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Re: #1 song when you were born
« Reply #15 on: April 07, 2004, 11:24:00 am »
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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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Re: #1 song when you were born
« Reply #16 on: April 07, 2004, 11:26:00 am »
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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Re: #1 song when you were born
« Reply #17 on: April 07, 2004, 11:27:00 am »
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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Re: #1 song when you were born
« Reply #18 on: April 07, 2004, 11:32:00 am »
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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Re: #1 song when you were born
« Reply #19 on: April 07, 2004, 11:37:00 am »
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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Re: #1 song when you were born
« Reply #20 on: April 07, 2004, 11:41:00 am »
Everybody's Somebody's Fool by
 Connie Francis
 
 
 Thank God I'm not a doodle by birth.

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Re: #1 song when you were born
« Reply #21 on: April 07, 2004, 11:51:00 am »
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
o/\o

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Re: #1 song when you were born
« Reply #22 on: April 07, 2004, 11:58:00 am »
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.
 
   
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Originally posted by Bollocks:
 Thank God I'm not a doodle by birth.

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Re: #1 song when you were born
« Reply #23 on: April 07, 2004, 12:02:00 pm »
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 )
27>34

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Re: #1 song when you were born
« Reply #24 on: April 07, 2004, 01:29:00 pm »
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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Re: #1 song when you were born
« Reply #25 on: April 07, 2004, 02:07:00 pm »
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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Re: #1 song when you were born
« Reply #26 on: April 07, 2004, 02:22:00 pm »
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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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Re: #1 song when you were born
« Reply #27 on: April 07, 2004, 02:36:00 pm »
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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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Re: #1 song when you were born
« Reply #28 on: April 07, 2004, 04:53:00 pm »
Manky...you're ancient. What's your secret to longevity?
 
 
 
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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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Re: #1 song when you were born
« Reply #29 on: April 07, 2004, 09:00:00 pm »
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!!