What was #1 in the charts the day you were born?

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Inspired by a recent ILE thread. On my bd 02nov76, the champions of the chart were...

UK: 'Mississippi' - Pussycat

US: 'If You Leave Me Now' - Chicago

AUS: 'Dancing Queen' - Abba

Anyone know of good sites where I can check out other countries, such as Japan, Sweden, Iceland, India etc.?

― kinski (kinski), Wednesday, 16 October 2002 11:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Blondie - Heart of Glass.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 16 October 2002 12:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Probably Bill Haley and the Comets or maybe Fats Waller

― panico (panico), Wednesday, 16 October 2002 12:31 (twenty-three years ago)

Boney M's 'Rivers Of Babylon'

this is a stealthy way of asking how old we are huh?

― blueski, Wednesday, 16 October 2002 12:33 (twenty-three years ago)

brotherhood of man "save your kisses for me".

which is a downer, really.

― michael wells (michael w.), Wednesday, 16 October 2002 12:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Another bummer for me: Tommy Roe, "Dizzy" -- especially a drag because the Zombies were at number one the week before with "Time of the Season". I always knew I was born too late.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Wednesday, 16 October 2002 12:38 (twenty-three years ago)

UK #1: Glad All Over - Dave Clark Five

US #1: There I've Said It Again - Bobby Vinton

UK #1 album: With The Beatles

US #1 album: The Singing Nun

― Marcello Carlin, Wednesday, 16 October 2002 12:43 (twenty-three years ago)

Cum On Feel The Noize

― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 16 October 2002 12:51 (twenty-three years ago)

USA: "Like A Virgin", Madonna (oh hardy har har)

UK: "Do They Know It's Christmas?", Band Aid (which might explain my excitement over any and all sorts of big rock star get togheters, no matter how hideously sappy or self-congratulatory they may be)

R&B: "Always", Atlantic Starr

C&W: "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind?", George Strait (it doesn't)

― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 16 October 2002 12:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Boney M's 'Rivers Of Babylon'

Is this a Melodians cover?!?

― scott pl. (scott pl.), Wednesday, 16 October 2002 14:08 (twenty-three years ago)

UK: Summer Holiday - Cliff & The Shads!
US: Walk Like A Man - 4 Seasons

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 16 October 2002 14:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Morrison Hotel by the Doors, I think.

― Lord Custos Alpha (Lord Custos Alpha), Wednesday, 16 October 2002 14:23 (twenty-three years ago)

UK - Rubber Bullets, 10cc
US - My Love, Wings

― scott pl. (scott pl.), Wednesday, 16 October 2002 14:26 (twenty-three years ago)

Culture Club + Huey Lewis if i remmeber right...

― vic (vicc13), Wednesday, 16 October 2002 14:31 (twenty-three years ago)

9-20-77

US: The Emotions, "Best of My Love" (as sampled by De La! Hooray!)
UK: Some Elvis song (I forget which) since people were still recently mourning his death.

― Nate Patrin, Wednesday, 16 October 2002 14:37 (twenty-three years ago)

Er, mourning his then-recent death, that is

― Nate Patrin, Wednesday, 16 October 2002 14:43 (twenty-three years ago)

(it was "Way Down", Nate)

me: Beatles - Ticket To Ride
(or was that the no.1 on day I was conceived? - see mark s's old thread for confirmation)

― Jeff W, Wednesday, 16 October 2002 14:48 (twenty-three years ago)

U.K. -- Do It Again by The Beach Boys
U.S. -- People Got to be Free by The Rascals

― christoff (christoff), Wednesday, 16 October 2002 15:05 (twenty-three years ago)

Christoff wins.

Is this a Melodians cover?!?

Yes, unfortunately. And believe me, nary a German middle aged beer fest is complete without a conga line dance to it.

― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 16 October 2002 15:10 (twenty-three years ago)

UK: "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid

US: "Out of Touch" by Hall & Oates

― Ian Johnson (orion), Wednesday, 16 October 2002 15:16 (twenty-three years ago)

Here's the Dutch charts since 1965.

Where can I find these archives of US/UK/AUS charts?

― Siegbran (eofor), Wednesday, 16 October 2002 15:20 (twenty-three years ago)

i love how the Prodigy's 'Voodoo People' and 'Poison' were both number 1 in wartime Croatia...i'd like to know what were the most extreme number one singles in various countries...in the UK its gotta be Iron Maiden's 'Bring Yer Daughter To The Slaughter' and Mr Oizo's 'Flat Beat'!

― blueski, Wednesday, 16 October 2002 15:24 (twenty-three years ago)

"Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)."

― Marcello Carlin, Wednesday, 16 October 2002 15:41 (twenty-three years ago)

i don't know "Young love" by Donny Osmand, but i have a feeling that it isn't as good as 'Voodoo Chile'.

it would be doubly cool if Marcello had come into the world proclaiming himself a voodoo chile while momentous riffage reverbarated around the maternity ward.
I wasn't there, but i'm assuming this wasn't the case.

― adam b (adam b), Wednesday, 16 October 2002 15:50 (twenty-three years ago)

U.S.: "Paint It Black," The Rolling Stones.
U.K.: "Strangers in the Night," Frank Sinatra.

Is it just me, or does Sinatra out-goth the Stones here? But both charts rang up "Paperback Writer" at #1 when I was two days old, so happy harmonies ruled the day again.

― Matt C., Wednesday, 16 October 2002 15:54 (twenty-three years ago)

Now how the hell did Adam know that?

I meant that "VC" was (is) the most extreme UK #1 single. For what actually was #1 when I emerged, see above.

― Marcello Carlin, Wednesday, 16 October 2002 15:54 (twenty-three years ago)

oh. it was the Tottenham Sound then. not *quite* as bitchin'.

voodoo chile is pretty extreme now you come to mention it. also contains some of the best boasting ever.

― adam b (adam b), Wednesday, 16 October 2002 15:59 (twenty-three years ago)

UK single - Paul Young - Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)
UK album - Yazoo - You And Me Both
US single - The Police - Every Breath You Take
US album - The Police - Synchronicity

Super.

― Mr Swygart (mrswygart), Wednesday, 16 October 2002 16:12 (twenty-three years ago)

UK single: David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes (one of the best singles EVAH)

UK album: Roxy Music - Flesh and Blood

US single: Olivia Newton-John - Magic (fourth week at #1, good god, and the next week it was Sailing by Christopher Cross)

US album: Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue (fifth week at #1, oh dear, the contrast makes me proud to be British)

German single: Lipps Inc - Funkytown (ninth week at #1, or something like that)

Dutch single: not *entirely* sure, but going by Siegbran's link, I think Abba's The Winner Takes It All had displaced Olivia Newton-John and ELO's Xanadu by the time of my birth (both had been UK #1 hits earlier in the year)

― robin carmody (robin carmody), Wednesday, 16 October 2002 16:47 (twenty-three years ago)

US: "Suspicious Minds" by Elvis Presley
UK: "Sugar Sugar" by the Archies

Those two pretty much encapsulate my personality.

caught in a trap and I can't back out,
keith

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Wednesday, 16 October 2002 17:38 (twenty-three years ago)

In the US: Deniece Williams' "Let's Hear It for the Boy"
In the UK: Wham!'s "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"

Lucky lucky me.

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Thursday, 17 October 2002 03:29 (twenty-three years ago)

blondie - call me

― minna (minna), Thursday, 17 October 2002 04:48 (twenty-three years ago)

The Carnival is Over by The Seekers. Every time my girlfriend hears it she says "...well it was for your parents"

― Jez (Jez), Thursday, 17 October 2002 14:58 (twenty-three years ago)

18 February 1975

UK: Pilot, "January," which I've never heard
US: Linda Ronstadt, "You're No Good," which is excellent

― M Matos (M Matos), Thursday, 17 October 2002 17:12 (twenty-three years ago)

November 30, 1976

US: Rod Stewart, "Tonight's the Night"
UK: Chicago, "If You Leave Me Now"

― Jody Beth Rosen, Thursday, 17 October 2002 17:29 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh my God I want a do-over!

January 27, 1971

UK: Clive Dunn, "Grandad"
US: Tony Orlando & Dawn, "Knock Three Times"

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 17 October 2002 17:42 (twenty-three years ago)

14th March, 1971

UK single: "Baby Jump" Mungo Jerry
US single: "One Bad Apple" The Osmonds

― Alfie (Alfie), Thursday, 17 October 2002 19:37 (twenty-three years ago)

where did you find this info?

― dsico (dsico), Thursday, 17 October 2002 21:09 (twenty-three years ago)

I used http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/ - go for the link on the right 'your birthday no.1' - it only gives UK and US singles, I'm not sure where you can find out UK and US albums.

― Alfie (Alfie), Friday, 18 October 2002 07:12 (twenty-three years ago)

I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine:
US single: Olivia Newton-John, "Physical"
UK single: Bucks Fizz, "Land of Make Believe"

And the #1 single for the year: U2, "With or Without You"

― Steph (Steph), Friday, 18 October 2002 21:10 (twenty-three years ago)

January 1982 *and* 1987? is that a deliberate mistake?

― robin carmody (robin carmody), Saturday, 19 October 2002 02:29 (twenty-three years ago)

According to http://www.onmc.iinet.net.au/top/1973.htm
AUS: Angie - The Rolling Stones
UK: I Love You Love Me Love - Gary Glitter
US: Photograph - Ringo Starr

― toraneko (toraneko), Saturday, 19 October 2002 02:43 (twenty-three years ago)

Robin--Who me? No mistake, they're both from the same year.
#1 Australian: Men at Work, "Down Under"

― Steph (Steph), Saturday, 19 October 2002 03:13 (twenty-three years ago)

you don't bring me flowers - neil diamond & barbra streisand

thanks, mom.

only two days shy of 'le freak'... i wuz robbed.

― brian badword (badwords), Saturday, 19 October 2002 03:34 (twenty-three years ago)

Nov. 28, 1971

Dutch - "Soley soley" Middle of the Road (never heard of this)
UK - "Cuz I Love You" Slade
US - "Theme from Shaft" (I can dig that)

― H (Heruy), Saturday, 19 October 2002 07:50 (twenty-three years ago)

Nov. 28, 1971

Dutch - "Soley soley" Middle of the Road (never heard of this)
UK - "Cuz I Love You" Slade
US - "Theme from Shaft" - ISAAC

― H (Heruy), Saturday, 19 October 2002 07:50 (twenty-three years ago)

oops

― H (Heruy), Saturday, 19 October 2002 07:51 (twenty-three years ago)

'HOT LOVE'! T-Rex

― DavidM (DavidM), Saturday, 19 October 2002 10:32 (twenty-three years ago)

26 January 1974

US: You're Sixteen - Ringo Starr
UK: Tiger Feet - Mud

Neither of which, I've ever heard in my entire life.

― paul cox (paul cox), Saturday, 19 October 2002 14:44 (twenty-three years ago)

Holland: Bee gees - "Don't forget to remember:
UK: Zager And Evans - "In The Year 2525 (Exordium And Terminus)"
US: The Rolling Stones - "Honky Tonk Woman"

― Mark (MarkR), Saturday, 19 October 2002 15:03 (twenty-three years ago)

"With Or Without You" from the same year as "Physical" and "The Land Of Make Believe"? Shurely shome mishtake, Steph :)?

― robin carmody (robin carmody), Saturday, 19 October 2002 15:26 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes, that is a mistake. I am a jackass. *sends self to corner*

― Steph (Steph), Sunday, 20 October 2002 00:16 (twenty-three years ago)

What I meant to say is: "Harden My Heart" - Quarterflash, the year's #1 single

― Steph (Steph), Sunday, 20 October 2002 00:19 (twenty-three years ago)

22 august, 1979
UK: I Don't Like Mondays by The Boomtown Rats
US: Good Times by Chic

― di smith (lucylurex), Sunday, 20 October 2002 00:45 (twenty-three years ago)

the New Zealand charts began in the year I was born, 1975; I can't find the actual charts from then tho'

― spectra, Sunday, 20 October 2002 05:37 (twenty-three years ago)

UK = Bad: Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - Edison Lighthouse

US = Good: Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin - Sly & The Family Stone

― Venga, Sunday, 20 October 2002 09:26 (twenty-three years ago)

spectra you won't find archives of the nz charts on the net.

― di smith (lucylurex), Sunday, 20 October 2002 10:14 (twenty-three years ago)

US: "Faith" by George Michael... that's probably what f*cked me up more than anything
UK: "China In Your Hand" by T'pau

― Curtis Stephens, Sunday, 20 October 2002 14:08 (twenty-three years ago)

UK: Tell Laura I Love Her - Ricky Valance
US: My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own - Connie Francis

― Ray M (rdmanston), Sunday, 20 October 2002 18:06 (twenty-three years ago)

UK Crying by Don Mclean
US Coming Up (Live in Glasgow) by Paul McCartney and Wings

crap

― Jens (brighter), Monday, 21 October 2002 21:54 (twenty-three years ago)

two years pass...

(sez http://www.everyhit.com/dates/...)

The Number 1 single was:
Belinda Carlisle - "Heaven Is A Place On Earth"

Number 1 album was:
Johnny Hates Jazz - "Turn Back The Clock"

Hahaha...

― babyalive (babyalive), Friday, 26 November 2004 18:53 (twenty-one years ago)

The Number 1 single was:
The Police - "Don't Stand So Close To Me"

The Number 1 album was:
David Bowie - "Scary Monsters And Super Creeps"

Great album, but I hate the police. Upside Down by Diana Ross was #1 in the US, which is a good song.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Friday, 26 November 2004 19:07 (twenty-one years ago)

(x-post)

Oh, I meant to say - your choices are both excellent, I don't know what you're laughing about.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Friday, 26 November 2004 19:08 (twenty-one years ago)

lotsa faith was goin' round when i was born, i just found out.

uk #1: adam faith, "poor me"
us #1: percy faith, theme from "a summer place"

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Friday, 26 November 2004 19:24 (twenty-one years ago)

UK:
The Number 1 single was:
Carl Douglas - "Kung Fu Fighting"

The Number 1 album was:
Mike Oldfield - "Hergest Ridge"

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 26 November 2004 19:40 (twenty-one years ago)

singles, march7, 1973
US-Roberta Flack, "Killing Me Softly"
UK-Slade, "Cum On Feel The Noize"

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 26 November 2004 19:51 (twenty-one years ago)

According to everyhit.com, in the UK, the Number 1 single on the day I was born was Benny Hill - "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)". The Number 1 album was T. Rex - "Electric Warrior".

In the US, the Number 1 single was "Brand New Key" by Melanie, and in Australia it was "Maggie May" by Rod Stewart.

― Pangolino (ricki spaghetti), Friday, 26 November 2004 20:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I think you got the best one! I wonder if, while your father paced in the hospital, awaiting news, Benny Hill was playing on the hospital radio? I'm actually moved by that mental picture, which shows what a wreck I am at the moment...

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Friday, 26 November 2004 20:19 (twenty-one years ago)

On December 15, 1972, Helen Reddy was atop the US singles charts with "I Am Woman," to be replaced a day later by Billy Paul's "Me and Mrs. Jones." Meanwhile, in the UK, Chuck Berry's "My Ding-A-Ling" reigned.

If these three songs are supposed to say something about my character, I am very concerned.

But this was nice to find: I share a birthday with Alan Freed:

Born on 15th Dec:
1915 - Edith Piaf ( Almost universally regarded as France's greatest popular singer )
1922 - Alan Freed ( American DJ who first used the term Rock 'n' Roll; deceased )
1942 - Dave Clark ( of The Dave Clark Five )
1955 - Paul Simonon ( bassist, The Clash )
1961 - Nick Beggs ( bassist, Kajagoogoo )
1979 - Edele & Keavy Lynch ( vocalists, B*Witched )

My Ding-A-Long And Mrs. Jones Are Woman

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 26 November 2004 20:22 (twenty-one years ago)

You should share that information with the My Ding-A-Ling C\D thread. I imagine you think that is in it's favour, right?

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Friday, 26 November 2004 20:26 (twenty-one years ago)

#1 Single in the UK was the Bee Gees' "Massachusetts" (boo!), in the US it was Lulu's "To Sir With Love" (meh) and here in Canada it was "Incense & Peppermints" (yay!)

#1 Album was, weirdly, Bobbie Gentry's "Ode To Billy Joe". There were only 11 weeks that year (1967) in which the #1 album wasn't by the Beatles or Monkees.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 26 November 2004 21:21 (twenty-one years ago)

I LOVE Bobbie Gentry!

On 29th Sep 1971 ...

The Number 1 single was:
The Tams - "Hey Girl Don't Bother Me"

The Number 1 album was:
Rod Stewart - "Every Picture Tells A Story"

― jed_ (jed), Friday, 26 November 2004 22:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Norway: "En enkel sang om frihet" - Gro Anita Schönn
UK: "I Hear You Knocking" - Dave Edmunds
US: "Tears Of a Clown" - The Miracles

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 26 November 2004 22:11 (twenty-one years ago)

October 27, 1979

#1 single was "One Day at a Time" by Lena Martell (???)

#1 album was The Police, "Regatta de Blanc" (!!!)

― Hurting (Hurting), Saturday, 27 November 2004 00:31 (twenty-one years ago)

uk single: "cos i love you" - slade
us single: "theme from shaft" - isaac hayes, yeah!

― it's tricky (disco stu), Saturday, 27 November 2004 02:05 (twenty-one years ago)

On 8th Nov 1963 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Gerry & The Pacemakers - "You'll Never Walk Alone"

The Number 1 album was:
Beatles - "Please Please Me"

OLDARSE

― I Am Curious (George) (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 27 November 2004 02:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Joseph McCombs my birthday is December 15th also!

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Saturday, 27 November 2004 02:30 (twenty-one years ago)

So, you have to share My Ding-A-Ling? (tee-hee)

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Saturday, 27 November 2004 02:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Um, does anyone have a site for the American charts?

― Hurting (Hurting), Saturday, 27 November 2004 03:19 (twenty-one years ago)

The Boomtown Rats - "I Don't Like Mondays" in the UK
M - "Pop Muzik" in Australia
Donna Summer - "Bad Girls" in the USA

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Saturday, 27 November 2004 03:22 (twenty-one years ago)

...and the number one album was "The Best Disco Album In The World". Woo.

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Saturday, 27 November 2004 03:24 (twenty-one years ago)

US- "Honky Tonk Women" (thus tangentially explaining my country music obsession )
UK- "In The Year 2525"

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Saturday, 27 November 2004 04:08 (twenty-one years ago)

June 26, 1980
US: Lipps Inc "Funkytown"
UK: Don McLean "Crying"

― It's hard to kill a horse with a flute (AaronHz), Saturday, 27 November 2004 04:42 (twenty-one years ago)

"you light up my life" - debbie boone

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Saturday, 27 November 2004 04:53 (twenty-one years ago)

"I Can Help" by Billy Swan in the U.S.
"Gonna Make You a Star" by David Essex in the U.K.

November 23, 1974

― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Saturday, 27 November 2004 04:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Oct. 13. 1967

"The Letter" by the Box Tops

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 27 November 2004 04:58 (twenty-one years ago)

US: Human League - "Don't You Want Me"
UK: Irene Cara - "Fame"

― ben welsh (benwelsh), Saturday, 27 November 2004 05:15 (twenty-one years ago)

UK: "Answer Me" by Dave Whitfield

Everybody ought to remember that one. 11/03/53
Apparently, they hadn't invented recordings in the US at that point in time.

― jim wentworth (wench), Saturday, 27 November 2004 05:21 (twenty-one years ago)

May 5, 1982:

singles:
US: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - "I Love Rock & Roll"
UK: Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonde - "Ebony and Ivory"

U.S. wins this round.

albums:
US: Vangelis - Chariots of Fire OST
UK: Barry Manilow - Barry Live in Britain

Um, let's call this one a draw.

― Mike O. (Mike Ouderkirk), Saturday, 27 November 2004 05:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Dec. 9, 1982:

Lionel Richie - Truly

― Leelee, Saturday, 27 November 2004 05:39 (twenty-one years ago)

US: "Keep on Truckin'" by Eddie Kendricks
UK: "Daydreamer / The Puppy Song" by David Cassidy

― Zimmer026 (Zimmer026), Saturday, 27 November 2004 05:45 (twenty-one years ago)

nine months pass...

"Soley soley" Middle of the Road (never heard of this)

Absolutely phenomenally bizarre weirdo pop, without the likes of which, Saint Etienne wouldn't quite know what to do with themselves. Will YSI in a tick!

Also, can anyone tell me how to find out the UK top 20 singles for 4th September 1965? All I can find online are archives of the No1, which is good but not quite right.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 2 September 2005 14:01 (twenty years ago)

UK #1: Don't you want me-The Human League
US #1: Physical-Olivia Newton-John

― Eva van Rein (Gaia1981), Friday, 2 September 2005 16:46 (twenty years ago)

where can i get this info?

― deej.., Friday, 2 September 2005 16:58 (twenty years ago)

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

There's other links above in the older posts.

― jim wentworth (wench), Friday, 2 September 2005 23:53 (twenty years ago)

US: Amii Stewart - "Knock On Wood"
UK: Art Garfunkel - "Bright Eyes"

Don't think I know either song.

― Sundar (sundar), Saturday, 3 September 2005 00:54 (twenty years ago)

US: "Boogie Oogie Oogie," A Taste of Honey.
UK: "Three Times A Lady," The Commodores

I am a child of disco.

― Lyra Jane (Lyra Jane), Saturday, 3 September 2005 01:00 (twenty years ago)

UK: The Stylistics - "Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)"
US: Bee Gees - "Jive Talkin'" (YES!)

― Beta (abeta), Saturday, 3 September 2005 03:24 (twenty years ago)

UK: Foreigner - "I Want To Know What Love Is"
US: Madonna - "Like a Virgin"

Aah..to be a child of the 80s.

― Roz (Roz), Saturday, 3 September 2005 03:50 (twenty years ago)

5-20-84

US: Lionel Richie - "Hello"
UK: Duran Duran - "The Reflex"

― mox twelve (Mox twleve), Saturday, 3 September 2005 05:06 (twenty years ago)

US:
Lionel Richie - "Truly"

UK:
Eddy Grant - "I Don't Wanna Dance"

― latebloomer: still working on a chorus!!! (latebloomer), Saturday, 3 September 2005 08:08 (twenty years ago)

jumping jack flash.

explains a lot.

― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Saturday, 3 September 2005 08:34 (twenty years ago)

I have no idea how to access the Finnish list, but on the UK list:

On 21st Jun 1979 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Anita Ward - "Ring My Bell"

The Number 1 album was:
Electric Light Orchestra - "Discovery"

Which is fitting, since black music, dance, and electronic music have always been what I listen to.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Saturday, 3 September 2005 08:34 (twenty years ago)

UK: The Beatles - "Hello Goodbye"

US: (same)

― Sweat Loaf (Sweat Loaf), Saturday, 3 September 2005 08:39 (twenty years ago)

US - "Boogie Oogie Oogie", A Taste Of Honey
UK - "Dreadlock Holiday", 10cc

― Deluxe (Damian), Saturday, 3 September 2005 09:15 (twenty years ago)

AUS: Alvin Stardust - "My Coo Ca Choo"
UK: Terry Jacks - "Seasons In The Sun"
US: MFSB & The Three Degrees - "The Sound Of Philadelphia"

Only the UK choice is familiar, and it's irksome.

― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Saturday, 3 September 2005 11:08 (twenty years ago)

UK: Shakin' Stevens "Merry Christmas Everyone"
US: Lionel Richie "Say You Say Me"

Ugh. You'd think the crossover from 1985 to 1986 would have had more to offer.

― nervous (cochere), Saturday, 3 September 2005 11:37 (twenty years ago)

Holland: Bee gees - "Don't forget to remember:
UK: Zager And Evans - "In The Year 2525 (Exordium And Terminus)"
US: The Rolling Stones - "Honky Tonk Woman"

june 24 1970 -
June 1970

w/e Oz No.1 U.K. No.1 U.S. No.1
6th Spirit In The Sky
Norman Greenbaum Yellow River
Christie Everything Is Beautiful
Ray Stevens

-- Mark (mar...), October 19th, 2002.
hi from australia
if you wanna talk about tatjana simic ? reply and i'll give you my email.

― wangchunger, Saturday, 3 September 2005 11:47 (twenty years ago)

"Another Brick In The Wall Part 2" and "Going Underground."

― billstevejim (billstevejim), Saturday, 3 September 2005 14:40 (twenty years ago)

Elton John & Kiki Dee - "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"

UK & US!

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Saturday, 3 September 2005 14:49 (twenty years ago)

Spandau Ballet - True :-(

― dmun drive-in (dmun), Saturday, 3 September 2005 14:54 (twenty years ago)

How do I find this out? What website?

― Voodoochild, Saturday, 3 September 2005 17:15 (twenty years ago)

three years pass...

Revive inspired by Marcello posting this elsewhere:
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/index.shtml

My birthday song:

― dad a, Friday, 21 November 2008 16:07 (seventeen years ago)

My Sharona!

― Manchego Bay (G00blar), Friday, 21 November 2008 16:11 (seventeen years ago)

MacArthur Fucking Park

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 21 November 2008 16:14 (seventeen years ago)

in the U.S. = John Lennon's "Whatever Gets You Through The Night"
in the U.K. = David Essex's "Gonna Make You a Star"

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 21 November 2008 16:15 (seventeen years ago)

us = half-breed by cher, wtf never even heard it.
uk = eye level (theme from van der walk) by the simon park orchestra. woo.

― ledge, Friday, 21 November 2008 16:16 (seventeen years ago)

you don't want to hear half-breed, believe me

― Manchego Bay (G00blar), Friday, 21 November 2008 16:17 (seventeen years ago)

My Sharona!

― Manchego Bay (G00blar), Friday, November 21, 2008 11:11 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

― I've encountered Whiney on numerous message boards and (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 21 November 2008 16:18 (seventeen years ago)

uk = who cares

― I've encountered Whiney on numerous message boards and (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 21 November 2008 16:18 (seventeen years ago)

US - 'Incense And Peppermints' by Strawberry Alarm Clock

UK - 'Hello Goodbye' by The Beatles

― Uncle Muncle (Michael White), Friday, 21 November 2008 16:18 (seventeen years ago)

"Can't Buy Me Love," Beatles

― Jazzbo, Friday, 21 November 2008 16:22 (seventeen years ago)

"reunited," peaches & herb

― n/a is just more of a character....in a genre polluted by clones (n/a), Friday, 21 November 2008 16:23 (seventeen years ago)

In France:

http://f3c.yahoofs.com/shopping/3096376/simg_t_oi82507fxmrt.jpg?rm_____DVX.JttFa

― Uncle Muncle (Michael White), Friday, 21 November 2008 16:24 (seventeen years ago)

i have the same as dad a. (i guess that makes me dad b.)

― tipsy mothra, Friday, 21 November 2008 23:07 (seventeen years ago)

Cher "Half-Breed"

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 21 November 2008 23:11 (seventeen years ago)

we are the world wtffffffffff

― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 21 November 2008 23:12 (seventeen years ago)

My date of birth is three months before the advent of the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. LOL OLD.

― Dan Peterson, Friday, 21 November 2008 23:14 (seventeen years ago)

Aneka - "Japanese Boy" UK

"Endless Love" Diana Ross and Lionel Richie US

― stone cold all time hall of fame classics (internet person), Friday, 21 November 2008 23:18 (seventeen years ago)

i was sort of hoping it would "ghost town", oh well...

― stone cold all time hall of fame classics (internet person), Friday, 21 November 2008 23:18 (seventeen years ago)

I am as old as:
US - "Johnny Angel" by Shelley Fabares
UK - "Wonderful Land" by The Shadows

― energizing the base (briania), Friday, 21 November 2008 23:19 (seventeen years ago)

psssssssssssssssssssh.

― forksclovetofu, Friday, 21 November 2008 23:23 (seventeen years ago)

i have the same as dad a. (i guess that makes me dad b.) - tipsy mothra

huh, for a sec i thought that post said that tipsy mothra and dad a. have the same dad...

anyhoo.
i'm no wiser than i was four years ago. i still have no clue what either of my two birthday-no1's (faiths, adam or percy) sounds like.

however, on the third hand i think i've heard the australian no.1 of that same time, emile ford's "what do you want to make those eyes at me for".

― t**t, Friday, 21 November 2008 23:47 (seventeen years ago)

"My Love" by Paul McCartney & Wings. If I'd been born a year later, it would have been "Sundown" by Gordon Lightfoot which is way more badass.

― Nate Carson, Friday, 21 November 2008 23:52 (seventeen years ago)

Hey what do you know? I have the same birthday as Stu Sutcliffe and Steve Shelley. Who knew?

And apparently 10CC "Rubber Bullets" was the #1 song in the UK. I don't know what that is though.

― Nate Carson, Friday, 21 November 2008 23:55 (seventeen years ago)

Elton John & Kiki Dee - "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"

UK & US!

Colonel Poo and I are obviously very close in age.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 21 November 2008 23:55 (seventeen years ago)

Wow. Upon further research I can say that Wings & 10CC is a pretty wimpy combo of hits. Even with the singing bearded drummer. Ouch.

― Nate Carson, Friday, 21 November 2008 23:57 (seventeen years ago)

American Graffiti sdtk came out that year, was the first album I inherited, Wolfman Jack ended up on Midnight Special, Rock Around the Clock was the theme to both the movie and Happy Days, and all this defined a huge chunk of my youth.

http://www.uncasnetworks.com/xerb/photos/wolfman_graffiti.jpg

― The New Herb Stempel (PappaWheelie V), Saturday, 22 November 2008 00:05 (seventeen years ago)

Blondie: Heart of Glass
Bee Gees: Too much Heavan
Rod Stewart: Do you think I'm sexy

― fantasimundo, Saturday, 22 November 2008 02:59 (seventeen years ago)

AUS: Snoopy vs The Red Baron - Royal Guardsmen
US & UK: I'm a Believer - The Monkees

― steampig67, Saturday, 22 November 2008 13:54 (seventeen years ago)

March 8 1981
Joe Dolce Music Theatre - "Shaddap You Face"

!!!

― monkey bonkers (╓abies), Saturday, 22 November 2008 15:26 (seventeen years ago)

UK: Brian and Michael - "Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs (Lowry's Song)"
US: Bee Gees - "Night Fever"

Think 'll take the Bee Gees.

― Neil S, Saturday, 22 November 2008 16:36 (seventeen years ago)

I'll

― Neil S, Saturday, 22 November 2008 16:36 (seventeen years ago)

US: Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight
UK: Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never

you kids get off my lawn

― Brad C., Saturday, 22 November 2008 16:51 (seventeen years ago)

uk - Rod Stewart, I Don't Want To Talk About It

― mmmm, Saturday, 22 November 2008 20:21 (seventeen years ago)

US: Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl

― Millsner, Saturday, 22 November 2008 20:35 (seventeen years ago)

"Lily the Pink" by the Scaffold. Has to be some kind of cosmic irony in there somewhere.

― Me and Ruth Lorenzo, Rollin' in the Benzo (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 22 November 2008 20:46 (seventeen years ago)

"Lean on Me" Club Nouveau

hmm

― enasinben, Saturday, 22 November 2008 22:46 (seventeen years ago)

Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers....Why do fools fall in love..

― Lincolnshire, Sunday, 23 November 2008 06:32 (seventeen years ago)

Probably a dumb question but where can I check an archive with daily charts? Been trying to find the charts for my birthday (20 December 1985) and I can only find the charts for the year.

― Moka, Sunday, 23 November 2008 09:11 (seventeen years ago)

^^^^^^^

billboard isn't giving me the info that i want (6 july 1982)

― Matt P, Sunday, 23 November 2008 09:14 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.onlineweb.com/theones/1985_1989.htm

UK No1s

― Lincolnshire, Monday, 24 November 2008 09:57 (seventeen years ago)

Cool, so my (tipsy's too?) UK birthday song:

― dad a, Monday, 24 November 2008 14:44 (seventeen years ago)

this is too awful, Ken Dodd - Tears. And it's surrounded by a sea of goodness too that year. Talk about ill-starred.

― Dr X O'Skeleton, Monday, 24 November 2008 15:15 (seventeen years ago)

four years pass...

Presumably in your country of birth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8f2mW1GFSI

― Studied keyboard mash (tsrobodo), Monday, 24 June 2013 23:12 (twelve years ago)

huh i thought u were old

― r|t|c, Tuesday, 25 June 2013 00:05 (twelve years ago)

Here in the UK it was Bowie's Let's Dance. Pretty happy with that now but when I was younger I looked it up and was gutted it wasn't Is There Something I Should Know? by Duran Duran which was at the top the month before. If I had been out on time I would have got my way, I was exactly a month late being born!

― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 25 June 2013 00:13 (twelve years ago)

LIKE A PRAYER, MADONNA.

i knew this off the top of my head. i looked it up in the past, before seeing this thread. i am very proud of this fact about myself.

― Treeship, Tuesday, 25 June 2013 00:14 (twelve years ago)

In the US it was Come on Eileen. Chuffed with that as they're one of my three favourite bands ever.

― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 25 June 2013 00:16 (twelve years ago)

that is a great song. i always loved the violins.

― Treeship, Tuesday, 25 June 2013 00:17 (twelve years ago)

and still love them. idk why i used past tense.

― Treeship, Tuesday, 25 June 2013 00:18 (twelve years ago)

It's one of those songs I've heard a thousand times but I never bet bored of it.

― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 25 June 2013 00:22 (twelve years ago)

UB40 - Red Red Wine. Ouch.

― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Tuesday, 25 June 2013 00:46 (twelve years ago)

Starship - We Built This City

Ugh.

― MarkoP, Tuesday, 25 June 2013 00:51 (twelve years ago)

that song isn't as bad as people say. sort of trite and sad because jefferson airplane ruled so hard in the 60s. but vh1 named it the worst song ever once and that was just bullshit, in my opinion. there are way worse songs.

― Treeship, Tuesday, 25 June 2013 00:54 (twelve years ago)

Heart - "Alone"

I have 2 more rings than tree ship. this song sucks. I'm glad the '80s ended when they did.

― welke cd's als test cd voor nieuwe speakers?? (unregistered), Tuesday, 25 June 2013 01:51 (twelve years ago)

Dunno why I booed the Bee Gees upthread; I've got no strong opinion about "Massachusetts" one way or another

― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 25 June 2013 02:20 (twelve years ago)

in the u.s., phil collins "another day in paradise"

in my country of birth, roch voisine "hélène"

― dyl, Tuesday, 25 June 2013 02:31 (twelve years ago)

US, Jessie's Girl
UK, Shakin Stevens, Green Door
NZ, Stars on 45

― Drugs A. Money, Tuesday, 25 June 2013 02:33 (twelve years ago)

"Physical" by Olivia Newton John. Piece of shit.

― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 25 June 2013 03:03 (twelve years ago)

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