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| Spiritinthesky |
Posted - 04/10/2009 : 10:05:23
Have you ever done this?
See what song was #1 on the day you were born.
My number #1's are:
'You're So Vain' by Carly Simon in the US
'Long Haired Lover From Liverpool' by Little Jimmy Osmond in the UK
'Ben' by Michael Jackson in Australia
See which songs you get
http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/birthdayno1
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| John9 |
Posted - 08/10/2009 : 17:33:24
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Originally posted by caryne
No, John I remember reading that before the charts were made up of stuff sold on vinyl it was charts for the sale of sheet music. Sheet music is still sold today, of course, it's not particularly victorian!!!!
See this page here (from Petula Clark's site of all places!!) for info on the sheet music charts
http://www.petulaclark.net/chartsheetmusic.html
and here for the charts....
http://www.onlineweb.com/theones/1950_sheet.htm
Seems, John, you have 'Too Young' done by either Nat King Cole or Jimmy Young!!
Thanks for researching that, Caryne...an apt song title if ever there was one......I'll take the Nat King Cole version. And I've just found out that I share the same birthday as Jesse Jackson...though happily, not the same year. Back to Petula Clark, I shall shortly be heading 'Downtown'. Cheers! |
| caryne |
Posted - 08/10/2009 : 14:52:45
quote:
Originally posted by John9
quote:
Originally posted by caryne
[I seem to recall that at one time instead of charts for record sales there were charts for sales of sheet music... do they relate to your birthday?
You mean like the ones they used to sell on the streets of Victorian London? I'm not quite of that vintage, Caryne!
No, John I remember reading that before the charts were made up of stuff sold on vinyl it was charts for the sale of sheet music. Sheet music is still sold today, of course, it's not particularly victorian!!!!
See this page here (from Petula Clark's site of all places!!) for info on the sheet music charts
http://www.petulaclark.net/chartsheetmusic.html
and here for the charts....
http://www.onlineweb.com/theones/1950_sheet.htm
Seems, John, you have 'Too Young' done by either Nat King Cole or Jimmy Young!! |
| John9 |
Posted - 08/10/2009 : 14:43:53
quote:
Originally posted by caryne
[I seem to recall that at one time instead of charts for record sales there were charts for sales of sheet music... do they relate to your birthday?
You mean like the ones they used to sell on the streets of Victorian London? I'm not quite of that vintage, Caryne! |
| caryne |
Posted - 08/10/2009 : 11:53:02
quote:
Originally posted by John9
Having been denied a pop chart birthright by the fact that the Musical Express did not devise its first Top 12 until 1952, I find that on precisely 8 October 1951, Hank Williams released Hey Good Lookin'....I'm happy to settle for that.
I seem to recall that at one time instead of charts for record sales there were charts for sales of sheet music... do they relate to your birthday? |
| John9 |
Posted - 08/10/2009 : 01:51:47
Having been denied a pop chart birthright by the fact that the Musical Express did not devise its first Top 12 until 1952, I find that on precisely 8 October 1951, Hank Williams released Hey Good Lookin'....I'm happy to settle for that. |
| rocker |
Posted - 06/10/2009 : 14:41:54
I dont' know..should Scott Mckenzie tip his hat to ole Tony??... |
| lemonade kid |
Posted - 05/10/2009 : 23:32:40
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Originally posted by rocker
lk..if I'm not mistaken Tony is still crooning, eh?? Doo be dooby do..
He is bigger than ever and will likely go on forever. I have an original red label 6-eye
Columbia of his "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" LP.
Remember when it seemed like Tony was on Ed Sullivan every week?!
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| rocker |
Posted - 05/10/2009 : 22:29:31
lk..if I'm not mistaken Tony is still crooning, eh?? Doo be dooby do.. |
| lemonade kid |
Posted - 05/10/2009 : 18:28:08
quote:
Originally posted by rocker
heh heh my friends I am so ancient that Australia does not have a song for me....all I have to hold on to is Tony Bennett's "Because of You"! (I think that's when skiffle got invented, eh???)
Hey rocker, Tony is the man. You're in good company....we oldsters.....Patti Page, Bill Haley,
For those who need a quick reference chart.......this is a bit different for mine (but this is from Billboard Mag ...not the site I originally went to, so I don't know...which is right.?...I LIKE this one for me!!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_number_one_hits_ (United_States)
The address doesn't go directly to the page, but if you search the quick menu you can easily find USA and Euro charts (sorry the Billboard chart starts at 1984!!
So I'm--"Goodnight Irene" The Weavers (great great folk icons!)
>Now which birthday hit is yours, J9?!!
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Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might,
and when you laugh, laugh like hell,
and when you get angry, get good and angry.
Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.
--william saroyan
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| rocker |
Posted - 05/10/2009 : 14:57:32
heh heh my friends I am so ancient that Australia does not have a song for me....all I have to hold on to is Tony Bennett's "Because of You"! (I think that's when skiffle got invented, eh???) |
| boombox |
Posted - 05/10/2009 : 14:01:50
For me:
UK & Aus - Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
US - Sunshine Superman - Donovan
Yeah, so I was born 20 years too late! |
| caryne |
Posted - 05/10/2009 : 11:16:54
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Originally posted by lemonade kid
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By the way "Fingertips"is fantastic! Stevie was a wonder!!
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Actually I can't stand Stevie Wonder's voice, it really grates, I just find it really irritating. He was an excellent songwriter but it must be about thirty years since he's produced anything up to standard, imo. |
| caryne |
Posted - 05/10/2009 : 11:14:13
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Originally posted by John9
quote:
Originally posted by Tina
Jan 7th 1956 for the Australian chart - there goes the illusion that I'm 35!!
Admirable frankness, Tina. In my own case it is October 8th, 1951...which I am sorry to say, predates the first ever UK chart (NME, November 1952) by more than a year. It is interesting to note though that for the first three or four years, there was just a Top 12.....and that in that very first one, there were three songs by Vera Lynn....not bad when you remember that very recently, and at the age of 92, she topped the albums chart here.
Yeah, she sold more records recently than the Beatles remastered albums!! It made me smile. We've also had Cliff Richard and Tommy Steele in the charts again recently... the world has gone mad |
| John9 |
Posted - 05/10/2009 : 09:48:14
quote:
Originally posted by Tina
Jan 7th 1956 for the Australian chart - there goes the illusion that I'm 35!!
Admirable frankness, Tina. In my own case it is October 8th, 1951...which I am sorry to say, predates the first ever UK chart (NME, November 1952) by more than a year. It is interesting to note though that for the first three or four years, there was just a Top 12.....and that in that very first one, there were three songs by Vera Lynn....not bad when you remember that very recently, and at the age of 92, she topped the albums chart here. |
| Tina |
Posted - 05/10/2009 : 08:04:20
Jan 7th 1956 for the Australian chart - there goes the illusion that I'm 35!! |
