What song was #1 the day you were born?

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What song was #1 the day you were born?

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http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/member/birthdayno1.php

US charts go back to 1955, UK to 1952.

For me, it's:

US: Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
UK: Lily The Pink - Scaffold
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US: Surrender - Elvis Presley
Them: Wooden Heart - Elvis Presley
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"You're No Good" Linda Ronstat

That site says you can get your "life theme" by using your 18th burfday. In my case it's Mariah and Boyz 2 Men "One Sweet Day" (NOOOO!!!!)
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UK = The Streak - Ray Stevens
US = Billy, Don’t Be A Hero - Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods

18th Birthday (UK) = Abba-Esque (EP) - Erasure
18th Birthday (US) = I’ll Be There - Mariah Carey

ROCK!

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GlennCase wrote:UK = The Streak - Ray Stevens
US = Billy, Don’t Be A Hero - Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods

ROCK!

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the scary thing is as a kid, i remember loving those 2 songs. "billy don't be a hero" was number one on american top 40 (with kasey casem of course!) for weeks. and i remember "the streak" came out when streaking was this big fad and people were running naked everywhere.

i feel old.
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US= TSOP (The sound of Philadephia) -MFSB feat the Three Degrees
UK= Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks

18th birthday US= Save The Best To Last - Vanessa Williams
18th birthday UK= Deeply Dippy - Right Said Fred


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All these answers (and mine which are equally bad) just remind me how much I hate Billboard and Radio&Records.
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US: "the lion sleeps tonight" by the tokens
UK: "tower of strength" by frankie vaughn

18 bday US: "escape-the pina colada song" by rupert holmes
18 bday UK: "another brick in the wall" by pink floyd
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The day I was born (4/20/69):
US: Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine In - The 5th Dimension
UK: Get Back - The Beatles with Billy Preston

My 18th birthday:
US: I Knew You Were Waiting - Aretha Franklin and George Michael
UK: La Isla Bonita - Madonna
What a crappy birthday.
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US: "With or Without You" by U2.

I'm young and I love that song.
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yeah i did this on brad sucks' blog once.
uk: Twelfth Of Never - Donny Osmond (bleh)
us: Love Train - O’Jays (good)

18th bday
uk: The One And Only - Chesney Hawkes (eh, whatever)
us: Coming Out Of The Dark - Gloria Estefan (hmm)

ok, so, i, uh, don't really know any of them.
except love train.
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Stevie Wonder and Wham!. Man, I'm cool.

Sparkette gets Mr. Mister and Wham!. What is it with 80s Brits and Wham!?
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War! Good God! What is it good for? Absolutely Nothing!

Say it again!
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Mozart: Horn Concerto #3

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Post by Hoblit »

yeah, we actually did this before back on dumbrella (to lazy to look for it)

Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack

March 9th, 1973

yeah, I'm old

whatofit

punk

/shaking cane

UK: Cum On Feel The Noize - Slade

??????
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Post by fodroy »

the day i was born...
US: Wake Me Up Befoe You Go-Go - Wham!
UK: I Feel For You - Chaka Khan

lame!

18th birthday...
US: Lose Yourself - Eminem
UK: Dirty - Christina Aguilera

worst 18th birthday ever.
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UK: "Papa Don't Preach" - Madonna
US: "Sledgehammer" - Peter Gabriel
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Hoblit wrote: March 9th, 1973

yeah, I'm old
March 28, 1973
It's ok, Hoblit, you're only slightly older than me. But... all the same, older :)
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Born before the advent of recorded music, but my life theme song falls somewhere between "American Woman" (the original version) and Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky."

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Birthday
(17 Jan 1972 - yay! I'm older than Hoblit!):
US: The New Seeekers - I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing
UK: Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)

Oh my god. <holds head in dispair>

18th Birthday:
UK: New Kids on the Block - Hangin' Tough
US: Michael Bolton - How am I Supposed to Live Without You

Oh. My. God. <loses the will to live>
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US-"Like a Prayer," Madonna
UK-"Eternal Flame," The Bangles
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The Letter - The Box Tops (US)
The Last Waltz - Engelbert Humperdinck (UK)
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