This is a very difficult question to answer because as a child there was no pop/rock music as we know it today.
Up to the age of 11, i.e. 1946 to 1957 all I heard was:-
Summer – Hotel Dance Band
Winter - BBC Light Programme - Two Way Family Favourites, Billy Cotton Bandshow, Uncle Mac’s Childrens Favourites, etc.
In 1957 we moved, my parents bought a radiogram and had some LPs of Gilbert and Sullivan and some Musicals but nothing that interested me. (Note: I eventually modified the radiogram to became the basis of my first bass amp)
I started to listen to Radio Luxembourg.
By the 3rd year at school one of the form used to bring his Dansette and play records at break time - Duane Eddy, Johnny and the Hurricanes, Buddy Holly, Del Shannon, The Ventures, etc.
There was a slow growth of, what was starting to be called, “pop music” on
BBC Light Programme - Saturday Club
BBC TV - Juke Box Jury
ITV - Thank Your Lucky Stars
But that was about it so it so a tape recorder was essential.
Early 60s it was Cliff, The Shadows, Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps, Helen Shapiro, John Leyton, Billy Fury, etc.
The weekly NME was a great source of information, new artists/band and tour dates. Went to see Little Richard in concert and was converted by the Fender Precision in Sounds Incorporated. I had to have a bass.
At the end of 1962 everything changed with the rise of The Beatles and the other Mersey groups. Compared to what had come before it was a revelation.
By 1965 the broadcasters had eventually got their act together with “Top of the Pops” and the wonderful “Ready, Steady Go”.
Yes I go back, listen to and play along with music from my youth but not my childhood, and I’m not embarrassed to admit that I like a lot of early Cliff and The Drifters/Shadows. There is just something about that early British Rock ‘N’ Roll that gets me. Given the opportunity I would just love to get out and play it again.