#1 on your Birthday...

IanRitchie · **Posted:** Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:39 am

http://www.everyhit.com/dates/

What song and album were number one on your birthday?

On 20th Mar 1988 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Aswad - "Don't Turn Around"

The Number 1 album was:
Morrissey - "Viva Hate"

Born on 20th Mar:
1951 - Carl Palmer ( drummer, Atomic Rooster / Emerson, Lake and Palmer (ELP) )
1959 - Richard Drummie ( Go West )
1961 - Slim Jim Phantom ( drummer, The Stray Cats )
1972 - Shellie Poole ( Alisha's Attic; daughter of Brian Poole )

What a crap date.

Simmo79 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:09 am

On 10th Apr 1979 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Art Garfunkel - "Bright Eyes"
For Number 1 single over the subsequent years Click Here

The Number 1 album was:
Barbra Streisand - "Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Volume 2"
For Number 1 album over the subsequent years Click Here

Born on 10th Apr:
1940 - Ricky Valance
1947 - Bunny Wailer ( a founding member of The Wailers, Bob Marley's band )
1959 - Babyface ( US singer, producer, and songwriter; real name: Kenneth Edmonds )
1959 - Kenneth Edmonds ( better known as Babyface )
1959 - Katrina Leskanich ( vocalist in Katrina And The Waves )
1959 - Brian Setzer ( guitarist, vocalist, The Stray Cats )
1960 - Afrika Bambaataa ( seminal Bronx DJ; hits with The Soulsonic Force, notably Planet Rock; real name Kevin Donovan )
1964 - Alan 'Reni' Wren ( drummer, The Stone Roses )
1979 - Sophie Ellis Bextor ( vocalist; solo and lead with Theaudience )

I'd hit that - but is she my twin??

1981 - Elizabeth Margaret ( vocalist, Atomic Kitten )
1984 - Mandy Moore ( US teen dance-pop singer )

and that, but she wouldn't let me in her pants

hot_dogma · **Posted:** Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:14 pm

On 11th Mar 1979 ...

The Number 1 single was:
The Bee Gees - "Tragedy"
For Number 1 single over the subsequent years Click Here

The Number 1 album was:
Blondie - "Parallel Lines"
For Number 1 album over the subsequent years Click Here

Born on 11th Mar:
1950 - Bobby McFerrin
1961 - Mike Percy ( bassist, Dead Or Alive )
1961 - Bruce Watson ( guitarist, Big Country )
1968 - Lisa Loeb
1979 - Joel Madden ( lead singer of Good Charlotte )
1979 - Benji Madden ( guitarist / backing vocalist for Good Charlotte )

Christ....no wonder my hair is dyed black at the moment. I have turned Emo and I didn't even know it!

yob · **Posted:** Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:37 pm

On 22nd Mar 1983 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Duran Duran - "Is There Something I Should Know"
For Number 1 single over the subsequent years Click Here

The Number 1 album was:
Tears For Fears - "The Hurting"
For Number 1 album over the subsequent years Click Here

Born on 22nd Mar:
1943 - George Benson
1948 - Andrew Lloyd Webber ( prolific songwriter ) :wank:

1958 - Pete Wylie ( vocalist The Mighty Wah! )

britishspud · **Posted:** Wed Feb 22, 2006 5:38 pm

On 5th Mar 1979 ...

The Number 1 single was:
The Bee Gees - "Tragedy"
For Number 1 single over the subsequent years Click Here

The Number 1 album was:
Blondie - "Parallel Lines"
For Number 1 album over the subsequent years Click Here

Born on 5th Mar:
1946 - Murry Head
1948 - Eddy Grant ( vocalist; solo and with The Equals )
1951 - Elaine Page
1957 - Mark E Smith ( Lead vocalist, songwriter of The Fall, )
1958 - Andy Gibb ( younger brother of The Bee Gees; deceased )

stadiumking · **Posted:** Wed Feb 22, 2006 6:07 pm

On 12th Dec 1988 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Cliff Richard - "Mistletoe & Wine"...........Cliffy, eh?.....shouldn't it be Sir Cliff now!

The Number 1 album was:
Various artist compilation (EMI/Virgin) - "Now That's What I Call Music 13"

Born on 12th Dec:
1915 - Frank (Albert) Sinatra ( deceased ).......That's pretty cool!
1938 - Connie Francis
1940 - Dionne Warwick............not bad, too
1943 - Grover Washington Jr ( deceased )
1943 - Mike Smith ( keyboard player, vocalist, The Dave Clark Five ).............didn't know perthsmike was that old....and talented for that matter!
1946 - Clive Bunker ( drummer, glockenspiel player, Jethro Tull )
1958 - Fruitbat ( real name Les Carter; guitarist/keyboard player, Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine )
1961 - Daniel O'Donnell...........Should I change that to Daniel McConnell? (ah, he's a Kanga now anyway!)

PS What's with 1979?

Jeffles · **Posted:** Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:38 pm

This separates the men from the boys.

Not that I am that old but Mr Ritchie, I was in kindergarten when you first saw daylight.

5th November 1982

The Number 1 single was:
Culture Club - "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me"
HOW GOOD IS THE WEDDING SINGER

The Number 1 album was:
Kids From "Fame" - "The Kids From Fame"

Born on 5th Nov:
1931 - Ike Turner ( real name Eki Renrut Turner; former husband of Tina )
1941 - Art Garfunkel ( vocalist; solo and with Simon and Garfunkel )
1946 - Gram Parsons ( real name Cecil Ingram Connor; guitarist, vocalist with The Byrds / Flying Burrito Brothers; deceased )
1947 - Peter Noone ( lead vocalist, Herman's Hermits )
1948 - Peter Hammill ( of Van Der Graff Generator )
1959 - Bryan Adams
1959 - Robert Fisher ( of duo Climie Fisher; deceased )
1963 - Tatum O'Neal (daughter of Ryan O'Neal, child movie star and former wife of John McEnroe)
1971 - Jonathan Greenwood ( guitarist, keyboard player, Radiohead )

Waz · **Posted:** Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:28 am

I rock...

On 28th Sep 1980 ...

The Number 1 single was:
The Police - "Don't Stand So Close To Me"
For Number 1 single over the subsequent years Click Here

The Number 1 album was:
David Bowie - "Scary Monsters And Super Creeps"
For Number 1 album over the subsequent years Click Here

Born on 28th Sep:
1935 - Jerry Lee Lewis
1938 - Benjmin Earl Nelson ( better known as Ben E King )
1946 - Helen Shapiro
1953 - Jim Diamond
1957 - Mari Wilson
1958 - Mick Harvey ( multi-instrumentalist, Birthday Party / Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds )
1960 - Jennifer Rush
1968 - Luke Goss ( vocalist in Bros with twin brother Matt )

Simmo79 · **Posted:** Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:42 am

Jeffles wrote:

This separates the men from the boys.

Not that I am that old but Mr Ritchie, I was in kindergarten when you first saw daylight.

they missed the Bicentennial... :cry:

here's what happened:
- tall ships
- busy harbour
- fireworks
- up at midnight which was v.rare for a 7-year old

Jeffles · **Posted:** Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:39 am

Simmo79 wrote:

they missed the Bicentennial... :cry:

here's what happened:
- tall ships
- busy harbour
- fireworks
- up at midnight which was v.rare for a 7-year old

Pffft... he's a Kiwi.

Don't forget those Bcentennial coin/medal thingys that every schoolkid got. I still have mine.

IanRitchie · **Posted:** Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:58 am

Simmo79 wrote:

Jeffles wrote:

This separates the men from the boys.

Not that I am that old but Mr Ritchie, I was in kindergarten when you first saw daylight.

they missed the Bicentennial... :cry:

here's what happened:
- tall ships
- busy harbour
- fireworks
- up at midnight which was v.rare for a 7-year old

So, you're saying i didn't miss much?

Egan · **Posted:** Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:24 am

Simmo79 wrote:

Jeffles wrote:

This separates the men from the boys.

Not that I am that old but Mr Ritchie, I was in kindergarten when you first saw daylight.

they missed the Bicentennial... :cry:

here's what happened:
- tall ships
- busy harbour
- fireworks
- up at midnight which was v.rare for a 7-year old

Stuff that I missed the 1987 Americas Cup :evil:

Simmo79 · **Posted:** Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:56 am

you should kick yourself for missing 83

yob · **Posted:** Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:45 pm

My footy team won its last premiership when I was 6 months old. I went gaga over it.

stadiumking · **Posted:** Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:12 pm

Jeffles wrote:

Don't forget those Bicentennial coin/medal thingys that every schoolkid got. I still have mine.

HA! That's nothing.
WA Bicentennial babies (1988) received $100 from the government into a bank account.
I walks all over your coin.

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