The number one song the day you were born:

[CreekDog]

and how it relates or doesn't relate to your current musical taste (or lack thereof)

here's an easy link to find the song:

http://www.joshhosler.biz/NumberOneInHistory/SelectMonth.htm

for me, it's "Tears of A Clown" by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles.

hey, that's not too bad. :fistbump:

[elocs]

1. Auf Weidersehn, Sweetheart by Vera Lynn? Who? What?

:shrug:

[Iggo]

18. Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?

Remember how she said we would meet again
Some sunny day?
Vera! Vera! What has become of you?
Does anybody else in here feel the way I do?

...Pink Floyd.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Lynn

[csziggy]

105. OMG! We were born the same day! n/t

[BOSSHOG]

2. "WANTED" By Perry Como

Way back in 54. I hope that doesn't apply to me. The only person I want to be wanted by is my Wife. Interesting site. Thanks.

[Bake]

6. "Yellow Rose of Texas," Mitch Miller

Ugh. BOSS, I guess we're just old farts!

Bake

[BOSSHOG]

17. A fart gets sweeter with age!!

Lordy I've been an old fart for a long, long time, but I'm just a kid at one of my hangouts in Slidell. I'm soon to turn 55 and I'm one of the youngest at the great lil bar I go to on occasion.

[motely36]

3. Last Train To Clarksville

the Monkees

[TZ]

4. "Get Back" by the Beatles.

I've always liked the Beatles..Now how do YOU think that relates to my lack of musical taste?:P

[Bake]

8. Damn! You're just a mere child!

I remember when that song came out!!

:-)

Bake

[TZ]

12. Going on 40 is a mere child?

Thanks Bake! :hug:

[Bake]

20. That's what I'm here for!

:hug:

Bake

[CreekDog]

26. you are abusing your inheritance

:P

[BeachBaby]

5. "Everyday People" by Sly and the Family Stone.

Okay - and now I feel old. :)

[CreekDog]

45. there are worse songs to be born under

you did pretty well. :D

:rofl:

[TZ]

50. i was hoping yours would have been a Rush song..

That would have been poetic justice..:P

[CreekDog]

53. i'd prefer an Anne Murray song to Rush

:rofl:

yes, i like Anne Murray more than Rush. there I said it! pfffttt!!!

[Iggo]

7. "Hit The Road, Jack"....Ray Charles.

I knew that without even looking.

(We've done this before...lol.)

[ghostsofgiants]

9. "One More Night" by Phil Collins

Not really a Phil Collins fan, but it could be worse I guess.

[no name no slogan]

23. Jeebus. At least it wasn't something by Asia

That would've been real crappy.

This is the DU member formerly known as HeatOfTheMoment.

[Shell Beau]

29. Yeah, see mine!

[CreekDog]

46. i'd be born under a Michael Bolton song if that's what it took to be born in 1985

:rofl:

[Inchworm]

10. This Guy's In Love With You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueey-TKMboY

It's twoo! It's twoo!

:loveya:

[crimsonblue]

31. you liar...

music hadn't been invented yet when you were born. Nice try, but I'm on to you.

[Inchworm]

38. no u!

I'm rubber you're glue!

I'm on to you!

and, and violets are blue!

:)

[crimsonblue]

39. that's true.

but you ain't got a clue,

because a cow goes meow.

[Inchworm]

40. And the bird flew

over you

cause your vision is askew

I stepped in poo

:P

[crimsonblue]

41. well kookoo kachoo..

and ricka dicka doo.

[Inchworm]

43. I bid you adieu

I feel like a foo

:rofl:

[crimsonblue]

44. I pity the foo

who stepped in the poo

cuz that just ain't coo

to be you

[meegbear]

11. "Yesterday" by The Beatles

How apropos

[no name no slogan]

13. "In The Year 2525" by Zager and Evans

It's been covered by everybody and their Aunt Mabel, too.

This is the DU member formerly known as GetOffMyLawn.

[Iggo]

19. That song kicks so much ass!!!!!!

AAAAAGGGGGHHHH!!!!!

[elocs]

27. You must have an August '69 birthday. I saw it listed for my birthday in '69,

but I was 17 that year and remember the song well when it was popular. Today on oldies radio I probably hear it more often than I did when it was first out.

[no name no slogan]

93. I never used to hear it on the radio as a kid

But as I entered my 20s I started to hear it more and more at various times. A version of it was used as the theme song for the sci-fi show "Cleopatra 2525" which was on in the late 90s.

[elocs]

98. The stations where I live seem to have their music on an iPod Shuffle

and so on the oldies station you can count on hearing it once a day. Thousands and thousands of oldies and we get the same bunch over and over.

[bikebloke]

14. Another with Yellow Rose of Texas by Mitch Miller

So sing along with Mitch.

[Dystopian]

15. "Cold, Cold Heart" by Tony Bennett

:shrug:

Well, at least I've heard of him.
And I am NOT going to youtube...blah.
I'm almost as old as dirt.:cry:

Thanks for the link...interesting.

peace~

[THUNDER HANDS]

16. Boogie Oogie Oogie

oy

[PVnRT]

21. "Boogie Oogie Oogie" by Taste of Honey

[CreekDog]

58. well you and the poster before you still maintain your timing

:rofl:

[LanternWaste]

22. Paperback Writer, The Beatles.

Paperback Writer, The Beatles.

Odd though, because Pprbck Wrter is one of the very few Beatles songs I don't particularly enjoy.

[Chellee]

102. that's mine too

:-)

[hamsterjill]

24. To Know Him Is to Love Him

By the Teddy Bears.

Hmmm...I've always liked that song.

[Shell Beau]

25. Mine is terrible! Shadow Dancing by Andy Gibb.

I have never even heard of it!

[CreekDog]

I had the album

:rofl:

"...how can i hold you when you ain't even mine..." :rofl:

[jobycom]

91. It's a beautiful song!

Well, not really, but it's not as bad as Rush.

[Mad_Dem_X]

28. "You Keep Me Hangin' On" by The Supremes

Not bad!

[charlie and algernon]

30. "Beat it" by Michael Jackson

[TZ]

42. Geez you are a kid!

I remember that song so well...:o

[hvn_nbr_2]

32. "Heartaches" by somebody named Ted Weems?!?!?!?

I don't think I even want to know.

[DeepBlueC]

64. We have the same birthday

I kind of remember a few phrases of a song that ends "blah blah blah blah-blah with someone new/ But my heart aches for you". I wonder if that's the tune. Another rhyme close to the beginning "heartaches" "heart breaks"

[hvn_nbr_2]

73. That's the song. If I ever heard it, I don't remember.

HEARTACHES
Ted Weems
- words by John Klenner, music by Al Hoffman

Heartaches
Heartaches
My loving you meant only heartaches
Your kiss was such a sacred thing to me
I can't believe it's just a burning memory
Heartaches
Heartaches
What does it matter how my heart breaks?
I should be happy with someone new
But my heart aches for you

From: http://www.lyricstime.com/ted-weems-heartaches-lyrics.html

The "but my heart aches for you" sounds familiar, but that's probably in a thousand songs.

Another synchrony: You joined DU three days before I did.

[DeepBlueC]

86. yeah, that's the one

Never heard the name Ted Weems before, but it must be said that that song had legs because I heard it a lot when I was a little kid. In fact I remember singing along with it. Of course I was with my parents listening to their Old Farts radio station, WTIC in Hartford, morning man Bob Steele.

Synchrony indeed.

:fistbump:

[DeepBlueC]

68. I have heard of every other #1 artist from the 1940s

but Ted Weems...?!!! We wuz robbed!

[Fire Walk With Me]

33. Lady Hump.

[bigwillq]

34. "(Love Is) Thicker than Water"

by Andy Gibb

[CreekDog]

49. Lots of people born under the sign of Andy Gibb

he and his brothers kind of owned the mid/late 70's

[mikeytherat]

35. "To Sir, with Love" - Lulu

Hate that song, but loved Lulu's appearances on Absolutely Fabulous!

mikey_the_rat

[Phillycat]

36. I Can See Clearly Now by Johnny Nash.

Not bad. It could be worse.

[WCIL]

37. You've Lost That Loving Feeling

by the Righteous Brothers.

[lightningandsnow]

47. "Black or White" by Michael Jackson.

Heh. Uncomfortable. Good song, though.

[CreekDog]

51. holy cow, but you are young!

:fistbump:

*I* remember when the video premiered (it was on network TV, I think right after an episode of the Simpsons).

Anyone old enough to remember the video watched most of the video thinking, "hey this is okay I guess..." but then at the end of the video said :wtf: when he started grabbing his crotch and vandalizing the car.

That was the turning point in Michael Jackson becoming cuckoo. :crazy:

[Bucky]

48. "Blue Velvet" by Bobby Vinton

hmmm, not impressed

[maxsolomon]

70. we are the same age.

10/2/63?

i thought blue velvet the movie redeemed the song, but it was a down time for rockyroll.

[TK421]

52. KC and The Sunshine Band- Get Down Tonight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wed5SCzkTU&feature=related

[BeachBaby]

54. Awwww. You're just a baybee.

:rofl: :hi:

[TK421]

55. Yeah? well who's baby am I? BeachBaby?

:D

[BeachBaby]

57. I will officially be a cougar in 40 days.

I'm much too old for you, hon. :)

Oh God - 40 days. Somebody just shoot me now.

[Ikonoklast]

56. "Rock Around The Clock" Bill Haley & His Comets

I'm a classic oldies station.


:cry:

[Robeson]

59. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles!

[yvr girl]

60. Exactly 42 years ago today the number 1 song was

I'm a Believer (The Monkees)

[foxfeet]

61. Tennessee Waltz by Patti Page

I'm lucky it wasn't "Ayla, Unh, Unh, Unh" by Mog-ur and the Clan of the Cave Bear.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

62. "Call Me" by Blondie.

[MountainLaurel]

63. "My Ding-a-Ling" by Chuck Berry

I shit you not.

:rofl:

[DeepBlueC]

66. from now on it's that tune instead of "Happy Birthday to You"

every year. Would be better if you were a guy. :rofl:

[hippywife]

65. Oh, do I feel old.

It's this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unxttYrdy-w

Never even heard of it. Not too imaginative lyrics writers. :eyes:

[elleng]

88. One of my jr. high favorites, hippyw!

.

[PBS Poll-435]

67. "I Love Rock 'n Roll" by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

:shrug:

[DeepBlueC]

84. great song!

[Guava Jelly]

69. This one

1966 ... "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge

[FirstLight]

71. "Michelle" by the Beatles was on the car radio

...as my dad drove my mom to the hospital...THAT's why my middle name is Michelle ;)

and I Have always loved the Beatles!

[netania99]

72. Tossin' and Turnin'

Bobby Lewis. Makes sense, I've always been a bit of an insomniac ... :-)

[FarLeftRage]

74. Elvis, of course

and it is one of his songs that I "Don't" care for...

Nonetheless, it was numero uno on the day of my birth...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbbV6fDLmIk

[JTG of the PRB]

75. "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson

Hmm... Yet another piece of trivia I now inexplicably know.

[mwooldri]

76. UK charts are different...

For me, the #1 song when I was born was David Essex - "Gonna make you a star".

You can find these here: http://www.ukpopcharts.co.uk/uk_number_1s.htm

In the US, it was "Whatever gets you thru the night" by John Lennon.

Mark.

[Inspired]

77. It's Only Make Believe by Conway Twitty

God I'm old!

[mcctatas]

78. "I'll Be There" by the Jackson 5

:puke:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehal1eUG1jk

[PaddyBlueEyes]

103. Hey

didnt I send you that song once..?

[mcctatas]

106. God no!

[PaddyBlueEyes]

107. yeah i did

[struggle4progress]

79. Ted Fio Rito "My Little Grass Shack"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39sQOBx4RYM

Actually not ... but it sure beats the #1 on my day of birth

[sarge43]

80. Frankeeee!

"There Are Such Things", Frank Sinatra and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra

[Lavender Brown]

81. This

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmrrUEBrMxA

:cry:

[AwakeAtLast]

82. "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head"

1970

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t30cX6OGO0U

[Amerigo Vespucci]

83. "The Wayward Wind" by Gogi Grant. WTF? I DEMAND a REFUND!

:rofl:

[PunkinPi]

85. "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" by K.C. & the Sunshine Band

[elleng]

87. Its been a while!

Don't Fence Me In by Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters

[Zavulon]

89. "So Much in Love" by The Tymes

[jobycom]

90. Eight Days a Week, by some band who couldn't spell insect names.

[ScreamingMeemie]

92. "Everything is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens.

1970, June the 6th

[gblady]

94. never heard of mine...

"Woody Wood Pecker" by Kay Kyser....
oh my!

[Lethe]

95. i don't even have to look

i am 100% sure it was some disco travesty that today no one has even heard of

[bluesbassman]

96. "At the Hop" by Danny & the Juniors

Think I'll go roll up a pack of Lucky Strikes in my t-shirt sleeve.:)

[XemaSab]

97. Undercover Angel

:shrug:

[greendog]

99. "Volare" ( Nel blu Dipinto di blu) ~ Domenico Modugno

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8jm7M2DM1U

B-)

[harmonicon]

100. too painful to relate

[njdemocrat106]

101. "Lady" by Kenny Rogers

Years before he decided to buy himself a new face.

[PaddyBlueEyes]

104. War

by Edwin Starr...

[murielm99]

108. Twelfth Street Rag?

I've never heard of it before.

[Mollis]

109. "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice

hahahahaha :7

[abq e streeter]

110. Come on a my House by Rosemary Clooney.......(yow)

things improved though: A Hard Days Night on the day I became a teenager. Needless to say, the Beatles had a slightly greater effect on my musical tastes than Rosemary Clooney, although to be honest, I didn't "get" The Beatles right away; the Animals were my favorite British invasion group until 8 days a Week , when I decided the rest of the world was right and I'd been wrong. However Eric Burdon was and still is one of my biggest influences as far as my singing....