La Duchesse seems to know all the good buttons to press to get my heart overflowing with good memories.

I grew up on the staple of a plethora of music from a father who adored music.

Our mornings started with music for as long as my dad was alive. Played on the Grundig turntable and then on to Bangs & Olufsen sound system.

I suspected my dad wanted to be a musical maestro and he had a gentle deep baritone.

I love music and barely discriminate except when they are offensive and filled with cuss words.

I love the oldies and the trending ones as well. Most days, I join my children in singing the new songs, especially as we drive around town and I teach them some old ones. We love turning on the radio and just having a go at it.

However, deep in my heart there are those beats that are ‘my forever’ rousing strings of chords. I shall choose 10 out of the string beats of my memories and 6 from recent ones.

They are those beats that I grew up listening to over and over as I grew up in my parents home. Their sounds always transports me right back to the butter yellow house with the red roof.  The house of my childhood.

1. We thank thee from Jim Reeves 
2. The Archies. Sugar, sugar 
3. Handel’s Messiah 
4. Kenny Roger’s Through the years 
5. Miriam Makeba 
6. Nat King Cole 
7. Bob Marley 
8. Michael Jackson 
9. Dolly Parton 
10. The Beatles 

I rock these ones below with my children:

1. Dido – Life for rent 
2. Adele – Hello 
3. Nico Vinz – I am wrong 
4. Afrojack – Ten feet tall 
5. Dimtri Vegas & Like Mike – Take me to a higher place 
6. Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk