What was the #1 song they day you were born? Try it...

Dave Bourke · Post by **Dave Bourke** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:03 pm

Personally, I don't think it's "pop music" anymore, Bill – it's product.

Kind regards.

billf · Post by **billf** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:09 pm

Dave Bourke wrote:Personally, I don't think it's "pop music" anymore, Bill – it's product.

Kind regards.

Good point. It's Diet Music: less taste, less substance, less soul, more profit.

arth · Post by **arth** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:19 pm

And history repeats itself -- the lyrics to the song that topped Billboard when I was born has become relevant again:

"Now I'm a soldier, a lonely soldier
Away from home through no wish of my own
That's why I'm lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely
I wish that I could go back home"
-- Bobby Vinton

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:05 pm

Jed wrote:HAlthough I recognize and remember the top 10 from my birth year, looking at the top songs from more recent years is pretty pathetic. I don't own a single album from any of those artists (maybe I don't consider them artists?).

100% agreement from me.

billf wrote:The pop music in this decade is quite sucky isn't it.

100% agreement from me.

Dave Bourke wrote:Personally, I don't think it's "pop music" anymore, Bill – it's product..

100% agreement from me.

billf wrote:Good point. It's Diet Music: less taste, less substance, less soul, more profit.

Seems we're all in 100% agreement. LOL!

Bill O'C · Post by **Bill O'C** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:46 pm

I thought all the new pop music this century was only on "American Idol."

Another aside, when you listen to oldies stations and hear music from the late 1980s that you don't even recognize, you know your prime went that-away.

arth · Post by **arth** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 6:06 pm

Bill O'C wrote:Another aside, when you listen to oldies stations and hear music from the late 1980s that you don't even recognize, you know your prime went that-away.

Isn't late 80s when Euterpe, Polyhymnia and Terpsichore all died in a car crash?

thracks · Post by **thracks** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:07 pm

"In the Year 2525"

Pretty freakin' cool in my opinion. In fact the first four birthdays I had there were some really cool tunes in the charts, a lot in my iTunes library already.

blue · Post by **blue** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 1:01 am

billf wrote:The pop music in this decade is quite sucky isn't it.

From the look of that list it was quite sucky in every decade, with a few exceptions.

bdr · Post by **bdr** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 1:31 am

"Sheila" by Tommy Roe...hadn't heard it, sounded like a Buddy Holly outtake.

"Dizzy", on the other hand, is a great piece of Bubblegum.

Probably my favourite #1 for my b'day (Aug 29-same as Charlie Parker & Michael Jackson

) is Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey by Paul McCartney. "Ohh, they don't write 'em like that anymore, son... "

chamelion · Post by **chamelion** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 1:37 am

The Blue Danube Waltz. Aaah, they don't write 'em like that any more.

G

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:55 am

bdr wrote:Probably my favourite #1 for my b'day (Aug 29-same as Charlie Parker & Michael Jackson ) is Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey by Paul McCartney. "Ohh, they don't write 'em like that anymore, son... "

Yay! Brett's another Virgo! Yay!

Welcome to the club, man. Officially we have two members here - myself and jgest. Can I count you in? Great.

Jed · Post by **Jed** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:28 am

monkey man wrote:
bdr wrote:Probably my favourite #1 for my b'day (Aug 29-same as Charlie Parker & Michael Jackson ) is Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey by Paul McCartney. "Ohh, they don't write 'em like that anymore, son... "
Yay! Brett's another Virgo! Yay!

Welcome to the club, man. Officially we have two members here - myself and jgest. Can I count you in? Great.

You can add one more lol
It isn't easy being a Virgo . . . . . but somebody has to do it!

cheers,

Pappy725 · Post by **Pappy725** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:30 am

Bill O'C wrote:"Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" Perry Como.

According the web site I found this on, they didn't start weekly charts until 1955, so that was the #1 song for the year.

Regards,

Bill

The link James gave us led me to "Rock Around the Clock" Bill Haley & the Comets for '55. Oops, I just realized yours is probably for a different mm/dd.
"I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" Elvis, 7/25/56 for me.

Cool link, thanks, James.

Pap

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:48 am

Jed wrote:You can add one more lol
It isn't easy being a Virgo . . . . . but somebody has to do it!
cheers,

Yay! How come we're always busing providing service and only surface on the rarest of occasions?
Oh, I know... 'cause we're Virgos. LOL!

Welcome to the club Jed. Yay!
That's 6 and counting...

EDIT: I perused my 'Cornie records, and found that Ester and Stephen Tayler qualify too.

jgest · Post by **jgest** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:57 am

No wonder the millennium has been a rough ride for me. Every #1 on my birthday (sep 14) sucks the big donkey d*ck. The 90's are not much better either. Where did all the great music go? I need another birthday? lets see what was #1 on 4-20