quade 4 #26 January 5, 2012 QuoteThe everyhit.com site is for UK Top 40 hits, so that is probably why some people are coming up with some weird songs. I found this site that has US hits: www.joshhosler.biz/numberoneinhistory UK Song Eye Level US Song Half Breed Yeah, for sure the UK charts are pretty F'ed up. Partyly due to different tastes, but also because the UK had state sponsored radio and censored music.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monkycndo 0 #27 January 5, 2012 Quote Yeah, for sure the UK charts are pretty F'ed up. Partyly due to different tastes, but also because the UK had state sponsored radio and censored music. Yup. Hell, they actually listed to the Beatles and the Stones of god sakes.50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
headoverheels 333 #28 January 5, 2012 Born when this was number 1 (U.S.) Perry Como - Wanted http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvvHe5-7vO0 Conceived when this was number 1: Vaya con Dios (May God Be with You) Les Paul & Mary Ford http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqZ0Sdz_V40 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #29 January 5, 2012 Quote It occurs to me what this game really ought to be is to look up the song that is your birthday minus nine months so you can figure out what song your parents might have been boinkin' to. Well if you want to go to that trouble..... 38 weeks before my birthday...My Dad had just rotated back from Korea after wound #3got him outta there in late JuneStill Nat King Cole#1 on Billboard in the US S #1 On The UK Site everyone is bitching about... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #30 January 5, 2012 perfect for me : On 27th Apr 1972 ... The Number 1 single was: The Pipes & Drums & Military Band of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards - "Amazing Grace" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRP42mCDBIA The Number 1 album was: Deep Purple - "Machine Head" MACHINE HEAD And 9 months before that, my parents might have conceived me listening to : On 27th Jul 1971 ... The Number 1 single was: T.Rex - "Get It On" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19IqwU3itFk scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
femTo 0 #31 January 5, 2012 On 14th Jul 1984 ... The Number 1 single was: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - "Two Tribes" For Number 1 single over the subsequent years http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic0tVFYvRZ0 The Number 1 album was: Bob Marley & The Wailers - "Legend - The Best Of Bob Marley & The Wailers" For Number 1 album over the subsequent years http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvR3qETVvKc i'm okay with that x) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #32 January 5, 2012 Quote On 14th Jul 1984 ... The Number 1 single was: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - "Two Tribes" For Number 1 single over the subsequent years http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic0tVFYvRZ0 i'm okay with that x) Dammit, I remember watching them on Top of the Pops....scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rifleman 70 #33 January 5, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23ZG6HJVKuQ Cliff Richard - CongratulationsAtheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JackC1 0 #34 January 5, 2012 Quote the UK had state sponsored radio and censored music. Not true. It's all down to an abysmal taste in music. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #35 January 5, 2012 Quote1) Find out the song that was #1 the week you were born.http://everyhit.com/dates/ 2) Find that song on YouTube. 3) Post that video here without shame. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy_JRGjc1To I call BS. We all know that "Alexander's Ragtime Band" was the number one song the year you were born!--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #36 January 5, 2012 Sandi Shaw, "Long Live Love". Never heard of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBYmsvdv47o She's singing about love; would it have killed her to smile a little? She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #37 January 5, 2012 QuoteIt occurs to me what this game really ought to be is to look up the song that is your birthday minus nine months so you can figure out what song your parents might have been boinkin' to. La, la, la, la...I don't want to know that!She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #38 January 5, 2012 The day that the rains came down .... Love was born!! (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #39 January 5, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=qklmcYa1PhM Frankie Lane... I Believe The same song as the One for Peter Draper..."I believe" THAT puts me in GOOD company ...jmy edited to Add... Hey !! i just successfully posted a url link.. for the pre-second time here... wow.. How tech savvy ?? can I GET????? i'm gonna go get a BEER!!!!!! right Now !!... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #40 January 5, 2012 "Oh What It Seemed To Be" by: Frankie Carle Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikempb 0 #41 January 5, 2012 Middle Of The Road - "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep wow never heard that one, I'll have to take a listen to it sometime... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DiverMike 5 #42 January 5, 2012 QuoteSandi Shaw, "Long Live Love". Never heard of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBYmsvdv47o She's singing about love; would it have killed her to smile a little? You are right- it looks like she is singing at a funeral. That was #1 in England - maybe you can get a better #1 U.S. Song. For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DiverMike 5 #43 January 5, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9H_cI_WCnE One-eyed, one-horned flyin' purple people eater For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #44 January 5, 2012 Quoteit's what was popular in the U.K. Exactly. What about real music? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingbunky 3 #45 January 5, 2012 Needles and Pins - the Searchers Billboard says it was "I wanna hold your hand" though, so ymmv."Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #46 January 5, 2012 http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=8eA65O0oFLMYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
missbrz 0 #47 January 5, 2012 I thought it was going to be classic '80s but I get a Beatles cover. Not bad! Wet Wet Wet / Billy Bragg - "With A Little Help From My Friends / She's Leaving Home" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLdHbKP8Q5U Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #48 January 5, 2012 Eve Young & The Homesteaders - "Silver Dollar (Roll, Roll, Roll)" In the US - The Weavers "Goodnight Irene" (not a bad cover but I like the original by Lead Belly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyMarko 1 #49 January 5, 2012 Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #50 January 5, 2012 The Number 1 single was: Dinah Shore � Evelyn Knight - "Buttons And Bows" The Number 1 album was: Nothing - "The album chart did not begin until the end of July 1956" My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
