What Was The #1 Song The Day You Were Born?

[BamaLefty]

What's yours???

December 24, 1987

Faith by George Michael (US) & Always On My Mind - The Pet Shop Boys (UK)


http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/member/birthdayno1.php

[Pale Blue Dot]

1. "Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding

And my song is better than yours, you young whipper-snapper.

[all.of.me]

87. this has to be one of my favorite all time songs.....

[RPM]

2. arrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhh

I remember those songs - and I was only born in 1976

I feel old as hell

[deadparrot]

3. 2/2/1987: Open Your Heart - Madonna (US)

I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) - Aretha Franklin & George Michael (UK)

[TheDebbieDee]

4. The Lion Sleeps Tonight........n/t

[tridim]

5. Everything Is Beautiful - Ray Stevens

Please gawd no.. NOOOOOOO!

[tuvor]

10. Could've been Guitarzan. Or Ahab the Arab.

:shrug:

[tridim]

18. It should have been something by John Lennon or Hendrix

or Pink Floyd. Anybody except that hack. How embarrassing.

[tuvor]

32. I'll give you my Beatles.

Like anyone who writes a dumb song like that will amount to much.

[Goathead]

6. Sugar Sugar - The Archies

:hi:

[2bfree]

22. I love that song!

I can remember my sister singing it to me while she rocked me! :) You are my candy girl..........

[Hissyspit]

92. Don't forget "Jingle Jangle" ! n/t

[phusion]

7. Celebration

by Kool & The Gang

How pimpin' is that?!

[CubsFan1982]

8. September 23, 1982: Jack and Diane by John Cougar

And in the UK: Eye of the Tiger by Survivor.

[tuvor]

9. "I Feel Fine" by the Beatles. Whoever *they* were.

[evlbstrd]

19. Weren't they Paul McCartney's old band?

You know, before Wings.

[ghostsofgiants]

Aren't they an Oasis tribute band?

[BlackVelvetElvis]

11. Cherish- The Association

Ewwww.

[RevolutionaryActs]

12. Kyrie by Mr Mister.

:shrug:

[Beware the Beast Man]

13. Jan 8, 1974- "The Joker" by the Steve Miller Band

Decent, considering '74 was a pretty lousy year for popular music.

"Merry X-Mas Everybody" by Slade was the UK #1

[CO Liberal]

14. "Here In My Heart" - Al Martino

On the UK chart, because the US chart didn't go back to November of 1952.

Never heard it.

[Writer]

Jesus, you were born in 1987?

I was in middle school then.

June 2, 1975

"Thank God I'm a Country Boy" by John Denver :cry:

[CottonBear]

23. I graduated from college in 1987.

I must be really old. Damn. At least I feel young.

[yankeeinlouisiana]

118. Jesus, you were born in 1975?

I was in grade school then. ;-)

We've got some young Dems here.

:bounce:

[CottonBear]

15. Sukiyaki - Kyu Sakamoto ??????

:WTF: Never heard of the group or the 1963 hit song.

[Hissyspit]

49. you'd know it prob if you heard it - a singer, he died in an airline crash

The song was remade in 1981 by Taste of Honey and went to #3, so big hit in two separate decades

[CO Liberal]

60. Kyu Sakamoto Died on Korean Air Lines Flight 007

The one that was shot down by the Soviets over international waters.

[Hissyspit]

64. That sounds right. August 1985?

He still holds the claim to the biggest international hit by a Japanese singer to this day, if I'm not mistaken.

[Hissyspit]

66. No, I think it was a Japan Airlines 747 crashed into a mountain:

"August 12, 1985 in a Japan Air Lines B-747.
It was a JAL flight 123 for Osaka from Tokyo."

From fan website.

[CO Liberal]

70. I Stand Corrected

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Kyu Sakamoto (Sakamoto Kyû), born Hisashi Oshima (Ôshima Hisashi, November 10, 1941 - August 12, 1985) was a popular Japanese singer.

He was born in Kawasaki, Kanagawa prefecture. His most popular song, "Ue o muite aruko," was a hit in Japan and topped the Billboard pop charts in the United States in 1963 where it was called "Sukiyaki." In 1985, Sakamoto was killed in the crash of Japan Airlines flight 123.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyu_Sakamoto

[Hissyspit]

81. For some reason, it really stuck with me that it slammed into a mountain

and I've always remembered that.

[CottonBear]

76. Larry McDonald (R-GA) died in that crash.

There's a section of interstate north of Atlanta which is named for him.

[Hissyspit]

83. I believe famous jazz saxman Wayne Shorter's wife and niece died

in the flight that exploded off Long Island (the one where static set off the fuel, Pierre Salinger said it was shot down) can't remember the year or flight number)

[Bullwinkle925]

116. I hope you get to - I remember that song well and absolutely loved it.

[evlbstrd]

16. Aah, OK.

May 28, 1956.
Heartbreak Hotel, Elvis Presley.

[6000eliot]

17. 6/16/59

Roulette - Russ Conway (UK) and The Battle Of New Orleans - Johnny Horton (US)

[CottonBear]

20. From Me To You - The Beatles UK charts 1963

Ah...this is a much better song than the one from the US charts, which I'd never heard of. The Beatles still hadn't crossed the pond yet. JFK was still alive. It was Camelot time!

[Mojambo]

21. U.S - "Let's Get It On" - Marvin Gaye

UK - "Young Love" - Donny Osmond

[Robeson]

24. I Want to Hold Your Hand....The Beatles.

[TBreeze]

25. Do Ya Think I'm Sexy - Rod Stewart

Tragedy - The Bee Gees on the UK chart.

February 26, 1979

[serryjw]

26. Doesn't go back far enough......

NOW I really feel OLD!

[tuvor]

28. Maybe they didn't have music back then?

:evilgrin: :hide:

[mark414]

35. they did

but banging rocks together isn't very appealing

:evilgrin:

[Hissyspit]

50. Give me your birthday and I'll tell you unless you were born before 1895

[serryjw]

54. here goes

2/13/50

[Hissyspit]

"Chattanoogee Shoe Shine Boy" by Red Foley...

Was #1 for 8 weeks. But considering that the data was published about a week later, the ACTUAL most popular recording when your mother gave birth was probably "I Can Dream, Can't I?" by the Andrews Sisters

[serryjw]

68. How do you know this?

Thanks, Is there a website for it?

[Hissyspit]

73. Book (remember those?): Pop Memories 1890-1954

by Joel Whitburn

[serryjw]

82. Thanks for the memories

n/t

[yellowdogintexas]

137. try 10/27/48, please.. thanks

[NotDonnaReed]

135. 1951 - ancient times....

I have NO idea which song was playing the day I was born, but I'm making a fair guess that it was either "Too Young" by Nat King Cole or "Because of You" by Tony Bennett. I know the top requested songs of that year, but I cannot find a week by week breakdown.

That said, here's to us 'Born in the 50s' folk! :toast:

[warrens]

27. oh, good god, Hot Diggity by Perry Como

I'm gonna dig that fucker up and slap him. Lousy piece of shit. God, I hate music from that era.

[tuvor]

30. LOL! n/t

[Goldmund]

29. You’re No Good - Linda Ronstadt in the US

January - Pilot in the UK.

[BattyDem]

31. To Sir With Love, by Lulu

Oh shit ... I'm old! :-(

[Kathy in Cambridge]

44. Not as old as me: "I want to Hold Your Hand" by the Beatles

[Mist]

102. I'm older still - "Stupid Cupid" by Connie Francis

[pnorman]

33. Mood Indigo & Putting On The Ritz.

Now guess my age.

pnorman

[tuvor]

38. Puttin' on the Ritz? By Taco? You're about 22.

[pnorman]

61. Not quite, but thanks for the compliment.

I may make another Google-search to double-check, but those two songs were what came up for the year of 1930. (Showa 5, Year of the Horse).

pnorman

[Hissyspit]

57. 74 or 75

unless you mean any remakes.

[pnorman]

63. Thanks.

You saved me that extra Google-search.

pnorman

[Zuni]

34. "Shadow Dancing" by Andy gibb

[alittlelark]

36. 'Baby Love', The Supremes

[ghostsofgiants]

37. March 26, 1985

US: One More Night - Phil Collins
UK: Easy Lover - Philip Bailey and Phil Collins

Phil Collins was way too poular when I was born.

[mark414]

39. hey dude i'm almost the same as you

march 29 here

i didn't want to post because...phil collins sucks, and i didn't want to own up to it

[ghostsofgiants]

43. Hahaha, nice...

I just happen to have no shame.

[njdemocrat106]

127. Phil Collins rocks, sorry

:)

[Amaya]

40. Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl)

Very cool :)

[newsguyatl]

41. ...

How Deep Is Your Love - The Bee Gees

god i feel so old.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

42. The Christmas Song, Nat King Cole, 1946

...Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire"...

Always wondered why I loved that song...

[auntAgonist]

45. Jan 12 1957

Singing The Blues - Tommy Steele and The Steelmen

(I was born in Scotland, hence the British pop charts)

[Hissyspit]

51. Same song in U.S.! except by Guy Mitchell not Tommy Steele

Steele's version was better.

[Neoma]

46. Eternal Flame - The Bangles!

[Kenneth ken]

47. I don't remember - I was really young at the time. n/t

[Hissyspit]

48. "Sherry" by The Four Seasons Sept., 1962

[sakabatou]

52. Oh. Good. God. No.

Nothins Gonna Stop Us - Starship

[Dave Sund]

53. ROFL

"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" - Wham!

[Hissyspit]

55. Anyone born before 1952, I can tell you the "No. 1" when you were born...

#1 in the U.S.

Just post your birthday.

[Justin54B20L]

56. Hells yeah, Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) - Pink Floyd

April 6, 1980

[flamingyouth]

58. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" - Marvin Gaye

Don't even have to look that one up. :D

In the UK - "Lily The Pink" by Scaffold (???)

[sundog]

59. My Sweet Lord - Jan 71

[Hissyspit]

78. You mean "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison? n/t

[sundog]

80. hehe yes

oops :blush:

edit time :7

[Jean Louise Finch]

62. Bad Girls - Donna Summer

Yikes. My UK one was way better: I Don't Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats

The "Life Theme Song" at the 18th birthday was:
I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy and Faith Evans, to which I object strongly as my life theme song. This was number one in the States and in the UK.

[all.of.me]

65. i'm too old!

i was born in 1954, and u.s. charts started in 1955. that is toooooooo funny!!!

[Hissyspit]

67. No, they didn't. Give me your full birthday. I'll tell you. n/t

[all.of.me]

85. 1/14/54

[Hissyspit]

88. "Oh! My Pa-Pa" by Eddie Fisher. It was #1 for eight weeks...

It was knocked out of the position by "Secret Love" by Doris Day.
The number one the month before was "Rags To Riches" by Tony Bennett.

[all.of.me]

90. wow... i'm flattered? honored?

i don't think i know any of those songs, actually! thanks for checking!

[Hissyspit]

93. "Secret Love" was from the movie 'Calamity Jane'

Freddy Fender had a hit with a remake of it in the '70s.

I have a vague memory of Oh! My Pa-Pa.

[all.of.me]

94. lol - i laugh at myself!

i'm not much of a music or movie buff. it's reading for me...

[Straight Shooter]

69. "Me and Mrs. Jones" by Billy Paul (Life theme song)

Ha, that's great! I love that song.

Me and Mrs. Jones
We got a thing going on
We both know that it's wrong
But it's much too strong
To let it go now

*swoon*

[LeftyMom]

71. I don't want to give away my age

but using thier method for your "life's themesong" :eyes: I checked what topped the charts on my 18th birthday.

Some godawful Cher song. Yuck.

[Bleacher Creature]

72. Hey Ya -- by Outkast

[Hissyspit]

75. Goo, goo. Ga, ga.

[BamaLefty]

110. Hush!

You toddler! ;)

[jdj]

74. "People Got to Be Free" the Rascals.

pooh, I don't remember how that one goes

[biscodawg]

77. Bette Davis Eyes Kim Carnes

May 28th 1981

[NMMNG]

79. 08/21/68

People Got To Be Free - Rascals (US)

Mony Mony - Tommy James & The Shondells (UK)

I like the UK song...never even heard of the US one.

:headbang:

[Hissyspit]

89. Find a copy. You probably will recognize it. It's been used in TV ads...

[LSdemocrat]

84. WTF? UK - There's No-one Quite Like Grandma - St Winifred's School Choir

Anyone care to explain what the hell that is all about?

My birthday: December 25, 1980

The US song is actually quite good: (Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon

[Hissyspit]

86. I guess it's a Christmas thing...

[halobeam]

91. oooo

june 3 '62: I can't stop loving you - Ray Charles

[last_texas_dem]

95. "Every Breath You Take" by the Police

It was #1 for pretty much the entire summer in which I was born.

[Hissyspit]

96. That's true. I remember that well. I remember thinking...

why won't this song go away!

[benny05]

128. and I saw the Police in Reunion (Dallas) that year

:hi:

[ChoralScholar]

97. eeeew

Debby Boone - You Light Up My Life

10/31/1977

[ffm172]

98. Feb., 17th 1975

January - Pilot (UK)

Pick Up The Pieces - AWB (US)

[yardwork]

99. NOOOOO! Teen Angel - Mark Dinning

[China_cat]

100. They don't go back that far

but looking at what was #1 on my 18th birthday;

Dominique by the singing Nun????? eeeeeewwwww

[VOX]

101. I'm off the charts, too.

And the #1 hit on my 18th B-Day was "Something Stupid" by Nancy and Frank Sinatra.

Pretty bad. :(

[DeaconBlues]

103. Honky Tonk Women

by the Rolling Stones, of course

[Abelman]

104. Don’t You Want Me - Human League

I've never even heard of this song. F-ing eighties.

(June 16, 1982)

[shockra]

105. "Love Me Do" by The Beatles -- 1964

Thank God it's a great song. I love music. :)

Using the Life Theme Song on your 18th birthday option: Ebony and Ivory by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder.

Hey, wow. Paul McCartney is a big deal in my life I guess! Interesting. I bought a couple of Linda McCartney's frozen vegetarian dinners for the first time the other day (and Linda is also MY name).

I also used to be friends with one of Paul McCartney's ex-girlfriends on another message board. She wrote a book (around the 1970's I think) about their relationship called Body Count, which she sent a xeroxed copy of to me to read. It was reprinted a few years ago.

And ermm...Ebony and Ivory IS a rather significant theme in my life. I've read a lot of books by African-American authors, bell hooks being my favorite. I've read over a dozen of hers.

And...my best friend in high school was African-American. Her favorite group was The Beatles.

Wow, BamaLefty. This turned out to be incredibly interesting. Thanks for posting!

[GirlinContempt]

106. Kim Carnes - Betty Davis Eyes

[LoZoccolo]

107. I am getting TOO OLD!

I was in junior high then! I was ONLINE already too (BBSs)!

[Tektonik]

108. We Built This City - Starship ARRRGGGHHHH

YEEUUCCCHHH :(

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

109. August 27, 1962

"Sheila" by Tommy Roe (US) and "I Remember You" by Frank Ifield (UK). I confess that I have no idea what either of these sounds like.

[TroubleMan]

111. "My Ding-A-Ling" ....LOL...no joke

10/26/72


Well, I'm not really suprised.

[youthere]

112. LMAO

Get Back-Beatles

I was born breech...get the irony?

[blue neen]

113. OMG, I'm ancient.

Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and the Comets.

(Atleast we're getting into Rock and Roll!).

[jmm]

114. Great a freakin' Donna Summers and Barbara Streisand duet

:eyes:

In the UK it was When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman - Dr Hook

[Huckebein the Raven]

115. Heartache Tonight - Eagles

"Man, c'mon, I had a rough night and I hate the fucking Eagles..."

-The Dude

:D

[yankeeinlouisiana]

117. Sept. 27, 1964

"Pretty Woman" & "I'm into Something Good" by Herman's Hermits

[Queen Jane]

119. US - Love Theme from 'A Star Is Born' (Evergreen) - Barbara Streisand...

and UK - Chanson D'Amour - Manhattan Transfer...:cry:

[giant_robot]

120. 3/23/65 - Stop in the Name of Love - The Supremes

Damn I'm old.

[khashka]

121. I might be wrong but I think it was

Sunshine Superman by Donovan.

Good enough for me.

Khash.

[benny05]

122. I guess I'm a geezer

Personality Lloyd Price

Dream Lover
Bobby Darin

Battle Of New Orleans
Johnny Horton

[seemunkee]

123. Tab Hunter? So why was I named after the Killer?

Seriously. born in 57 and named Jerry Lee

[njdemocrat106]

124. On 11/29/1980...

"Lady" by Kenny Rogers (US)
"Super Trouper" by ABBA (UK)

[Tsiyu]

125. US Charts: "Venus" by Frankie Avalon

British: "Smoke gets in your eyes" The Platters

[AwakeAtLast]

126. "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" - B. J. Thomas - Jan. 1970

Ugh..... :thumbsdown:

[nytemare]

129. Want Ads - Honey Cone???????

What the hell song is this?

My "theme song" which was number one on my 18th birtday was fucking New Kids on the Block. Not MY theme song! I used to have a "New Kids Suck" bumper sticker...LOL.

[SideshowScott]

130. Good Vibrations-Beach Boys...wow..just wow!

Dec 13th 1966. The day i was born, a classic was #1..Wow..Fanstastic. I feel sorry for those born now who look up and see Britany Spears on the number one spot

[u4ic]

131. Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles

on the UK charts, Aug 25/66.

On the US charts, Summer In The City - Lovin’ Spoonful.

Not bad. Not bad at all. :)

[Elidor]

132. I'm Henry VIII, I am-Herman's Hermits

August, '65

[donheld]

133. I guess this shows my age

The Three Bells - The Browns -- US

Living Doll - Cliff Richard and The Drifters -- UK

[ahem]

134. Hot Love and Joy to the World

[yellowdogintexas]

136. um, doesn't go back far enough in time. I predate the top 40

my God I AM OLD

[name not needed]

138. Oct. 16th, 1988

Groovy Kind Of Love - Phil Collins(US)

One Moment In Time - Whitney Houston(UK)

[shawmut]

139. "American Pie" - Don McClean

"I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing" - The New Seekers (UK)

[ScreamingMeemie]

140. Everything is Beautiful...Ray Stevens (US)

Yellow River--- Christie (UK)

[nuxvomica]

141. "Sixteen Tons" by Tennessee Ernie Ford

Good one! :woohoo:

edit: UK was "Rock Around The Clock" by Bill Haley and His Comets.

[Steel City Slim]

142. Hmmmmmmmm

I was born in 1948. I guess it can't remember back that far.