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<p>ROUND 1 SWINGING ON A STAR BING CROSBY in "Going My Way"</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-f5116/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/1854/7503/Swinging_on_a_Star_1__46695.1600442321.jpg?c=2"></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>I have decided to sing songs for this challenge that I believe were important enough to me at the time that it changed something I felt or shifted major parts of my life. So, round one is a song that brings back happy memories. </p><p><br></p><p>When I was between 3 and 4, my parents gave me a record player for Christmas along with a few records. Many were children's classic songs but one stood out. It was a compilation of Bing Crosby's most famous songs. For some reason, pre-school me saw something in the songs or the singer himself that touched me, and I played it over and over. I remember sitting in my child size lounge chair with Roy Rodgers on the back of it, and listening to Crosby's songs for long periods of time. "Swinging on a Star" was my favorite. After hearing it a few times I started to sing along. My mom heard it, too, and it became a song she would sing around the house when she was doing housework.</p><p><br></p><p>My mom's singing at home when she would work was a source of connection between us and a beloved part of my childhood. </p><p><br></p><p>I think that is what led me to love music and to keep it a part of my life. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>