Preserved Topic: What was the number on in the music charts when you were born? (Page 1 of 2)

Quick survey too see if ther is any significance to this Mine are:

UK:
My Sweet Lord
by
George Harrison

US:
One Bad Apple
by
The Osmonds

To find out yours go to:
www.thisdayinmusic.com/cont/choose.html

[edit: and that should be 'number one' not 'number on' ]

[edit2: OK and my parents were getting it on to:

UK:
Back Home
by
England World Cup Squad

US:
Everything Is Beautiful
by
Ray Stevens

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm]

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UK: Get Down by Gilbert O'Sullivan

Hmm... I thought that's what happened nine months before the day I was born...

US: The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia by Vicki Lawrence

Well, I knew my birth was a momentous occasion, but bringing down the power grid for an entire state...





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The U.K. number 1 was 'Y.M.C.A.' by The Village People

The U.S. number 1 was 'Le Freak' by Chic

Hmmmm strange that "Le Freak" was on my birthday...

UK - Madonna - Papa Don't Preach
US - Genesis - Invisible Touch

They used to do a thing on morning radio here in the UK. They picked a celebrity, took their birthdate, tracked back 9 months, then worked out what song it was their parents were getting it on to...

UK - Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas

US - I Honestly Love You by Olivia Newton-John

It's hard to believe that 'kung fu fighting' was ever #1 anywhere

And damn, quisja...I didn't know people came that young these days

American - Sugar Shack by Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs

UK - Do You Love Me? by Brian Poole and the Tremeloes

*hangs head in shame and wanders off to get his walker*

I unchecked the box that said "Uncheck this box if you would prefer NOT to have a copy of your birth date / life's theme song information mailed to you... " And didn't fill in my email adress. I click on the flag, and get this errormessage:

quote:

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Kthxbye.

Edit: it's "99 Luftballons" by Nena. Whee. I like that song. But "Jump" by Van Halen doesn't do much for me.




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US: Theme song from Shaft - Isaac Hayes
UK: Coz I luv you - Slade

I think I prefer the US one...

I'm not gonna tell.
These were horrible songs to be born when they were number one.
Even for that particular decade.

Emp, you just dated yourself terribly ;-)

the U.K. No.1 on the 28th February 1973 was... Blockbuster by The Sweet

the U.S. No.1 on the 28th February 1973 was... Killing Me Softly by Roberta Flack

i was going to see what my parents were gettin in on to... but i'm one of those people who don't think that their parent's have sex....or would rather NOT think of my parents having sex (eeww).

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It doesn't go back far enough! <lol>

Chariots of Fire - Titles by Vangelis in the US

and

Ebony And Ivory by
Paul McCartney And Stevie Wonder

in the UK

7th Jan 1980
UK No.1... Pink Floyd, Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)
US No.1... K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Please Don't Go by

K.C who?...and I hate Pink Floyd.

How depressing.

In the UK : Hold My Hand by
Don Cornell


In the US : Cannot open the No.1 File
The UK charts began on 14/11/52, the US charts on 1/1/55
Please try again using a vaild date.

DB... if we go together maybe we can get a discount on walkers. =)

The USA had no compiled charts when I was born! Really, what did they do then? The UK chart topper was the (well known?)... Cara Mia by David Whitfield with his chorus, and Mantovani and his orchestra "all together now"?
I feel the need for some musical cred' so as a footnote.....
The first record I bought was "Hey Joe" by Jimi Hendrix

It doesn't go back far enough !


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A programmer's mind and a salesman's lips

The U.K. No.1 was Distant Drums by Jim Reeves.
The U.S. No.1 was Cherish by The Association.

ugh... I was hoping for something cool, maybe the stones or something. pfft

US - Billy Ocean's "There'll be Sad Songs (to Make you Cry)"


no wonder....

How Frank Sinatra made the UK charts with "Three Coins In The Fountain" I have no idea. My birth predates the US record keeping.

Go figure...

July 4th 1978 (YAY!)

US: Shadow Dancing by Andy Gibb -- :???
UK: You're The One That I Want by John Travolta And Olivia Newton-John -- Love that one





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Roll With It
by
Steve Winwood

sounds like a dumb song to me.

US:

Tossin' and Turnin'
by
Bobby Lewis

UK:
Runaway
by
Del Shannon

I guess that about sums up my parents feeling before and after doesn't it.



-Butcher-

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

the U.S. No.1 on the 30th April 1988 was...
Where Do Broken Hearts Go? by
Whitney Houston

May 8th, 1976

The U.S. number 1 on the 8th May 1976 was 'Welcome Back' by John Sebastian.
The U.K. number 1 on the 8th May 1976 was 'Fernando' by Abba.

Hmmm...

the U.S. No.1 on the 17th March 1969 was... Dizzy by Tommy Roe
the U.K. No.1 on the 17th March 1969 was... Where Do You Go To My Lovely by Peter Sarstedt

Haven't heard either of them.

US:
the No.1 on the 25th May 1987 was... "With or Without You"by U2

UK:
the No.1 on the 25th May 1987 was... "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship

NoJive: I`m planning a custom zimmer with a 2 stroke motor, windsdhield, and flamed paint job.

US: You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' by The Righteous Brothers

UK: You've Lost That Loving Feelin' by The Righteous Brothers

Wonder how many ppl that think this one actually was written for the movie Top Gun...
Shudder, makes you feel old.
/Dan



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Lets see, in the Uk it was, Blue Moon by the Marcels
and the US was Runaway by Del Shannon

hmmm blue moon eh?

OK i counted back 9 months seems Elvis was #1 with It's now or never!!



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17th October 1978: UK - Summernights by John Travolta & Olivia Newton John. Which is good, because I always loved the music from Grease ^^

The USA: "Kiss you all over" by Exile. Hmm..I don't think I know that song. I'll look it up then.

edit: this is fun by the way ^^ Would they have this for the charts in the Netherlands I wonder?



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US
I Can't Get Next to You
by The Temptations

UK
Sugar Sugar
by The Archies

Holly Shit! Looking through half of the entries here, I feel so old! Some of those songs came out when I was in junior high or highschool. ugh!

Later,

C:\


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the U.K. No.1 on the 6th October 1983 was... Karma Chameleon by
Culture Club (I hate that song)

the U.S. No.1 on the 6th October 1983 was... Total Eclipse of the Heart by
Bonnie Tyler (Not a bad song)

"You don't know how paralysing that is, that stare of a blank canvas, which says to the painter: you can't do a thing." - Vincent Van Gogh

This is too perfect.
In the US, the #1 hit on the day I was born was:
Love Hangover by Diana Ross
In the UK, it was:
Fernando by Abba

And everybody was Kung Fu Fighting!

:::krets.net:::

August 31, 1987

US: La Bamba by Los Lobos

UK: Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley

OK .. so I'm a few years too old to play hit parades ... but according to http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949_in_music I share my birtday with Ronny James Diofrom Rainbow !! ... Maaaaannn doesn't time fly !!!

It's an interesting site .... e.g. I didn't know that a month before I was born EDSAC was started up for the first time (became the Lyons Electronic Office .. LEO) and was the first stored program computer .... and that year Nato was formed, RCA unveiled color TV, Drag raging was invented (or recognised as a sport), the USSR tested their first A bomb, and Newfoundland became part of Canada ! ... and there's so much more ...



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A programmer's mind and a salesman's lips

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10-10-'74:
UK:
Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas

US:
I Honestly Love You by Olivia Newton-John



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Piet Mondriaan

Hey, DB, Nojive and trib, How about a solar powered zimmer frame for us?

The U.S. No.1 on the 5th November 1966 was... Last Train to Clarksville by
The Monkees


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