To all DUers born after 1 Jan 1950... What was the number one song on the day you were born?

[TheMightyFavog]

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


Mine was Rock With You by Michael Jackson

A song from the era before he went batshit crazy.

[Burma Jones]

1. Here ya are

US Charts: The Three Bells - The Browns

UK Charts: Living Doll - Cliff Richard and The Drifters

Aussie Charts: Battle Of New Orleans – Johnny Horton

[Lethe]

2. that is a great song btw......here's mine

Heart Of Glass - Blondie
Bright Eyes - Art Garfunkel
Knock On Wood - Amii Stewart

[HughBeaumont]

3. Honky Tonk Woman - Rolling Stones (all charts)

[malta blue]

4. Everyday People by Sly and the Family Stone.

I love that song:bounce:

[TZ]

5. Interesting...on all three charts it was a Beatles song...

but in the US it was Get Back, while in Britain and Australia it was The Ballad of John and Yoko which I never ever heard of....

[MissMillie]

25. "Christ you know it ain't easy..."

"...You know how hard it can be.
The way things are going
They're gonna crucify me."

[last_texas_dem]

59. "The Ballad..." was not a bigger hit in America because

it only received limited airplay due to more conservative radio programmers balking at the chorus containing the line "Christ, you know it ain't easy!" It did manage to make it to #8, but that *was* a relatively low showing for a Beatles single.

Another piece of trivia about that one: it only features John and Paul playing. In fact, out of appreciation to Paul for helping him on the song he credited the Plastic Ono Band song "Give Peace a Chance" to Lennon/McCartney, even though Paul didn't have anything to do with it and, as a non-Beatles single the Lennon/McCartney credit wasn't obligatory.

[YankeyMCC]

6. Daydream Believer - The Monkees

[CrownPrinceBandar]

76. We must have been born on the same day.

[BOSSHOG]

7. WANTED - by Perry Como. And in Great Britain

Doris Day topped the charts on the day I took my first breath with that torcher SECRET LOVE.

[AllegroRondo]

8. War - what is it good for?

how fitting.

[Pool Hall Ace]

9. GAAAAAAAAAH!

On the U.S. charts, it was "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by The Tokens. I hate that song with the heat of 1,000 suns! :grr:

UK - "Moon River" by Danny Williams
Aus - "When the Girl in Your Arms is the Girl in Your Heart" by Cliff Richard

Those I am sure are much more palatable.

[DarkTirade]

10. Private Eyes - Daryl Hall & John Oates

I don't even know that song. :)

[grace0418]

28. Oh dear, you're young. I saw that Hall & Oates tour.

Geez I'm getting old.

[Yavin4]

54. Thanks for Making Me Feel Old

To quote John McCain, "You little jerk."

[DarkTirade]

95. At least I wasn't too young to see your namesake on the big screen

y'know, when they cleaned up and rerelased the original trilogy in theaters during the 90s... :evilgrin:

[noonwitch]

11. "Baby Loves" by the Supremes

Cool. I love Motown.

[dolo amber]

12. UK - Please Release Me, Engelbert Humperdink

Best. RAWK!! Name. EVER. :D

US - Happy Together - The Turtles

Aus - The Beatles - Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever

[Manifestor_of_Light]

93. Engelbert Humperdinck is a stolen name.

The real one lived from 1854 to 1921. Born in Siegburg, Germany.

He wrote the children's opera Hansel and Gretel (1893), which is often done at Xmastime by opera companies. It's great fun. The "Evening Prayer" is famous.

Yes I know lots and lots of useless information.

[Tektonik]

13. Ugh

We Built This City - Starship

[Ava]

14. Black Cat - Janet Jackson

[Lethe]

67. wow i think i was in 5th grade back then

I remembered Rhythm Nation but not this one until i youtube'd it.

not many R&B type acts have a metal guitar lead in them today hehe.

I take affront to what she says at the beginning "Ain't no acid in this house." Well obviously, because that is not an Acid House song. Acid House music kicks a lot more ass than JJ does. But it does bring up the question....How come every Acid song has some person saying "Acid" or "There's Acid in the house" etc?

[begin_within]

15. "The Theme From 'A Summer Place'" - Percy Faith

[soleft]

22. Don't feel old - it's on my IPOD

[begin_within]

26. But we have the 45 of it.

[Lex]

16. Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter - Herman's Hermits.

It's a great song and now that I'm an adult, I do love most all of the British Invasion songs.

"Bus Stop" by The Hollies is a particular favorite.

[ghostsofgiants]

17. "One More Night " by Phil Collins

[Ptah]

18. The same everywhere. I don't know who is the artist - Information is not available

U.S. - Information is not available

U.K. - Information is not available

AUS. - Information is not available

[Ptah]

20. Never mind

Sorry - The US charts started on 18th Oct 1952.

Sorry - The UK charts started on 14th Nov 1952.

Sorry - the information we have for the Australian charts starts in 1956.

[MrScorpio]

19. Runaround Sue - Dion

I'm ancient

[soleft]

21. Oh, Perfect! Big Girls Don't Cry

[regularguy]

33. Heh. Me too. nt

[soleft]

36. Born the same day, rooting for 2 different NFC East teams

Or is that a Seahawk?

[regularguy]

49. It's the newer meaner Eagle!

Ellen Degeneres doesn't stand a chance against us, even though I heard she upgraded in the off- season. :)

[soleft]

52. Actually I'm a Jets fan

But I root for the Giants if a) they're not playing the Jets b) Jets are on a 1pm and they suck

which will be a lot if because according the pundits, Ellen Degeneres could kick the crap out of Chad Pennington.

[av8rdave]

23. All I have to do is Dream - Everly Brothers

[MissMillie]

24. U.S. Charts - Hard Day's Night by the Beatles

that makes a lot of sense. Twas the year they came to America!

[grace0418]

27. How cool! "Let it Be" by the Beatles in both the US and Australia.

The UK had a song I've never heard of by Dana.

[deepthought42]

29. "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor (7/24/82)

:rofl:

DUHN! DUHN DUHN DUHN! DUHN DUHN DUUUUUUUUUUUUHN!

[FredScuttle]

30. "My Sweet Lord" - George Harrison

[MissMillie]

35. my favorite Beatle.... and I love that album

:thumbsup:

[FredScuttle]

38. My feelings exactly

George and John were my favorites and, besides "Imagine", "All Things Must Pass" is my favorite Beatle solo album.

[RubyDuby in GA]

31. Billy, Don’t Be A Hero - Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods

Great! Just great! Now I'll have that stupid song stuck in my head all day!
Also, damn I didn't know that song was that old :)

hahaha - on the UK Charts: Always Yours - Gary Glitter
Wait a second - who are these people? Australian charts: Billy Don't Be A Hero - Paper Lace

Does Bo Donaldson know they were butting in on his terrority?? Or was it the other way around? Inquiring minds want to know...

[FredScuttle]

39. Ask and ye shall receive

It appears that Paper Lace's version preceded Bo Donaldson's by a few months. Paper Lace hit #1 in the UK with it, but Bo's version was the US #1 hit. The Paper Lace eventually made it to #1 later in the year with "The Night Chicago Died"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_don%27t_be_a_hero

[RubyDuby in GA]

42. And now my inquiring mind is at reast! Thanks for looking that up!

:)

[bullwinkle428]

32. "Can't Buy Me Love" by The Beatles!

I'm relieved it wasn't some lame, one-hit wonder!

[LaraMN]

34. "You Light up my Life," by Debbie Boone..

Not a great way to start.

:P

[bikebloke]

37. Cursed at birth

us
Ain't That A Shame - Pat Boone

UK
Rose Marie - Slim Whitman

I stepped on the planet too early for Aussie.

[Rob H.]

40. "Hey Jude" by The Beatles

:)

[no name no slogan]

41. "In the Year 2525" US, "Honky Tonk Woman" UK & OZ

Damn you are young. I was in junior high when Jacko was making good records.

[Missy Vixen]

43. Itsy Bitsy, Teeny Weeny, Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini n/t

[Bennyboy]

44. Rock Around The Clock

Bill Haley and the Comets!

[SacredCow]

45. George Harrison- My Sweet Lord

Can't say that I know the tune....

[Lethe]

65. not a bad tune....

you've probably heard it before.

[IntravenousDemilo]

83. It's also known as "He's So Fine" n/m

[Joe Fields]

46. Hound Dog, by Elvis Presley

A great way to begin life!

[skygazer]

47. Wonderland By Night - Bert Kaempfert on the US chart

Poetry In Motion - Johnny Tillotson on the UK chart

and Are You Lonesome Tonight? - Elvis Presley on the Australian chart (and also the only one I ever heard of).

[terrya]

48. April 10, 1956

"The Poor People of Paris" - Lex Baxter on the US Charts

"The Poor People of Paris" - Winifred Atwell on the UK Charts

"Memories Are Made of This" - Dean Martin on the Australian Charts

[PRETZEL]

50. Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price

[Greyskye]

51. The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens (US)

The Young Ones - Cliff Richard and The Shadows (UK)
Let There Be Drums - Sandy Nelson (AUS)

[Yavin4]

53. The House of the Rising Sun by The Animals

US - The House of the Rising Sun by The Animals
UK - You Really Got Me Going by The Kinks
AUS - Have I The Right by The Honeycombs

Wow, I like my tunes.

[ceile]

55. "Bad Blood" Neil Sedaka

I have never heard that song in my life.

[NightWatcher]

57. same here

never heard of the song, but things were kinda crazy back in October 1975

[musette_sf]

56. i am proud to say that the nutty Stan Freberg

and his "St. George And The Dragonet" (a medieval parody of "Dragnet") topped the charts on that day.

[last_texas_dem]

58. US: "Every Breath You Take" by the Police

I could have been born in a fifty-six day period during the summer of '83 and had that one as the #1 song on my birthday. It topped the charts for most of the summer!

UK: "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)" by Paul Young

Australia: "Flashdance (What a Feeling)" by Irene Cara

[LiberalEsto]

60. I'm too old!

It said the charts didn't start until October 1952, and I was born in March.
No fair.

[Adsos Letter]

61. "Rock around the clock" Bill Haley & the comets

[mac56]

62. Two songs shared #1, both on the same 45

"Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel" by Elvis Presley.

First time that ever happened.

The legend has it that the song that's #1 on the day of your birth has special significance in your life. Personally - I don't see it.

[NewJeffCT]

63. Winchester Cathedral by the New Vaudeville Band

never heard the song that I can recall, and never heard of the band.

[Va Lefty]

64. "Roses Are Red" by Bobby Vinton

[siouxsiecreamcheese]

66. Car Wash - Rose Royce

:yoiks:

[SallyMander]

68. Funky Town by Lipps Inc

LOL, that's funny!

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

69. "Tragedy" by The Bee Gees n/t

[unsavedtrash]

70. Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In

UK and AUS- Get Back

[CottonBear]

71. WTF? US charts: Sukiyaki - Kyu Sakamoto

:wtf: I have no idea who or what this is. :eyes:

UK: From Me To You - The Beatles (That's better!) :)

AUS: It’s My Party - Lesley Gore

Mine is a real mix of tunes! ;)

[IntravenousDemilo]

85. "Sukiyaki" has been one of my favourite songs ever since I was little.

It's in Japanese and has nothing to with sukiyaki, BTW. If you PM me, I can email you an MP3.

[S n o w b a l l]

90. I've always loved that song too...

Here's the youtube video....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TVIddibrWAM

[volstork]

72. here's mine:

Hanky Panky - Tommy James & The Shondells

[Lilith Velkor]

73. People Got To Be Free - Rascals

[LydiaJ]

74. Turn, Turn, Turn, .... by The Byrds

I like mine! This thing is cool!

Ironically, the day I gave birth to my 9 pound,6 oz daughter... OUCH! (3/17/85) was...Can't fight this feeling anymore, by REO Speedwagon :eyes:

[Critters2]

75. "It's All in the Game" by Tommy Edwards

I don't think I'm familiar with this one.

[S n o w b a l l]

91. It's a good song...

I remember it well.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VNMWw7t-4d8

Also the song for someone I'm totally madly in love with...but I digress. :)

[Kutjara]

77. "The Young Ones" by Cliff Richard and the Shadows

Not bad. I'm down with that. :)

[KamaAina]

78. "A Hard Day's Night"

I still say that band had Oasis beat by a mile! :hide:

[DarkTirade]

96. Well yeah, I mean

they were even bigger than Jesus after all. :)

[Shine]

79. "She Loves You"...by the Beatles

:hi:

[The Straight Story]

80. Yesterday - The Beatles

:)

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

81. 3 answers (August 27, 1962)

US charts: "Sheila" (Tommy Roe)
UK charts: "I Remember You" (Frank Ifield)
AU charts: "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" (what the hell??) (The Springfields)


Yes, I'm an old fart.

[IntravenousDemilo]

82. "Venus", Frankie Avalon in the US

UK: "As I Love You", Shirley Bassey
Oz: "Petite Fleur", Chris Barber's Jazz Band

[Tripper11]

84. Mine starting with UK chart seeing as I was born there :

The Last Time - The Rolling Stones

Stop! In The Name Of Love - The Supremes - obviously the US chart

Rock and Roll Music / Honey Don’t - The Beatles - Australia

[Spirochete]

86. They didn't have radios in those days...

Just kidding. It was "From Rags to Riches". by Tony Bennett

[S n o w b a l l]

87. The Wayward Wind

How totally fitting. :)

[calico1]

88. "Catch a Falling Star"

Perry Como.:P

[mentalsolstice]

89. "Are You Lonesome Tonight" - Elvis n/t

[Seashell Eyes]

92. mine is "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" by Bonnie Tyler

It's not nearly as good as "Rock with You."

[Manifestor_of_Light]

94. Ballad of Davy Crockett, by Bill Hayes.

In the UK, something by Tennessee Ernie Ford.


Damn I'm old.

[FunkyLeprechaun]

97. Mine is

Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes (US)
Stand and Deliver by Adam and the Ants (UK)
Jealous Guy by Roxy Music (Australia)