What was #1 on your birthday?

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What was #1 on your birthday?

Post by Who Shot Sam? »

British charts...

http://www.everyhit.com/dates/index.html

Mine:

On 21st Dec 1967...

The Number 1 single was:
The Beatles - "Hello Goodbye"

The Number 1 album was:
The Beatles - "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

Born on 21st Dec:
1940 - Frank Zappa ( multi-instrumentalist; deceased )
1946 - Carl Wilson ( guitarist, vocalist, The Beach Boys; deceased )
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On 7th Mar 1961 ...

The Number 1 single was:
The Everly Brothers - "Walk Right Back / Ebony Eyes"

The Number 1 album was:
Elvis Presley - "G.I. Blues (OST)"

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1952 - Ernie Isley ( The Isley Brothers )
1962 - Lesley Wonderman ( better known as Taylor Dayne )
1977 - Paul Cattermole ( vocalist, S Club 7 )
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On 14th March 1966 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Nancy Sinatra - "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'"

The Number 1 album was:
Original Soundtrack - "The Sound Of Music"

Born on 14th Mar:
1933 - Quincy Jones
1947 - Peter Skellern
1983 - Jordan Taylor Hanson ( of Hanson )
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This one gives you ths #1 singles in the US and UK...

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

UK was still "Hello Goodbye". US #1 single was "Daydream Believer" by the Monkees.
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all shook up--the fake elvis

unforgettable--nat king cole in uk.
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US: Fingertips (Part 2) - Little Stevie Wonder

UK: She Loves You - The Beatles
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Monkees ruled the world on my birthday....

On 10th Feb 1967 ...

The Number 1 single was:
The Monkees - "I'm A Believer"

The Number 1 album was:
Monkees - "The Monkees"
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On 5th Mar 1963 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Frank Ifield - "Wayward Wind"
For Number 1 single over the subsequent years Click Here

The Number 1 album was:
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - "Summer Holiday (OST)"
For Number 1 album over the subsequent years Click Here


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1946 - Murry Head
1948 - Eddy Grant ( vocalist; solo and with The Equals )
1951 - Elaine Page
1957 - Mark E Smith ( Lead vocalist, songwriter of The Fall, )
1958 - Andy Gibb ( younger brother of The Bee Gees; deceased )
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Post by invisible Pole »

Well, I got different UK hit than on the above site (?)

UK:
The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore - The Walker Brothers

US :
The Ballard Of The Green Berets - Sgt. Barry Sadler
:shock: :?:
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invisible Pole wrote:Well, I got different UK hit than on the above site (?)

UK:
The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore - The Walker Brothers

US :
The Ballard Of The Green Berets - Sgt. Barry Sadler
:shock: :?:
LOL.

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This is gonna be good....

May 6, 1981

UK: Adam & The Ants - "Stand And Deliver"

US: Sheena Easton - "Morning Train (Nine To Five)"
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BlueChair wrote:This is gonna be good....

Adam & The Ants - "Stand And Deliver"
Gulp. I must be getting old. My brother had that album.

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March 4, 1981:

The Number 1 single was:
Joe Dolce Music Theatre - "Shaddap You Face"

The Number 1 album was:
Phil Collins - "Face Value"


Apparently faces were big that day...
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On 11th Jun 1965 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Sandie Shaw - "Long Live Love"


The Number 1 album was:
Original Soundtrack - "The Sound Of Music"
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Post by ReadyToHearTheWorst »

One Night / I Got Stung - Elvis Presely
&
Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price

I can live with those.
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9/17/57 which sadly sends us back the farthest, so far, down memory lane, and it turns out that Paul Anka's Diana was the number one single in both US and UK charts. Album was A Swinging Affair by Frank. Being in Frank's company sort of, only sort of, makes me feel better.

But not enough, I've decided, so I am usurping the rules and decreeing that July 2, 1967 was my KEY day (that's when we left the Cuban hell-hole and landed in la bella Madrid) and that day...Procol Harum's Whiter Shade of Pale was number one (in the US) and Pepper was the top album. That combo I like. There, I feel better already. I am pretty sure, though, that the Beatles did not top Franco's hit parade, since I recall them being referred to by my teachers as the "Yeyes" (I am assuming because of "she loves you, yeah...") and derided as peludos salvajes.
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On 9th Feb 1962 ...

UK:
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - "The Young Ones"

That's more than a little disappointing, frankly. Oh well!

I do a bit better in the States:
Joey Dee & the Starlighters - "Peppermint Twist"


Born on 9th Feb:
1942 - Carole King
1955 - Jimmy Pursey ( vocalist, Sham 69 )
1963 - Dave Rotheray ( guitarist and tunesmith with The Beautiful South )
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RedShoes wrote:March 4, 1981:

The Number 1 single was:
Joe Dolce Music Theatre - "Shaddap You Face"

The Number 1 album was:
Phil Collins - "Face Value"


Apparently faces were big that day...
Mine was...That's the day I had my wisdom teeth out....
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I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash (US)

Clair - Gilbert O'Sullivan (UK)

Various artist compilation (K-Tel) - "20 All Time Hits Of The 50's" (Album)


The album is pretty sad.

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Also born on that day:

1944 - Booker T. Jones ( keyboard player with Booker T And The MGs )
1945 - Neil Young ( guitarist, pianist, vocalist; solo and with Buffalo Springfield/ Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young )

And Wallace Shawn, though I don't know what year.
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July 21, 1980

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mood swung wrote:US: Fingertips (Part 2) - Little Stevie Wonder

UK: She Loves You - The Beatles
Hey! What a coincidence! Me, too!!!

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26th March 1952 - Nat 'King' Cole - "Unforgettable"
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apparently nat "king" cole had a 5 year run at number 1!!
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7th April 1975

UK: Bye Bye Baby - Bay City Rollers
US: Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John

Haven't heard any of those and I don't think I want to.

Tom Jones "20 Greatest Hits" was the UK #1 album, and it must have been a hit in Sweden too, because I think my mom may have that one.

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Urine?
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