What was the number one single on the day you were born?

[JimmyJazz]

Mine was "Big Bad John" - by Jimmy Dean (coincidence? I think not)

Google search (I typed "number one song" then the year, month & day)

[Wat_Tyler]

1. This is what you're looking for.

http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/cont/choose.html

[TX-RAT]

27. It doesn't go back far enough, for me.

[Wat_Tyler]

31. Was there a chart before 1952?

[JimmyJazz]

39. try one of these

http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/musichits.htm

oops had a link for alabama only. silly me.

[TX-RAT]

43. Tennessee Waltz

That sucks

[RebelOne]

55. Same here. Guess we are older than dirt.

[ronnykmarshall]

48. Feb 6th 1961

Will You Love Me Tomorrow? by The Shirelles - US Charts


Are You Lonesome Tonight? by Elvis Presleyv - UK Charts

[nini]

85. All Shook Up by ELVIS

good God I'm old.


:-)

[JuniorPlankton]

2. Don't recall

I was otherwise engaged at the time.

[flamingyouth]

3. I Heard it Through the Grapevine

- Marvin Gaye

[sui generis]

4. "Baby Love" by the Supremes

sonny, where's the geritol? Have you seen my teeth anywhere? I can't find my glasses. What time is it?

[ComerPerro]

5. Endless Love

:puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke:

[sundog]

6. My Sweet Lord Jan 71

[Culture Mind]

11. Same

And I'm 2 days older than you neener neener! :P

[sundog]

15. right on & welcome

:hi:

[Worst Username Ever]

7. "Tonights the Night" by Rod Stewart.

Ugh.

[Goldmund]

8. "Fire" by the Ohio Players in the US

and "January" by "Pilot" in the UK.

Never heard of those mofos.

[calico1]

9. Mine was..

Tequila / Catch a Falling Star by
The Champs / Perry Como


Hahahhaha.

[GiovanniC]

10. "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough" -- Michael Jackson

[On the Road]

12. "Make Love To Me" by Jo Stafford

Never heard of it. Who knew?

[The Great Escape]

13. "Surf City" by Jan and Dean

[htuttle]

19. Same here

Surf City by Jan & Dean

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

14. The Hustle by Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony

[JimmyJazz]

21. ew - no offense, but ew. n/t

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

29. I had nothing to do with its popularity as I was being born that day

[JimmyJazz]

34. I'm just playing - you know we all love you

:7

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

35. Actually I'm ashamed at you people who were alive then

Led Zeppelin was at their height then!

[JimmyJazz]

36. I will provide you with my standard answer for whenever

someone would mention the LZ band during the time you were still a babe: WHO.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

38. ooooh - good point

then I came of age in the Duran Duran 80s

[JimmyJazz]

41. Who. I refuse to admit such a band ever existed. Next thing

you know, you'll bring up a Flock of Seagulls and it'll be therapy time all over again!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

42. Missing Persons

[JimmyJazz]

45. UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH

DO YOU NOT SEE THE AVATAR???? DO YOU NOT SEE THE SIGNATURE LINE????

What are you doing to me?????????



aaahhhh, that's better.

Had to edit for spelling. You got me so upset, I'm spelling like a freeper.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

54. Um

[JimmyJazz]

56. you really, really hate me - don't you?

BTW: My daughter had heritage night at her school and so I dressed her as Boy George (she looked great), but NOBODY got it!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

66. Thats a shame. People can be so mean

:evilgrin:

[JimmyJazz]

75. lol ----

God Save the Queen!

[no name no slogan]

78. OMG!!!

What did you do to Lionel Richie? Damn, don't hate on him just cuz he's a Republican!

[no name no slogan]

62. Did you hear the original line-up is back together?

Got a link a week ago from a fellow suffering child of the 80s. SCAAAAAARRRYYYYY!!!!!

[madrchsod]

16. "ain`t no one here but us chickens"

bet no one`s ever heard of that one

[mac56]

26. Are you kidding?!

Louis Jordan and his Tympani Five!

Great song!

The Lamont Cranston Band from Minneapolis recorded a great cover of it too.

[Beware the Beast Man]

17. "The Joker" by Steve Miller

[liberalitch]

25. Youngin'!

[barackmyworld]

18. "One Night In Bangkok," Murray Head

awesome...yeah...

[nikatnyte]

20. "Come On-a My House" Rosemary Clooney

My God, am I the oldest one here??

[JimmyJazz]

24. I'm not sure, but I think rchsod might have you beat! n/t

[nikatnyte]

32. You're right - I feel better

[mac56]

22. Mine was "Hound Dog"/"Don't Be Cruel"

Two-sided #1.

It was today's date in 1956.

There's a theory that the #1 song on your birthdate has significance in your life. "Don't Be Cruel" is probably more on point than "Hound Dog".

[redqueen]

47. Hmmmm

I wonder what it could mean that "Sugar Sugar" by the Archies was #1 on my b-day... and in the UK, it was "Bad Moon Rising" by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

:scared:

[liberalitch]

23. You've lost that lovin' feelin'

[skygazer]

28. God, I'm old!

How about "Wonderland By Night" by Bert Kaempfert. Never heard of it or him. :(

[Dogmudgeon]

71. One of the great instrumentals

Ask your friendly neighborhood teenager to download it for you. It's a beautiful piece of music.

Bert Kaempfert was an orchestral bandleader who, not so ironically, gave many of the early rock-and-roll techies their first jobs. He had a slew of hit instrumentals in the 1950s and 60s.

--bkl

[XNASA]

30. "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On" - Jerry Lee Lewis

I ain't fakin'.

[MissMillie]

33. Ragdoll by the Four Seasons

I don't know that I've ever heard it.

[Norbert]

37. Till I Waltz Again with You - Teresa Brewer

[goddess40]

40. Stuck On You by Elvis Presley

Never heard that one.

Cathy's Clown by
The Everly Brothers on the UK charts. This one I've actually heard of, I hate clowns could there be a connection?

[Joylaughter]

44. When A Man Loves A Woman

On the US Charts. Percy Sledge. Hmmm. In the UK it was STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT - by FRANK SINATRA. What does this say about me?

[JimmyJazz]

46. That's a rhetorical question, isn't it?

:7

[Joylaughter]

79. As was your question to me.

Am I right? Wait. DOn't answer.

[SidDithers]

49. The Letter, by The Box Tops...

Sid

[short bus president]

50. Oy! "The Streak" by Ray (not Cat) Stevens

Lawd hep us all...

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

51. Heart of Gold

by Neil Young

[BluePatriot]

52. "Maniac" ...lol (1983) n/t

[ismnotwasm]

53. OH, NO

I'm Sorry--Brenda Lee. Excuse me while I go drown myself in the bathtub

[gollygee]

57. Sugar, Sugar by the Archies

geeze you'd think for 1969 I could have been born when a cooler song was at the top

[annabanana]

58. Riders in the Sky by Vaughn Monroe..................oldest? eom

[kick-ass-bob]

59. Roberta Flack:

Killing Me Softly With His Song

[no name no slogan]

60. "In the Year 2525" by Zager and Evans

Mid-August, 1969. I only remember it because I saw it on "Dateline" on my birthday about ten years ago. IIRC this same song later became the theme song for the short-lived Sci-Fi series "Cleopatra 2525".

However, Elvis did die on my 8th birthday. Whatever that means.

[VelmaD]

61. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"...

by Diana Ross - September 1, 1970.

[no name no slogan]

64. Great tune!

Although I prefer the Marvin Gaye/Tammy Terrell version myself (music snob that I am).... :dunce:

[Chovexani]

63. 5/30/81

Bettie Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes. I know I just made somebody feel old. :P

[Bridget Burke]

65. The charts from my birth year are engraved in clay tablets.

Perhaps, someday, they will be translated & posted on the web.

There are sources for big hits of the year. The top was Dinah Shore's "Buttons & Bows". Tex Ritter's "Rye Whisky" is also mentioned.

I'll go with Tex.

[asthmaticeog]

67. Fuck YEAH!

"American Woman" by the Guess Who! (May 20, 1970)

[alexisfree]

68. ONE BAD APPLE

[alexisfree]

69. BROWN SUGAR by The Rolling Stones

[Beaverhausen]

70. Lonely Boy by Paul Anka

:+

[CrownPrinceBandar]

72. "Daydream Believer" - The Monkees....................

ewwww!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

73. Mary Had a Little Lamb

by Thomas Alva Edison.

Lyrics:

Mary had a little lamb.
Here fleece was white as snow
(click) snow
(click) snow
(click) snow
(click) snow
(click) snow
(click) snow
....

Really? Don't know, as it was 1951.

[JimmyJazz]

76. Because of You - Tony Bennett n/t

[Bossy Monkey]

74. Stranger on the Shore by Mr Acker Bilk

according to Wat_Tyler's site. The SHAME of being born before the British invasion!:)

[5thGenDemocrat]

77. "Don't be Cruel/Hound Dog" by Elvis Presley

October 4, 1956.
John
Huh, thankyew. Uh thankyew very much.

[Langis]

80. Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)

Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) by
Pink Floyd

Woot!!

[Gothic Sponge]

81. the charleston

:silly:

[Texasgal]

82. Crimson and clover

By
Tommy James & The Shondells

I, now I don't hardly know her
But I think I can love her
Crimson and Clover

I, now when she comes walkin' over
Now I've been waitin' to show her
Crimson and Clover
Over and over

Yeah, If I'm not such a sweet thing
I wanna do everything
What a beautiful feelin'
Crimson and Clover
Over and over

Crimson and Clover
Over and over
(repeat 3 times)

[nickgutierrez]

83. LOL

Mine is... Lionel Richie!

"November 12, 1983: Lionel Richie reaches #1 on the US Singles Chart with 'All Night Long'."

That's actually a day after I was born, but it's close enough. :)

[tcfrogs]

84. The Long & Winding Road n/t

[LincolnMcGrath]

86. Hello, I Love You

The Doors

[Eugene]

87. Go Away Little Girl by Steve Lawrence

I don't know that version.

[name not needed]

88. "Red Red Wine," UB40

I fucking hate that song.