Have a look at this http://www.thisdayinmusic.com It tell's you what was number 1 in the charts on the day you were born. Has some other good music trivia stuff on as well for the pop quiz down the pub. My number 1 was Rod Stewart, Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
Well, mine suck. US: Travelin' Man, by Ricky Nelson. UK: You're Driving Me Crazy, by ... get this... The Temperance Seven.
Mine were: US: "This Makes Me Sick" by Nobody I've Ever Heard Of UK: "I Was Having a Good Day Until Now" by Currently Wormfood (Translation: US: Singing the Blues by Guy Mitchell UK: Just Walking in the Rain by Johnnie Ray)
I think me and 655321 (or Alex if you will. ) are both the results of NYE 72/73. Mine is also Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On. In the UK, the #1 tunes was Angel Fingers by Wizzard. Never heard of them or it....
December 30th, 1980: US: (Just Like) Starting Over John Lennon UK: There's No One Quite Like Grandma St. Winifred's School Choir Artists with the same birthday as mine: 1928 Bo Diddley 1934 Del Shannon 1942 Mike Nesmith 1945 Davy Jones 1946 Patti Smith 1959 Tracy Ullman 1969 Jason Kay Two Monkees? I must've done some really harsh in a previous life or something...
I didn't realize there was a 'who shares your B-day?' link. Only a couple for Sept 24. 1942 Gerry Marsden Gerry And The Pacemakers, 1963 UK No.1 single 'You'll Never Walk Alone'. (Pretty cool I thought since I'm a Liverpool fan) 1942 Linda McCartney wife of Paul, photograph, animal rights campaigner, died of cancer 17/4/98. 1971 Peter Salisbury drums, The Verve, 1997 UK No.1 single 'The Drugs Don't Work'.
UK - Jack Your Body by Steve "Silk" Hurley USA - At This Moment by Billy Vera and the Beaters Never heard of them.
"Ring My Bell" by Anita Ward. My "Life time theme song" (song that was number one on my 18th birtday) is "I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy. My life now offically sucks.
November 27: James Marshall (Jimi) Hendrix Trevor Davis Kevin Kavanaugh Charlie Burchill Ashley Ingram Well, at least I've heard of one of these people... #1 songs: UK- "You'll Never Walk Alone" -Gerry and the Pacemakers US- "I'm Leaving It Up To You"- Dale & Grace One day I'm going to get a copy of "YNWA", so I can hear the whole song. My first experience with it was a Pink Floyd album, before I really became interested in soccer as a spectator. Life Theme songs: UK- "Under Pressure"- Queen/David Bowie US- "Physical"- Olivia Newton-John ...this is really bad music...
US No. 1, 10/2/76 Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry UK: Dancing Queen, ABBA Shared birthdays: (Hang on, cause this is surely the most surreal list you'll ever have seen) Don McLean (American Pie) Richard Hell Mike Rutherford (Genesis, Mike + the Mechanics) Gordon Sumner (you know him) John Otway (never heard of him) Phil Oakey (singer, The Human League) Tiffany (yes, that Tiffany) The babe-rific Lene Nystrom of Aqua As if this list weren't surreal enough, the 2nd of October is also Gandhi's birthday! On my 18th birthday... US: I'll Make Love to You, Boyz II Men UK: Saturday Night, Whigfield
My life's theme song: US: Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas UK: You're The First My Last My Everything by Barry White
On my 18th birthday Call Me by Blondie (US) Geno by Dexy's Midnight Runners (UK) 21st birthday Beat It by Michael Jackson (US) True by Spandau Ballet (UK) 30th birthday Jump by Kris Kross (US) Please Don't Go / Game Boy by KWS (UK)
I share my birthday (May 13) with these people: 1941 Joe Brown UK singer, actor, 1962 UK No.2 single 'A Picture Of You'. 1941 Ritchie Valens US singer, 1959 UK No.29 single 'Donna'. 1943 Mary Wells 1964 UK No.5 'My Guy'. 1950 Johnny Logan Irish singer, 1980 UK No.1 single 'What's Another Year'. 1950 Peter Gabriel vocals, Genesis & solo, 1974 UK No.21 single 'I Know What I Like In Your Wardrobe', left Genesis in 1975, solo, 1986 UK No.4 single 'Sledgehammer' from the 1986 UK No.1 album 'So'. 1950 Stevie Wonder singer, songwriter, multi- instrumentalist, joined Motown in 61, 1963 US No.1 single, 'Fingertips', plus over 40 other US & UK top 40 singles. 1976 US No.1 double album 'Songs In The Key Of Life'. 1966 Darius Rucker Hootie & The Blowfish, 1995 UK No.50 single 'Hold My Hand'