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Spiritinthesky
Second Love
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 04/10/2009 : 10:05:23
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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
"I gave up drugs when the doctor told me I had 6 months to live" Keith Richards |
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torben
Fifth Love
Denmark
328 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2009 : 10:49:44
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| Unforgettable - Nat 'King' Cole |
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scully
Fourth Love
United Kingdom
217 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2009 : 13:09:59
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The Rutles - Can't Buy Me Lunch
Actually, the day I was born a Rutles tribute act called The Beatles were number 1 (and number 2, 3 , 4 and 5) in the US Billboard singles chart. They were number 1 over here as well of course (and in Aus too). |
Edited by - scully on 04/10/2009 13:11:13 |
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Kula John
Old Love
United Kingdom
756 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2009 : 13:18:22
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Uptown Girl - Billy Joel : )
This is the time and this is the time and it is time, time, time, time, time, time, time.....
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caryne
Old Love
United Kingdom
1520 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2009 : 13:25:41
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I've done this before but, for the record
UK - 'Sweets for My Sweet' - The Searchers
USA - 'Fingertips (Part 2)' - Little Stevie Wonder(never heard of it)
Australia - 'Wipe Out' - The Surfaris (nice one!!) |
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Old_Man
Old Love
United Kingdom
668 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2009 : 21:35:43
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Dreamboat - Alma Cogan in UK
Rock Around the Clock - Bill Hayley and the Comets in USA
Nothing in Australia - pre chart days! lol |
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Tina
Old Love
United Kingdom
678 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2009 : 21:43:17
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Answer me - Frankie Laine - UK
Rags to Riches - Tony Bennett - US
Australia was still to be discovered by Westerners when I was born! |
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caryne
Old Love
United Kingdom
1520 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2009 : 01:02:00
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| So just when did the Aussie chart start? Guess I hadn't really thought about it and guessed it would be pretty much the same age as the UK one. |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
USA
9873 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2009 : 05:10:05
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"All My Love" by Patti Page (USA)
>Hey, Torben nice one!!!
>Ol' Man, I figured you would have something great...
Rock Around The Clock??!!
By the way "Fingertips"is fantastic! Stevie was a wonder!! 
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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.
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Tina
Old Love
United Kingdom
678 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2009 : 08:04:20
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| Jan 7th 1956 for the Australian chart - there goes the illusion that I'm 35!! |
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John9
Old Love
United Kingdom
2154 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2009 : 09:48:14
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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. |
Edited by - John9 on 05/10/2009 09:50:26 |
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caryne
Old Love
United Kingdom
1520 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2009 : 11:14:13
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Originally posted by John9
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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 |
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caryne
Old Love
United Kingdom
1520 Posts |
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. |
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boombox
Old Love
United Kingdom
548 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2009 : 14:01:50
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For me:
UK & Aus - Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
US - Sunshine Superman - Donovan
Yeah, so I was born 20 years too late! |
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rocker
Old Love
USA
3606 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2009 : 14:57:32
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| 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???) |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
USA
9873 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2009 : 18:28:08
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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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Edited by - lemonade kid on 05/10/2009 18:38:00 |
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What song was #1 on the day you were born
