What was No 1 the day you were born?

Subject: What was No 1 the day you were born? Thu Oct 15, 2009 5:10 pm

I nicked this thread from the site that shall remain nameless. You might wanna have a go, just out of interest?

http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/birthdayno1

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Subject: Re: What was No 1 the day you were born? Thu Oct 15, 2009 5:22 pm

Rock Around the Clock- Bill Haley and the Comets.

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Subject: Re: What was No 1 the day you were born? Thu Oct 15, 2009 7:11 pm

Eddie wrote:

Rock Around the Clock- Bill Haley and the Comets.

Ha Ha, that sounds so old fashioned now

, was that in the UK or USA, you can check both.

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What else could it possibly have been?

"Mañana,
Mañana,
Mañana is good enough for me."

-- Peggy Lee

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UK - With a Little Help From My Friends/She's Leaving Home - Wet, Wet Wet and Billy Bragg

US and A - One More Try - George Michael

Austria - Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car - Billy Ocean

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'A Whole New World' from the movie Aladdin.

Shocked

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LaRue wrote:

'A Whole New World' from the movie Aladdin.

How apt.

I prefer the Katie and Peter version to the original.

Subject: Re: What was No 1 the day you were born? Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:02 pm

Nashville Skygirl wrote:

Eddie wrote:

Rock Around the Clock- Bill Haley and the Comets.

Ha Ha, that sounds so old fashioned now

, was that in the UK or USA, you can check both.

That was in the UK.

In the US it was Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford.

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Subject: Re: What was No 1 the day you were born? Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:05 pm

Leopardi wrote:

Austria

Er...shouldn't that read "Australia"?

Australia didn't have any results for my birthday. Obviously, they didn't have a Top Ten in them far-off days, cobber.

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Eddie wrote:

Leopardi wrote:

Austria

Er...shouldn't that read "Australia"?

It was an attempt at being humorous.

Subject: Re: What was No 1 the day you were born? Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:20 pm

Ah.

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I see rather than expressing your amusement in an orthodox fashion, you used a palindrome. You're a smart and creative cookie, Eddie.

Subject: Re: What was No 1 the day you were born? Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:56 pm

Leopardi wrote:

you used a palindrome

No palindromes here. Nothing to see. Move along, now.

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Subject: Re: What was No 1 the day you were born? Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:03 pm

Oooh waw! A song I actually like!

'Let's dance' - David Bowie

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I don't know whether to be pleased or disheartened to discover that I'm almost exactly the same age as the raddled nag that is Rock n Roll.

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