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The Number One Song When You Were Born
As we know, in the study of Astrology the positions of the celestial bodies at the time of birth shape the rest of one’s life.
Pseudoscience? Perhaps. I’m not going to be judgmental here.
However, I will take the opportunity to offer my own, alternate, theory. Dare I say, an improvement on Astrology. That the number one song in the charts at the time of birth shapes the rest of one’s life. I mean, if planets 100’s of millions of miles away should have an influence, why not something much closer?
So, let’s give it a try. Post the song that was number one at the time your were born.
Wikipedia makes the process easy: List of Billboard number-one singles
Some of you might be hesitant, might not want to reveal your age. I understand. Feel free to substitute somebody else’s birthday, we won’t check.
I’ll go first. Elvis Presley, “(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear”:
I never actually liked Elvis’ music. So, like with Astrology, there is some interpretation required.
(That beautiful guitar he never actually plays is a Gibson J-200.)
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Mine was “I’ve Heard That Song Before” Harry James and His Orchestra with Helen Forrest
Does that mean I tend to repeat myself and trite opinions?
Patti Page, The Tennessee Waltz.
When my first child was born it was I Love Rock n Roll by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. I still love rock n roll.
commie.
My songs would be:
So Happy Together by the Turtles … Was #1 on the Billboard chart. But being Canadian, the #1 on the Canadian Charts was:
Penny Lane by The Beatles.
December 30, 1960 (Eisenhower was President with Kennedy President elect)
I got an Elvis too …. “Are You Lonesome Tonight?”
Which supplanted the previous #1 “Stay” by Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs …. which is a song I like better …
Oh the shark, babe, has such teeth dear
I’m beginning to envy people with decent music. Working up the courage to post mine.
Maybe after somebody admits to “They’re Coming to Take Me Away (Ha, Ha).”
I lived in Canada from June of 66 to September of 77. Someone put up a post about earworms the other day, and like many I’m prone to singing a line or two when a song pops into my head. Only problem is that most people down here have never heard of Trooper, April Wine, or Chilliwack.
Shoot, I even drop a line from Brave Belt on occasion. Never heard of Brave Belt? They changed the name of their group in 1973 to Bachman Turner Overdrive.
I was born in 1938, two years before the Billboard #1s began.
But “Thanks for the Memory,” sung by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross, won the Academy award for Best Original Song in 1938. It’s been sung by many singers through the years (with varying lyrics), so most of you probably know it.
It’s a beautiful song with an important place in the film. Hope and Ross’s characters, who were divorced years back, meet up unexpectedly on board a transatlantic ship. They sing “Thanks for the Memory” to one another. Those memories touch one another so deeply that they decide to get together again.
I’d place the song right here but I don’t know how. Perhaps one of you can tell me how and I’ll come back and place it. (Never mind. The always helpful Arahant placed the song for me a few responses below.)
*Raises paw*
Apologies – I thought it was you but was too lazy to go look it up! ;-)
You just take the URL from youtube and put it on it’s own separate line.
Mine is
Never heard of it, lol.
🤦♂️
That is a great version, @kentforrester:
Ummmm, the game is to name the song that was number 1 when you were born, not when you graduated from college.
What? Oops… never mind.
Hmmn, what would that be for me…
eh, never mind.
Here’s mine – St. George and the Dragonet by Stan Freberg 1953. Not bad I suppose.
Heartaches. That explains so much ….
Thanks, Ara, for posting the song for me. I still don’t know how to post a song.
Let me make you feel better:
Hey, that’s a good one!
Yeah, I was scratching my head – I really like that song!
I really like “Sweet Dreams,” especially the electronic music in the background.
Well, that’s weird. My dad sang this song all the time:
Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)
I’m positive my dad was 100% unaware it was #1 on the day I was born. Just as I’m positive he couldn’t have rattled off my birthday, let alone birth year, on a bet.
So it couldn’t be the result of human intervention; it must be that musical astrology thing. PROOF!
Patti Page doing “Tennessee Waltz” – Number One Hit from Dec 24 through til mid Feb 1952
I had no idea that song was big then; I thought it was from the forties. My dad used to sing that song when he took over the basement bathroom to get ready for an evening out with my mom. He’d sing a verse, shave a bit, sing another verse…
In the US–Rosemary Clooney, Hey There
In the UK, where I was born, an Academy Award winner–Frank Sinatra, Three Coins in the Fountain