Hopefully a bit of light relief on a sometimes heavy Community board.
What was topping the charts on the day that you were born? Obviously in the main I'm talking about the No.1 hit in the country of everyone's personal nationality but other worldwide charts can count too.
I wish I could say that mine was something 'rock and roll' but sadly I can't. With apologies to any fans of the song, I was born on the 2nd of October 1974 and topping the UK charts at the time was no less than 'Kung-Fu Fighting' by Carl Douglas. Looking across the pond at Billboard and it doesn't get much 'cooler' I'm afraid. In fact, I've never even heard the song 'Rock Me Gently' by Andy Kim. Perhaps I'll check it out later to rectify that.
What was number one when everyone else first came into this world??
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10-23-2019, 11:52 AM #1Astonishing Member
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What was Number One in the charts on the day of your birth??
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So July 14, 1969, the #1 song was In the Year 2525 by Zager and Evans. In the UK it was SOmething inthe Air by Thunderclap Newman.
Other chart toppers that day...
The #1 movie was The Wild Bunch.
and the #1 fiction bestseller was The Love Machine by Jacqueline Susann.
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Gladys Knight and the Pips: Midnight Train to Georgia
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February 10, 1987, the chart topping song in the Dutch Top 40 was this:
and I'm totally okay with that, I think Mel & Kim were really cool.Take my dreams, childish and weak at the seams
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January 12, 1959: “The Chimpmunk Song” by The Chimpmunks and David Seville
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"That's the way Love goes" by Janet Jackson.
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Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White. I was just a few weeks before Rock Around the Clock.
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April 11 1970: "Let It Be" by The Beatles (in both Australia and the US)
(Honestly I was not expecting it to be anything that cool)Last edited by foxley; 10-23-2019 at 04:56 PM.
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And about 9 months later, there was an inexplicable spike in births.
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I antedate Rock 'n' Roll, so I was born in the era when the record charts were dominated by Broadway show tunes. Perhaps I can claim that as the justification for why I turned out to be so bland and boring.
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Sorry, but I'm struggling to reconcile that statement with the same person that's posted so much awesome content on the Classic Rock Appreciation Thread. Boring? Not according to that thread. Originally Posted by seismic-2
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2nd October 1984 - Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You
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1 5 FAMILY AFFAIR –•– Sly and the Family Stone (Epic)-5 (1 week at #1) - first week Dec. 1971
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Heh. Not only do we share the same birthday but there's exactly a decade between us. If you were born at something like five in the morning then I'm gonna get really creeped out Originally Posted by FluffySheep
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