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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: brennser on April 07, 2004, 11:08:00 am
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has this been posted before? some fairly dodgy music associated w/ my birthday.....
http://www.everyhit.com/dates/ (http://www.everyhit.com/dates/)
The Number 1 single was:
Rod Stewart - "You Wear It Well"
The Number 1 album was:
Various artist compilation (Arcade) - "20 Fantastic Hits"
Born on 28th Aug:
1943 - David Soul
1961 - Kim Appleby ( of sister duo Mel & Kim )
1965 - Shania Twain ( real name Eilleen Regina Edwards )
1982 - LeAnn Rimes
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On 2nd Jul 1960 ...
The Number 1 single was:
Eddie Cochran - "Three Steps To Heaven"
The Number 1 album was:
Original Soundtrack - "South Pacific"
Born on 2nd Jul:
1942 - Leapy Lee
1950 - Duncan Mackay ( keyboard player, Cockney Rebel )
1954 - Pete Briquette ( bassist, vocalist, The Boomtown Rats )
Who the hell is Leapy Lee?
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The Number 1 single was:
The Stylistics - "Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)"
The Number 1 album was:
Stylistics - "The Best Of The Stylistics"
Born on 22nd Aug:
1920 - John Lee Hooker ( blues vocalist guitarist )
1945 - Ron Dante ( vocalist for cartoon band The Archies )
1963 - James Debarge ( member of US family group Debarge )
1963 - Tori Amos ( real name Myra Ellen Amos )
1969 - Steve Cradock ( guitarist, pianist, vocalist, Ocean Colour Scene )
1973 - Howard Dwayne ( of The Backstreet Boys )
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The chart doesn't go back far enough for my birthdate...
Actually, I could care less who topped the UK charts the date I was born. What about the US charts?
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Bollocks is the coolest, but I'm sweet!
On 6th Feb 1973 ...
The Number 1 single was:
The Sweet - "Blockbuster"
The Number 1 album was:
Elton John - "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player"
Born on 6th Feb:
1941 - Dave Berry
1945 - Bob Marley ( vocalist , guitarist, Bob Marley & The Wailers (deceased) )
1950 - Mike Batt ( prolific songwriter; vocalist, solo and with The Wombles )
1950 - Natalie Cole ( vocalist, daughter of Nat 'King' Cole )
1962 - Axl Rose ( vocalist, Guns N' Roses )
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On 1st May 1976 ...
The Number 1 single was:
Brotherhood Of Man - "Save Your Kisses For Me"
The Number 1 album was:
TV Soundtrack - "Rock Follies"
Born on 1st May:
1939 - Judy Collins
1944 - Rita Coolidge
1954 - Ray Parker Jr
1962 - Owen Paul
1966 - Johnny Colt ( bassist, The Black Crowes )
1970 - Bernard Butler ( guitarist; solo and with Suede / McAlmont & Butler )
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Bollocks:
http://www.geocities.com/leapyleeshrine/sixties.html (http://www.geocities.com/leapyleeshrine/sixties.html)
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Originally posted by pollard:
The Number 1 single was:
Brotherhood Of Man - "Save Your Kisses For Me"
Ha Ha!
Bye, bye, baby goodbye.
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The Number 1 single was:
The Seekers - "The Carnival Is Over"
The Number 1 album was:
Original Soundtrack - "The Sound Of Music"
Born on 5th Dec:
1899 - Sonny Boy Williamson ( blues vocalist; deceased )
1932 - Richard Penniman ( better known as Little Richard )
1938 - J.J. Cale ( guitarist, singer-songwriter )
1946 - Andy Kim
1947 - Jim Messina ( bassist, vocals, Buffalo Springfield )
1965 - John Rzeznick ( lead vocalist, The Goo Goo Dolls )
1980 - Zainam Higgins ( vocalist, Cleopatra )
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
1950 - Mike Batt ( prolific songwriter;
Markies a Womble!!!!!!!!!! You should change your user name to Orinoco or something.
Bit of a pisser you have to share your birthday with a twat like Axl Rose though.
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On 25th Sep 1978 ...
The Number 1 single was:
John Travolta & Olivia Newton John - "Summer Nights"
The Number 1 album was:
Boney M - "Night Flight To Venus"
Born on 25th Sep:
1955 - Steve Severin ( bass player, Siousie And The Banshees )
1968 - Will Smith
1975 - Declan Donnelly ( 'Dec' of Ant & Dec and 'Duncan' in P.J. & Duncan )
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
Bollocks:
http://www.geocities.com/leapyleeshrine/sixties.html (http://www.geocities.com/leapyleeshrine/sixties.html)
Thanks, I did a google on him....With a name like that I thought he was a fast food chain mascot or something.
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I wasn't even going to bother, 'cuz chances are I wouldn't know the song anyhow (who the hell are the Tremeloes), but I GOT THE MONKEES!!! AND Ian Astbury! Oh yeah, and David Byrne. I'm feeling good.
The Number 1 single was:
The Tremeloes - "Silence Is Golden"
The Number 1 album was:
Monkees - "More Of The Monkees"
Born on 14th May:
1936 - Bobby Darin
1943 - Jack Bruce ( real name John Symon Asher Bruce; bassist, Cream )
1952 - David Byrne ( vocalist; solo and with Talking Heads )
1962 - Ian Astbury ( real name Ian Lindsay; lead vocalist, The Cult )
1973 - Natalie Appleton ( vocalist; All Saints / Appleton )
There's another site that does both UK and US #1s, but I don't remember where I saw it.
PS, did anyone see a half hour of Barry Manilow on Good Morning America today? ;)
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I dunno, you and I could use a little patience.
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I'm really really really old....I can remember watching everyone's number ones on Top of the pops!!
Tremeloes, Silence is golden was my favourite song when I was knee high to a grasshopper.
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Originally posted by thirsty moore:
The Number 1 single was:
John Travolta & Olivia Newton John - "Summer Nights"
I think I was at the movie theater when you were born.... :p
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http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/cont/choose.html (http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/cont/choose.html)
us and uk, just enter a fake email address
the U.S. No.1 on the 5th May 1976 was...
Let Your Love Flow by The Bellamy Brothers
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probably not mine :)
On 25th Aug 1962 ...
The Number 1 single was:
Frank Ifield - "I Remember You"
Best-selling single of 1962.
The Number 1 album was:
Elvis Presley - "Pot Luck"
Born on 25th Aug:
1933 - Wayne Shorter ( saxophonist, Weather Report )
1949 - Gene Simmons ( bassist, vocalist, Kiss )
1954 - Elvis Costello ( real name Declan Patrick MacManus )
1963 - Candida Doyle ( keyboard player, backing vocals, Pulp )
1966 - Norman Rogers ( aka Terminator X, Public Enemy )
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US: Somethin Stupid (actual song name) by Frank and Nancy Sinatra
UK: Puppet On A String by Sandie Shaw
...and for the next 36.9 years, it was all downhill for the music charts
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On 27th Jan 1977 ...
The Number 1 single was:
David Soul - "Don't Give Up On Us"
The Number 1 album was:
Slim Whitman - "Red River Valley"
Born on 27th Jan:
1930 - Bobby Bland
1945 - Nick Mason ( drummer, Pink Floyd )
1961 - Gillian Gilbert ( keyboard player, The Inadequates / New Order / The Other Two )
1968 - Adrian Thawes ( better known as Tricky )
1974 - Mark Owen ( vocalist, Take That )
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Everybody's Somebody's Fool by
Connie Francis
Thank God I'm not a doodle by birth.
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On 6th Jan 1976 ...
The Number 1 single was:
Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody"
The Number 1 album was:
Perry Como - "40 Greatest Hits"
Born on 6th Jan:
1944 - Van McCoy ( producer, vocalist, pianist; deceased )
1946 - Syd Barrett ( real name Roger Barrett; Pink Floyd )
1947 - Sandy Denny ( Fairport Convention )
1953 - Malcolm Young ( guitarist, AC/DC )
1959 - Kathy Sledge ( Sister Sledge )
1964 - Mark O'Toole ( bassist, Frankie Goes To Hollywood
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Wait, you mean to tell me that you don't fake your British accent? You had me going there. I thought you just really liked Austin Powers or something.
Originally posted by Bollocks:
Thank God I'm not a doodle by birth.
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On 2nd Mar 1974 ...
The Number 1 single was:
Suzi Quatro - "Devil Gate Drive"
The Number 1 album was:
Slade - "Old New Borrowed And Blue"
Born on 2nd Mar:
1943 - Lou Reed ( real name; Louis Firbank. Vocalist; solo and with Velvet Underground )
1948 - Rory Gallagher ( guitarist, solo and in Taste; deceased )
1950 - Karen Carpenter ( vocalist, drummer, The Carpenters; deceased )
1977 - Chris Martin ( lead vocals, keyboards, Coldplay )
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The Number 1 single was:
The Bay City Rollers - "Give A Little Love"
The Number 1 album was:
Carpenters - "Horizon"
Born on 31st Jul:
1947 - Karl Green ( guitarist, Herman's Hermits )
1957 - Daniel Ash ( guitarist, vocalist; Bauhaus )
1958 - Bill Berry ( drummer, REM )
1963 - Norman Cook ( real name Quentin Cook; bassist, The Housemartins; also DJ / producer known as Pizzaman / Fatboy Slim )
1964 - Jim Corr ( guitarist, vocalist, The Corrs )
1978 - Will Champion ( drummer, Coldplay )
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On 17th Jul 1975 ...
The Number 1 single was:
The Bay City Rollers - "Give A Little Love"
The Number 1 album was:
Wings - "Venus And Mars"
Born on 17th Jul:
1941 - Spencer Davis ( guitarist )
1949 - Mick Tucker ( drummer, The Sweet )
1949 - Terry 'Geezer' Butler ( bassist, Black Sabbath )
1952 - Chet McCracKen ( drummer, The Doobie Brothers )
1982 - Natasha Hamilton ( vocalist, Atomic Kitten )
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Originally posted by poorlulu:
On 17th Jul 1975 ...
The Number 1 single was:
The Bay City Rollers - "Give A Little Love"
This gets the prize for most fitting birth-song!
:D
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Originally posted by thirsty moore:
On 25th Sep 1978 ...
The Number 1 single was:
John Travolta & Olivia Newton John - "Summer Nights"
The Number 1 album was:
Boney M - "Night Flight To Venus"
Born on 25th Sep:
1955 - Steve Severin ( bass player, Siousie And The Banshees )
1968 - Will Smith
1975 - Declan Donnelly ( 'Dec' of Ant & Dec and 'Duncan' in P.J. & Duncan )
Hey, i'm 4 days older than you:
On 21st Sep 1978 ...
The Number 1 single was:
10cc - "Dreadlock Holiday"
The Number 1 album was:
Boney M - "Night Flight To Venus"
Born on 21st Sep:
1934 - Leonard Cohen
1947 - Don Felder ( guitarist, organist, vocalist The Eagles )
1967 - Faith Hill
1967 - Tyler Stewart ( drummer, Barenaked Ladies )
1968 - Jon Brookes ( drummer, The Charlatans )
1968 - Trugoy The Dove ( real name David Jolicoeur; vocals, De La Soul )
1972 - Liam Gallagher ( vocalist, Oasis )
1973 - Jimmy Constable ( vocalist, 911 )
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Manky...you're ancient. What's your secret to longevity?
Originally posted by Bollocks:
On 2nd Jul 1960 ...
The Number 1 single was:
Eddie Cochran - "Three Steps To Heaven"
The Number 1 album was:
Original Soundtrack - "South Pacific"
Born on 2nd Jul:
1942 - Leapy Lee
1950 - Duncan Mackay ( keyboard player, Cockney Rebel )
1954 - Pete Briquette ( bassist, vocalist, The Boomtown Rats )
Who the hell is Leapy Lee?
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The Number 1 single was:
Whitney Houston - "Saving All My Love For You
Born on 19th Dec:
1941 - Maurice White ( vocalist, Earth Wind and Fire )
1944 - Zal Yanovsky ( guitarist, vocalist, The Lovin' Spoonful )
1958 - Chris Hamill ( better known as Limahl, lead vocalist with Kajagoogoo )
Yes! Limahl has my birthday!!
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songs don't matter to me, but
Born on 23rd May:
1934 - Robert Moog ( inventor of the synthesizer )
1967 - Philip James Selway ( drummer, Radiohead )
1974 - Jewel ( full name Jewel Kilcher )
i knew of the last two, but i don't think i knew about moog.
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The Number 1 single was:
Chris De Burgh - "The Lady In Red"
The Number 1 album was:
Madonna - "True Blue"
Born on 7th Aug:
1952 - Alexis Sayle ( actor and 'vocalist' )
1952 - Andy Fraser ( bassist, Free )
1965 - Raul Malo ( vocalist, The Mavericks )
the U.S. No.1 on the 7th August 1986 was... The Glory of Love by
Peter Cetera
AAAAAAAAGGGGHHHH
I guess it's my own fault for being born in the 80's.
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Originally posted by Samantha:
Born on 7th Aug:
1952 - Alexis Sayle ( actor and 'vocalist' )
That's impressive though...." 'Ello John, gotta new mota?"