No.1 when you were born

[TANGODANCER]

Worry not Dujon, you ain't alone. Lets take the first one on there (although if the real date was there it would probably be either Glenn Miller or Whte Cliffs of Dover.

The Number 1 single was:
Dorothy Squires • The Ink Spots - "The Gypsy"
For Number 1 single over the subsequent years Click Here

The Number 1 album was:
Nothing - "The album chart did not begin until the end of July 1956"
For Number 1 album over the subsequent years Click Here


Born on 14th Sep:
1950 - Paul Kossoff ( guitarist, Free; deceased )
1959 - Morten Harket ( lead singer, A-Ha )
1967 - John Power ( guitarist/lead vocalist, Cast )
1970 - Mark Webber ( guitarist, stylophone player; Pulp )


Are we missing your favourite star's birthday? If so, you can add it here!

[Batman]

Notice TANGO cut and pasted the lot but deleted his year of birth....................

[TANGODANCER]

Notice TANGO cut and pasted the lot but deleted his year of birth....................

1839.

[Batman]

That would have been my guess too

[Bruce Rioja]

On your birthdate the No. 1 single was Chris Farlowe - "Out Of Time"

On your birthdate the No. 1 album was Original Soundtrack - "The Sound Of Music"

Born on 27th Jul:
1944 - Bobby Gentry
1950 - Michael Vaughn ( vocalist, Paper Lace )
1953 - Suzi Carr ( vocalist, Will To Power )

[chris]

The Number 1 single was:
Jennifer Rush - "The Power Of Love"
For Number 1 single over the subsequent years Click Here

The Number 1 album was:
Madonna - "Like A Virgin"
For Number 1 album over the subsequent years Click Here


Born on 11th Oct:
1946 - Gary Mallaber ( drummer, The Steve Miller Band )
1949 - Daryl Hall ( or Hall And Oates )
1950 - Andrew Woolfolk ( saxophone, Earth Wind and Fire )
1957 - Blair Cunningham ( drummer, Haircut 100 )

[hisroyalgingerness]

not 100% sure but Renee and Renatas piece of shite was Xmas no 1 a couple of weeks after I was born

[cowdrill]

how did this thread emerge after 2 years?

i have no life

[hisroyalgingerness]

i've just gound the link - Eddy Grant "I don't wanna dance" was no 1 when i was born, which is quite apt

[Luna]

I'm jealous of Keveh.

Bryan Adams - Everything I Do (I Do It For You) was number one for me

[cowdrill]

Bryan Adams - Everything I Do (I Do It For You) was number one for me

i bet that was still number one on your first birthday

[Luna]

Bryan Adams - Everything I Do (I Do It For You) was number one for me

i bet that was still number one on your first birthday

I was gonna say, probably more people with that song number one on their birthday than for any other.

[warthog]

My Old Man's a Dustman by Lonnie Donnegan. How apt.

[Little Green Man]

I presume my father thought he had a free pass the day I was conceived...

























Ticket To Ride

[Zulus Thousand of em]

On 5th Nov 1954 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Vera Lynn - "My Son My Son"

Born on 5th Nov:
1931 - Ike Turner ( real name Eki Renrut Turner; former husband of Tina )
1941 - Art Garfunkle ( vocalist; solo and with Simon and Garfunkel )
1946 - Gram Parsons ( real name Cecil Ingram Connor; guitarist, vocalist with The Byrds / Flying Burrito Brothers; deceased )
1947 - Peter Noone ( lead vocalist, Herman's Hermits )
1948 - Peter Hammill ( of Van Der Graff Generator )
1959 - Bryan Adams
1959 - Robert Fisher ( of duo Climie Fisher; deceased )
1971 - Jonathan Greenwood ( guitarist, keyboard player, Radiohead )

Vera Lynn eh? Rave on! (Top that, you bastards!)

[malcd1]

On 6th Jun 1969 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Tommy Roe - "Dizzy"

The Number 1 album was:
Bob Dylan - "Nashville Skyline"


Born on 6th Jun:
1936 - Levi Stubbs ( vocalist, The Four Tops )
1939 - Gary U.S. Bonds
1960 - Steve Vai ( guitarist, Frank Zappa / Whitesnake )
1961 - D.C. Lee ( female vocalist, solo and with The Style Council )

Bloody Dizzy. Just about sums me up.

[keveh]

he Number 1 single was:
Renee & Renato - "Save Your Love"

The Number 1 album was:
John Lennon - "The John Lennon Collection"


Born on 18th Dec:
1938 - Chas Chandler ( bassist, The Animals; deceased )
1943 - Keith Richards ( guitarist, vocalist; The Rolling Stones )
1950 - Martha Johnson ( of Martha And The Muffins )
1953 - Elliot Easton ( guitarist, vocalist, The Cars )
1958 - Geordie Walker ( Guitarist, Killing Joke )
1959 - Grant Marshall ( aka Daddy-G, Massive Attack )
1964 - Robson Green ( vocalist / actor )
1968 - Andy Miller ( guitarist, Dodgy )
1980 - Christina Aguilera
1980 - Lyndsay Armaou ( vocalist, B*Witched )

[CrazyHorse]

On 25th Jun 1972 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Don McLean - "Vincent"

The Number 1 album was:
Various artist compilation (K-Tel) - "20 Dynamic Hits"

Born on 25th Jun:
1935 - Eddie Floyd
1939 - Harold Melvin ( deceased )
1945 - Carly Simon
1963 - George Michael ( real name, Georgios Panayiotou; vocalist; solo and with Wham! )

[Montreal Wanderer]

Sh1t this makes me feel old....

The Number 1 single was:
The Beatles - "The Ballad Of John & Yoko"

The Number 1 album was:
Bob Dylan - "Nashville Skyline"

Feel old???? The stupid program doesn't even go back to when I was born, you young whippersnapper! Come to think of it they didn't even have albums then - just 78s. As for poor Tango - I'm not sure they'd even come up with the gramophone...

Edit: I've just noticed that crazy horse has just resurrected a long dead thread. Never mind.

[enfieldwhite]

On 3rd May 1967 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Sandie Shaw - "Puppet On A String"


The Number 1 album was:
Original Soundtrack - "The Sound Of Music"


Born on 3rd May:
1919 - Pete Seeger ( folk singer )
1933 - James Brown
1937 - Frankie Valli ( vocalist, The Four Seasons )
1950 - Mary Hopkin
1951 - Christopher Cross
1972 - Mark Morrison
1973 - Cowdrill

Talk about the sublime to the ridiculous!