I Started Out as a Child explained

I Started Out as a Child
Type:	live
Artist:	Bill Cosby
Cover:	Billcosbychild.jpg
Released:	November 1964
Genre:	Stand-up comedy
Length:	30:42
Label:	Warner Bros.
Prev Title:	Bill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow...Right!
Prev Year:	1963
Next Title:	Why Is There Air?
Next Year:	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.

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.

Track listing

Side one

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

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Grammy Award Nominees 1965 – Grammy Award Winners 1965 . Awardsandshows.com . 11 August 2019 .