I Started Out as a Child

I Started Out as a Child is Bill Cosby's second album, released in 1964. It is the first Cosby album that features his childhood memories in his comic routines, but many of the tracks are still observational humor.

I Started Out as a Child
Live album by
ReleasedNovember 1964
GenreStand-up comedy
Length30:42
LabelWarner Bros.
Bill Cosby chronology
Bill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow...Right!
(1963)
I Started Out as a Child
(1964)
Why Is There Air?
(1965)

The title of the album is the first words spoken by Cosby at the beginning of Side 1, as indicated in the liner notes on the back cover

Recorded live at Mister Kelly's in Chicago, Illinois, the album won the Grammy Award in 1965 for Best Comedy Album.[1] It was added to the National Recording Registry in 2009.

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Track listing

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Side one

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  1. Sneakers – 1:56
  2. Street Football – 1:22
  3. The Water Bottle – 0:51
  4. Christmas Time – 1:44
  5. The Giant – 2:29
  6. Oops! – 0:58
  7. The Lone Ranger – 3:07
  8. Ralph Jameson – 1:53

Side two

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  1. Medic – 3:45
  2. My Pet Rhinoceros – 0:46
  3. Half Man – 0:47
  4. Rigor Mortis – 2:47
  5. The Neanderthal Man – 3:16
  6. T.V. Football – 1:13
  7. Seattle – 3:48

References

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  1. ^ "Grammy Award Nominees 1965 – Grammy Award Winners 1965". Awardsandshows.com. Retrieved 11 August 2019.