What was #1 on the day you were born.

[chucky chuckaluck]

don't be cruel/hound dog - elvis presley

[Giant Speck]

29 November 1987

Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth

[sydbat]

UK - These Boots Are Made For Walking - Nancy Sinatra
US - These Boots Are Made For Walking - Nancy Sinatra
Aus - These Boots Are Made For Walking - Nancy Sinatra

She was very "poopuler"...

[betterhands]

U.S.: Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot

[Simian Man]

I don't think Distrowatch goes back that far. Wait what are we talking about?

[chris200x9]

august 26 1988 oh yea!

the first day at this years three day Reading Festival featuring Iggy Pop, Starship, Squeeze, Ramones, Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, Hothouse Flowers, Deacon Blue, Quireboys, Broken English, three day ticket £24.


edit: I think I did this wrong....oh well

[sydbat]

I don't think Distrowatch goes back that far. Wait what are we talking about?+ infinity!!

[sisco311]

UK: Only You - The Flying Pickets
US: Say Say Say - Paul McCartney & Micheal Jackson
AUS: Uptown Girl - Billy Joel

):P

[notwen]

UK: Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
US: All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie
AU: Karma Chameleon - Culture Club

At least I can say I recognize and have heard these as a child. =]

[chamber]

UK:- Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor (awesome)
US:- Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band
AUS:- Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor

[Tews]

Here are the top 10 songs when I was born ...You guess the year! :lolflag:

# Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart - Vera Lynn & Chorus
# Blue Tango - Leroy Anderson & His "Pops" Concert Orchestra (instrumental)
# Delicado - Percy Faith & His Orchestra (Instrumental)
# The Glow-Worm - The Mills Brothers
# A Guy Is A Guy - Doris Day
# Half as Much - Rosemary Clooney
# Here in My Heart - Al Martino
# I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Jimmy Boyd
# I Went to Your Wedding - Patti Page
# It's in the Book (Parts 1 & 2) - Johnny Standley

The winner gets a cookie!

[xpod]

Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones

21 August 1969.

[mamamia88]

it skipped 1988 for some reason

[sujoy]

The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson (US)
Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle (UK)
Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley (AUS)

[Excedio]

US: Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler
UK: Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Aus: Australiana - Austen Tayshus

[Tews]

Sheesh ... these replies are making me feel REALLY OLD! :lolflag:

[mips]

UK: My Ding-A-Ling - Chuck Berry
USA: Papa Was A Rolling Stone - The Temptations
AUS: Popcorn - Hot Butter

Edit: I just went to Youtube to listen to Popcorn by Hot Butter, name was not familiar. I have been looking for this songs name for the last 20 years!!! I originally heard the song in a Amiga Demo which had Odie (from Garfield) walking across the screen amongst other things.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N4ckFN96-k

Edit2: ROTFLMAO, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CaB9Nqq3tg&feature=related amazing what people put on the net. IF that was a girl I would be drooling now.

[Idaho Dan]

Little Eva, The Locomotion.
Why does that seem like a long time ago?

[Dragonbite]

The Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
December 1970

[kellemes]

Do It Again - The Beach Boys

[SuperSonic4]

it skipped 1988 for some reason

Same as for my birthday

[billgoldberg]

Some stupid song by Janet Jackson.

[public_void]

UK: It's A Sin - The Pet Shop Boys
US: Alone - Heart
AUS: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston

[ancleessen4]

UK-One Night, Elvis Presley :guitar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKab0Uu6kFQ&feature=related

US-Stagger Lee, Lloyd Price ](*,)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC2XG0tVsxM

[Mancman]

Rosemary Clooney........Mambo Italiano

Yes, I am THAT old :oops:

[feisty]

Falco - Rock Me Amadeus :lolflag:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trOij8SPIAo

[cariboo]

@Tews - 1952


Tony Bennett - Rags To Riches

Jim

[Joeb454]

I did it for my country too (UK, if you hadn't noticed :p)

Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart - Marc Almond with Gene Pitney

[kelvin spratt]

I don't think there were any charts 60 years ago.

[mips]

I did it for my country too (UK, if you hadn't noticed :p)

Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart - Marc Almond with Gene Pitney

1989, lots of spring chickens on this forum :)

[srt4play]

The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson (US)
Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle (UK)
Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley (AUS)

Oh no you got rick rolled on your birth day!

[gn2]

UK: Runaway, Del Shannon

US: Quarter To Three, Gary US Bonds

AUS: Travelin' Man, Ricky Nelson

[nitehawk777]

Let's see,....I think someone just discovered fire. No, wait! They just invented the wheel!
Seriously,....it was when the music stopped. Rosevelt died,..and Glenn Miller had died in a plane crash a few months before. Am I really THAT old??? God,..I sure don't feel like it. No, wait,...I really do.
(and now everyone knows,.......).......

They were still playing Glenn Miller on the radio:
"In The Mood"
"Sting Of Pearls"
"And The Angels Sang"....

[tontaloj]

In the USA:
"Jack and Diane" by John Cougar

In the UK:
"Pass The Dutchie" by Musical Youth

[milehigh]

September 28, 1954

USA: "Hey There" - Rosemary Clooney
UK: "Three Coins In The Fountain" - Frank Sinatra

It says there's no info for Australia prior to 1956.

[Tews]

@Tews - 1952


Tony Bennett - Rags To Riches

Jim

And we have a winner! :lolflag:

[dragos240]

Spring was popular on my birthday, *hint hint*

[S0m3th1ngw13rd]

Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce

[lisati]

On the day after I was born (which has the same date, due to the timezone I live in) President John F Kennedy announced his idea of the Peace Corps.


In the US, "Save the last dance for me" was #1. In the UK it was Elvis's "It's now or never"

[I-75]

Mary Had a Little Lamb by Thomas Alva Edison

[Koori23]

October 31st 1981 USA

Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do) - Christopher Cross
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDYAXKM828U
----For the record- I always hear this song while I'm getting a cavity drilled at the Dentist.

More facts I didn't know about October 31st:


Martin Luther posted "95 theses" in 1517

Gandhi was assassinated in 1959

Pope John Paul II admitted that the Roman Catholic Church had erred in convicting Galileo of heresy 350 years earlier in 1992

In 1926, magician Harry Houdini died in Detroit of gangrene and peritonitis resulting from a ruptured appendix.

I also share the same birthday as Vanilla Ice..

I'll stop at that..

[Scruffynerf]

Australia:

I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do - Abba

US:

Bad Blood - Neil Sedaka ??

UK:

Hold Me Close - David Essex ??

[Metallion]

Two Tribes - Frankie Goes To Hollywood in the UK. Good thing I don't live there. :)

[renzokuken]

UK = Every Breath You Take - The Police
US = Flashdance .... What a Feeling - Irene Cara
OZ = Total Eclipse of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler

....epic

[OrangeCrate]

"Old Buttermilk Sky", Kay Kyser

[Lunx]

Australia --> Snoopy vs The Red Baron- The Royal Guardsmen
US --> I'm a Believer- The Monkees
UK --> I'm a Believer- The Monkees

[Redache]

27 May 1987:

Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship - UK
With Or Without You - U2 - USA
Slice Of Heaven - Dave Dobbyn with Herbs - Aus

I just tried the Starship song on the Youtubes, since I don't know who the hell they are. I was born when the cheesiest song I've ever heard was #1. Bad Times.

[NintendoTogepi]

Creep :(

[mips]

US:

Bad Blood - Neil Sedaka ??

UK:

Hold Me Close - David Essex ??

Are the ?? for the artist or the song?

I'm aware of both artists and David Essex brings back memories of the Silver Dream Racer movie.

[Redache]

Creep :sad:

As in Radiohead??!

People who were born in the 1980's make me feel Old. I'm 21 for god's sake, I should feel young!.

It's bad enough being in Uni with people who were born in the 90's.

[neo_1in]

October 31st 1981 USA

Gandhi was assassinated in 1959


I am afraid thats not true. Mahatma Gandhi passed away on 30th Jan 1949. As far as 31st Oct goes, Indira Gandhi (1st female prime minister of India) was assassinated on that day in 1984.

[Giant Speck]

I am afraid thats not true. Mahatma Gandhi passed away on 30th Jan 1949. As far as 31st Oct goes, Indira Gandhi (1st female prime minister of India) was assassinated on that day in 1984.

Right. A notable event that did occur on October 31, 1959 is that Lee Harvey Oswald attempted to renounce his U.S. citizenship at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.

[ikisham]

Uk - In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry (cool)

[handy]

It had been so long, & I really needed a cigarette.

[gnomeuser]

US: Stars on 45 Medley - Stars on 45
UK: Being With You - Smokey Robinson
AUS: This Ole House - Shakin' Stevens

I can only conclude that the 80's are best left repressed by all mankind collectively.

[Steve H]

Tiger Feet - Mud

Oh dear!

I was actually born in what was West Germany, and I'm reliably informed (by my Mom) that at the time it was actually "Rubber Ducky" by Bert & Ernie....much better!!

;)

[Zero Prime]

US: Don’t Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee
UK: Don’t Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee
AUS: Howzat - Sherbet

What the heck is Howzat and who the heck was Sherbet?

[OffHand]

Uk: Boney M - Rivers of Babylon

[Dragonbite]

1989, lots of spring chickens on this forum :)

'89?! I graduated High School in '89! OK, I'm beginning to feel old now.

Too bad there isn't a link to listen to the song (or part of the song) right next to the title!

[rick08]

My #1's are terrible.
June 18th, 1991
US: Paula Abdul-Rush Rush
UK: Color Me Badd-I Wanna Sex You Up
FAIL

[jespdj]

UK: Get It On - T.Rex
US: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - Bee Gee’s
AU: Eagle Rock - Daddy Cool

[mips]

'89?! I graduated High School in '89! OK, I'm beginning to feel old now.

Too bad there isn't a link to listen to the song (or part of the song) right next to the title!

I'm only one year behind you, graduated '90, born '72

You could always just go look for the song on youtube and then you get to see the videos as well :)

[Telekinesis]

I knew the answer to this question before I checked this thread and ever since I found out, I've always thought it was pretty cool:

US - The Police - Every Breath You Take

That's really the only birth song you need, right? =P

But, wait. There's more:

UK - KC & The Sunshine Band - Give It Up

AU - Irene Cara - Flashdance (What a Feeling)

[Telekinesis]

UK = Every Breath You Take - The Police
US = Flashdance .... What a Feeling - Irene Cara
OZ = Total Eclipse of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler

....epic

Ha. I just noticed this post. I didn't know about Eclipse. The list is pretty epic.

[handy]

I haven't bothered reading this thread, so I expect that others have said the same thing by now; but I'm going to say it anyway:

A nipple.

[lukjad]

Nothing. Not a thing.

[piousp]

US: Stuck With You - Huey Lewis and the News
UK: Don't Leave Me This Way - Communards
AU: Venus - Bananarama

[Zimmer]

'89?! I graduated High School in '89! OK, I'm beginning to feel old now.


Uk :Al Martino -- Here In My Heart .

The week the UK charts started....

Zimmer(frame)

[Dragonbite]

I'm only one year behind you, graduated '90, born '72

You could always just go look for the song on youtube and then you get to see the videos as well :)

That's my wife!

[perlluver]

April, 5 1983:

UK: Let's Dance - David Bowie
US: Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
Aus: Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes

I have heard two out of three, not bad.

[handy]

1. Something's Gotta Give --
Sammy Davis Jr.

2. A Kiss To Build With You -- Louis Armstrong

3. When It's Sleepy Time Down South -- Louis Armstrong

Interestingly the top three songs on the day, in the USA were all sung by hugely talented Afro Americans.

[dannytatom]

Faith - George Michael

[swoll1980]

Do That To Me One More Time - Captain & Tennille

[gn2]

What the heck is Howzat and who the heck was Sherbet?

Howzat is a cricketing term.
It is what is shouted by the fielding team when they believe that they have got a batsman out.
It is a contraction of "how is that?" and is a question asked of the umpires.

This (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherbet_(band)) is Sherbet the band.

[handy]

Howzat is a cricketing term.
It is what is shouted by the fielding team when they believe that they have got a batsman out.
It is a contraction of "how is that?" and is a question asked of the umpires.

This (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherbet_(band)) is Sherbet the band.

There was a time when not too many people in Oz hadn't heard of Sherbet. :-)

[renzokuken]

Ha. I just noticed this post. I didn't know about Eclipse. The list is pretty epic.


hehe, we must have similar birthdays then.....rock on summer '83

[ynnhoj]

i got...

USA: "Jump," by Van Halen
UK: "99 Red Balloons," by Nena
AUS: a Pat Benetar song that i don't know

:(

some pretty decent tunes have been listed by other people, though!

[renzokuken]

i got...

USA: "Jump," by Van Halen
UK: "99 Red Balloons," by Nena
AUS: a Pat Benetar song that i don't know

:(

some pretty decent tunes have been listed by other people, though!


now THATS a good list

[gn2]

There was a time when not too many people in Oz hadn't heard of Sherbet. :-)

I remember those times, as I recall the lyrics of Howzat went something like

"you messed around I caught you out, howzat, now that I've found where you're at it's goodbye"

Tragic that such corny claptrap should remain burned into my memory for so long.
If only one could delete all the useless stuff from one's brain!

[stopie]

Faith - George Michael

For Me:
Father Figure - George Michael

He must have been popular too.

[Lunx]

There was a time when not too many people in Oz hadn't heard of Sherbet. :-)

Thankfully that time has long passed by :p

[pol666]

To Be With You - Mr. Big

[wolfen69]

it's my party- lesley gore

[-grubby]

April 20th, 1993


US: Informer - Snow
UK: Young At Heart - The Bluebells
AUS: Way - Lenny Kravitz

[fenian]

People Got To Be Free-Rascals

[suitedaces]

Especially For You - Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan

Oh god!

[ThrobbingBrain66]

UK: Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
US: All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie
AU: Karma Chameleon - Culture Club

At least I can say I recognize and have heard these as a child. =]

Wow - I had the exact same results.

[smartboyathome]

April 20th, 1993


US: Informer - Snow
UK: Young At Heart - The Bluebells
AUS: Way - Lenny Kravitz


:o Woah, almost exactly the same! April 3, 1993:


US: Informer - Snow
UK: Young At Heart - The Bluebells
AUS: Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz


Lenny Kravitz must have been popular

[Fenris_rising]

Closest I can find was The Monkee's-I'm a believer

January 17 My Birthday The single was out January 19 1967

regards

Fenris

[MikeTheC]

I was, as a matter of fact. :)