove me crazy with that chipmunks tape. i shudder to think of it still.