What Was the #1 Song on the Day You Were Born?

[HoosierDaddy]

Country..on the day I was born

[video=youtube;-Lza3NVH6Ig]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lza3NVH6Ig[/video]

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Can't go wrong with Luke the Drifter!

Country..on the day I was born

Yeah, he was a bit of a hippie, but I'm a big fan of his. He's on his Farewell tour right now and was just in Milwaukee at the Pabst Theatre.

Ok, country music I can do. He was sort of a hippie but at least it wasn't absolutely horrible:

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

#1 Country Song when I was born was Buck Owens' I Don't Care (As Long As You Love Me)

 

[scooter]

Mine was "Wanted" by Perry Como. Am I dating myself?

 

[ThemThereEyes]

Hi All! I had to look up mine. According to the site I found, it was Diana Ross' "Do You Know Where You're Going To?"

 

[dhermann1]

Number one song in the US the last week of December, 1946 was "Ole Buttermilk Sky", written by Hoagy Carmichael and Jack Brooks, performed by Kay Kyser. Rock'n'Roll was UNHEARD of back when I was born! Yes, I'm slightly older than dirt.

 

[rue]

I think you won for the best song when you were born dhermann

 

[LizzieMaine]

Number one song in the US the last week of December, 1946 was "Ole Buttermilk Sky", written by Hoagy Carmichael and Jack Brooks, performed by Kay Kyser. Rock'n'Roll was UNHEARD of back when I was born! Yes, I'm slightly older than dirt.

Well, the Boswell Sisters did record a song titled "Rock and Roll" in 1933 -- but it wasn't quite the same thing!

 

[Antje]

Let's dance David Bowie!!!!

 

[rue]

Let's dance David Bowie!!!!

You just made me feel old :eeek: lol

 

[Dan Rodemsky]

Me too. Thanks to this thread I looked it up. Never heard of it before but it is called "The Poor People of Paris". I always wondered how they name instrumentals. I have heard the tune before. Don't think too much of it though.
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[Antje]

You just made me feel old :eeek: lol

Sorry, I was glad it was a cool song that was nr 1 on my birhtday, and not some silly dutch song

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Here you go,Dan....

[video=youtube;oLhOJHg7gWI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLhOJHg7gWI[/video]

 

[Mr. Hallack]

The Association- Cherish

[video=youtube;NwAjGsuyF2M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=NwAjGsuyF2M[/video]

The exact one of my birthday, Sept. 25, 1966

 

[Jaguar66]

Me too. Thanks to this thread I looked it up. Never heard of it before but it is called "The Poor People of Paris". I always wondered how they name instrumentals. I have heard the tune before. Don't think too much of it though.
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Tried to link but it doesn't look good.

Here is your video on 78 RPM

[video=youtube;y-C8byo0ZQs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-C8byo0ZQs[/video]

 

[LaMedicine]

Vaughn Monroe, "Ghost Riders in the Sky." 11 weeks at the top of the chart.
No wonder I feel the urge to sing along in the car whenever it comes up, even though the CD i have is Johnny Cash

 

[Salty O'Rourke]

At the Hop was #1 on the pop charts.
Raunchy (the Ernie Freeman version) was #1 on the R&B charts.

There were three versions of Raunchy released in 1957 (I think Freeman's version was the, uh, raunchiest); all of them charted.

Also, NBC Radio aired the last episode of X Minus One on my birthday

 

[cooncatbob]

Rock around the Clock, Bill Halley and the Comets.
http://youtu.be/X31GQTS7C1c

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I thought I'd do my parents' for chances of better music.

Dad: Pop - Frankie Avalon - "Why"
Country - Marty Robbins - "El Paso"

Mom: Pop - Rolling Stones - "I Can't Get No Satisfaction"
Country - Buck Owens- "Before You Go"

Personally, I think my dad was much luckier than my mom as far as music lol

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

When my parents were born:

Mom
Gene Austin -- Carolina Moon (1929)

[video=youtube;l6j4ofI6iLg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6j4ofI6iLg[/video]

Dad
Gene Austin -- My Blue Heaven

[video=youtube;5w-_xbBmXJ4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w-_xbBmXJ4[/video]