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Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: lbpesq on June 15, 2007, 07:17:24 PM

 Here's (http://www.joshhosler.biz/NumberOneInHistory/SelectMonth.htm) a cool site where you can plug in your birthday and find out the #1 song.  The #1 song when I was born was The Ballad of Davy Crockett
 
Bill, tgo

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: tbrannon on June 15, 2007, 07:19:37 PM

Paul McCartney and Wings with My Love for me.

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: lbpesq on June 15, 2007, 07:22:27 PM

I feel old.
 
Bill, tgo

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: tbrannon on June 15, 2007, 07:24:29 PM

You are.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LOL. Joking of course.  
BTW- I never really thought Davy Crockett would have been much of a ballad man, but how can you argue with the buckskin buckaleer/King of the Wild Frontier?  Love that song!
 
 
 
(Message edited by tbrannon on June 15, 2007)

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: olieoliver on June 15, 2007, 07:48:35 PM

Monster Mash,.............
 
 
 Go figure!
Olie

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: dela217 on June 15, 2007, 08:16:24 PM

The Battle Of New Orleans?!?
 
Go figure that one!
 
Michael

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: 811952 on June 15, 2007, 08:39:32 PM

Hit The Road, Jack, by Ray Charles..
 
John (who has been hit by the road, jack, many a time...)

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: dnburgess on June 15, 2007, 08:40:17 PM

Are You Lonesome Tonight Elvis

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: precarius on June 15, 2007, 08:46:14 PM

dela217- Is your birthday 06/28/59? The same as mine.
Mike

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: 57basstra on June 15, 2007, 10:16:03 PM

Teddy Bear by the King himself, Elvis Aaron Presley on 7-5-57.
 
drr

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: FC Bass on June 15, 2007, 10:58:38 PM

Boogie Fever by The Sylvers
 
Doesn't ring a bell... Also I think i'ts unlikely this was #1 in Holland at that time...
 
Off course the #1 album from my birthyear was Hotel California (I forgot the name of the band)

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: olieoliver on June 15, 2007, 11:00:29 PM

Michael thats irony at it's finest.
 
Olie

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: olieoliver on June 15, 2007, 11:08:32 PM

I remember that song Flip (Boogie Fever). It was around the onset of the Disco craze. Our lead guitar players favorite line was Disco is to music what finger painting is to art. LOL
 
 And I was in High School when Hotel california came out.  
 
I remember everyone freakin' out cause Joe Walsh joined up with the Eagles. They were thinkin' he was going to ruin them. One of the best moves they ever made if you ask me. Of course I remember them backing up Linda Rhondstat.

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: the_mule on June 16, 2007, 02:03:18 AM

Our (Flip & me) birthdays are only a few days apart: Boogie Fever by The Sylvers
 
Wilfred

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: dannobasso on June 16, 2007, 04:17:08 AM

B Day  Our Day Will Come by Ruby & the Romantics
When I graduated
Medley: Intro Venus/Sugar Sugar/No Reply/I'll Be Back/Drive My Car/Do You Want to Know a Secret/We Can Work It Out/
                I Should Have Known Better/Nowhere Man/You're Going to Lose That Girl/Stars on 45 by Stars on 45

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: dela217 on June 16, 2007, 05:06:01 AM

Precarius - No, I was born on the 29th.  I guess it was a hit 2 days in a row!
 
Michael

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on June 16, 2007, 06:31:07 AM

Poor People of Paris, by Les Baxter?!?!  I'd hoped it was at leaast something I'd heard of, if not something hip.  I guess that's what I get for being born April 1.
 
Peter

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: 82daion on June 16, 2007, 10:49:14 AM

Father Figure, by George Michael, on February 25, 1988.
 
Not bad, compared to some of the other hits on that day.

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: bsee on June 16, 2007, 11:40:08 AM

I was a Ticket to Ride baby

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: hankster on June 17, 2007, 04:43:50 AM

Jimmie Rogers' Honeycomb for me.  I can live with that.
 
Rick

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: howierd on June 17, 2007, 06:58:05 AM

Here in My Heart by Al Martino 6/25/52
 
 
 
 
Howierd

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: speicky on June 17, 2007, 08:33:11 AM

There iiiiiisss...   a hoouuussssee... in New Orleans...
 
Eric Burdon & the Animals on 8/31/64.
 
As a former Beatles maniac, I could have sworn that She Loves You topped the charts. Their single release was eight days before, if memory serves me right, at least in Europe... Anyway, I also like Mr. Burdon ;-)
 
Christian

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: rraymond on June 17, 2007, 08:34:48 AM

Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & His Comets.
 
Rock on ya'll!

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: flaxattack on June 17, 2007, 10:56:56 AM

DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: dadabass2001 on June 17, 2007, 11:35:07 AM

Because of You by Tony Bennett  
(09-14-51)
Poor people of Paris was an instrumental IIRC
Mike

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: lbpesq on June 17, 2007, 11:49:54 AM

Flax:
 
I thought mine was the lamest, but you may have me beat!  LOL
 
Bill, tgo

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: bluplirst on June 17, 2007, 03:05:55 PM

Who Can It Be Now by Men at Work.  Another downfall of being born in the 80's.

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: adriaan on June 18, 2007, 01:34:10 AM

Yesterday by a fabulous foursome. Or was it just Paul with a strings ensemble?
 
Like I always say, I'm never one year older than I was yesterday.

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: bigbadbill on June 18, 2007, 04:30:38 AM

Ok, what the heck is Sugar Shack? I've never heard of it!

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: blazer on June 18, 2007, 04:44:49 AM

1976 ... Love Hangover by Diana Ross

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: adriaan on June 18, 2007, 05:15:03 AM

So much for the US #1 - for our Dutch audience, this is the Wikipedia page (http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lijst_van_nummer_1-hits_in_de_Nederlandse_Top_40 target=_blank)with Top 40 #1 hits (starting in 1965). For some silly reason, the hits are ordered alphabetically by artist. At the bottom of the page, you can look them up by year.
 
So it wasn't the Beatles with Yesterday, which topped the charts only in November, but the Rolling Stones with (I can't get no) Satisfaction.

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: 811952 on June 18, 2007, 05:21:30 AM

Sugar Shack was penned by a guy who lives (or lived) in Craig, Colorado.  I don't recall his name, but he owned a club in that town and the bands stayed at his place.  I played there in '83.
 
As for the song, if I recall it was a typical teenage bubblegum tune from the early 1960s..
 
John

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: kmh364 on June 18, 2007, 10:32:52 AM

I'm leaving it up to you by Dale and Grace.
 
Unfortunately, my birth was around an hour after JFK was murdered, so nobody really cared what was #1 on the charts that day.

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: kenbass4 on June 18, 2007, 11:57:12 AM

Stop, in the Name of Love
 
Not TOO bad...but I was hoping for a Beatles tune...

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: David Houck on June 18, 2007, 01:28:03 PM

Sugar Shack was written by Keith McCormack and Faye Voss and perfored by Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs.  Interestingly, the Fireballs, without Jimmy Gilmer, were a Tex/Mex instrumental band, similar to the Ventures, featuring George Tomsco, who was apparently an influential guitar player in that style.  Tomsco also played on some posthumous Buddy Holly releases.  The surf tune, Bulldog, is by the Fireballs as well as the tune Torquay.  McCormack, in addition to writing tunes for Gilmer and the Fireballs, was a member of the The String-A-Longs, another Tex/Mex group, and also played guitar on some Buddy Holly releases.  The String-A-Longs, Fireballs, and Buddy Holly, all recorded at Norman Petty's studio in Clovis, New Mexico.

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: jacko on June 19, 2007, 08:20:40 AM

Tossin and Turnin by Bobbie Lewis. never heard of it.
The Everley brothers' temptation in the UK charts.
see here (http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/member/birthdayno1.php)
 
Graeme

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: keith_h on June 19, 2007, 09:15:58 AM

Where's Wing when you need her?  
 
The Chipmunk Song by David Seville & the Chipmunks.  
 
Keith

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: bigbadbill on June 19, 2007, 12:05:00 PM

Thanks John and Dave. I still can't work out if I've ever heard the record..

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: 57basstra on June 19, 2007, 07:52:17 PM

See if the memory stick kicks in...
 
..There?s a crazy little shack beyond the tracks  
And ev?rybody calls it the sugar shack  
Well, it?s just a coffeehouse and it?s made out of wood  
Expresso coffee tastes mighty good  
That?s not the reason why I?ve got to get back  
To that sugar shack, whoa baby  
To that sugar shack.  
 
There?s this cute little girlie, she?s a?workin? there  
A black leotard and her feet are bare  
I?m gonna drink a lotta coffee, spend a little cash  
Make that girl love me when I put on some trash  
You can understand why I?ve got to get back  
To that sugar shack, whoa baby  
To that sugar shack, yeah honey  
To that sugar shack, whoa yes  
To that sugar shack.  
 
Now that sugar shack queen is a?married to me, yeah yeah  
We just sit around and dream of those old memories  
Ah, but one of these days I?m gonna lay down tracks  
In the direction of that sugar shack  
Just me and her yes we?re gonna go back  
To that sugar shack,  
Whoa uh oh  
To that sugar shack, yeah honey  
To our sugar shack  
 
(Fade)  
 
Yeh, yeh, yeh, our sugar shack ..

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: jet_powers on June 21, 2007, 01:50:13 PM

Lonely Boy by Paul Anka....
 
It wasn't an omen, really. Sometimes I feel lonely because so few people think the same way I do.
 
JP

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: bracheen on June 22, 2007, 03:08:16 AM

JP
I like your perspective.

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: Bradley Young on June 22, 2007, 12:47:02 PM

Alone Again (naturally).
 
heh.

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: alembic_doctor on June 22, 2007, 12:56:16 PM

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown by Jim Croce  
 
 
 
'Nuff Said

Title: #1 song on the day you were born
Post by: davr35 on June 22, 2007, 09:28:49 PM

I Can't Get No Satisfaction..7-23-65