I Started Out as a Child

Live album by Bill Cosby

Released

November 1964

Genre

Stand-up comedy

Length

30:42

Label

Warner 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)

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.

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

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Track listing

Side one

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

Side two

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

Bill Cosby

Comedy albums	Bill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow...Right! (1963) I Started Out as a Child (1964) Why Is There Air? (1965) Wonderfulness (1966) Revenge (1967) To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With (1968) 200 M.P.H. (1968) 8:15 12:15 (1969) It's True! It's True! (1969) Sports (1969) Live: Madison Square Garden Center (1970) When I Was a Kid (1971) For Adults Only (1971) Inside the Mind of Bill Cosby (1972) Fat Albert (1973) My Father Confused Me... What Must I Do? What Must I Do? (1977) Bill's Best Friend (1978) Bill Cosby: Himself (1982) Those of You with or Without Children, You'll Understand (1986) Oh, Baby! (1991)

Music albums	Silver Throat: Bill Cosby Sings (1967) Bill Cosby Sings Hooray for the Salvation Army Band! (1968) Badfoot Brown & the Bunions Bradford Funeral & Marching Band (1971) Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs (1971) Bill Cosby Presents Badfoot Brown & the Bunions Bradford Funeral Marching Band (1972) At Last Bill Cosby Really Sings (1974) Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days (1976) Disco Bill (1977) Where You Lay Your Head (1990) My Appreciation (1991) Hello Friend: To Ennis, With Love (1997) Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby – The Original Jam Sessions 1969 (2004) Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby – The New Mixes Vol. 1 (2004) State of Emergency (2009) Keep Standing (2010)

Compilations	The Best of Bill Cosby (1969) More of the Best of Bill Cosby (1970) Bill (1973) Down Under (1975) Cosby and the Kids (1986) At His Best (1994) 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bill Cosby (2001) The Bill Cosby Collection (2004)

Singles	"Little Ole Man (Uptight, Everything's Alright)" (1967) "Grover Henson Feels Forgotten" (1970) "I Luv Myself Better Than I Luv Myself" (1976) "Yes, Yes, Yes" (1976)

Television	I Spy (1965–1968) The Bill Cosby Special (1968) The Bill Cosby Show (1969–1971) The Electric Company (1971–1977) The New Bill Cosby Show (1972) Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972–1985) Cos (1976) The Cosby Show (1984–1992) A Different World (1987–1993) You Bet Your Life (1992–1993) The Cosby Mysteries (1994–1995) Cosby (1996–2000) Kids Say the Darndest Things (1998–2000) Little Bill (1999–2004) Fatherhood (2004–2005)

Stand-up comedy films and specials	Himself (1983) 49 (1987) Far from Finished (2013) Bill Cosby 77 (unreleased)

Family	Camille Cosby Ennis Cosby Erika Cosby

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