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 What song was number 1 on the day you was born?
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Wicked Neo
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:36 am

so what song was number 1 in the uk pop charts and the us pop charts on the day you was born?

click me


mine -

UK - Where Do You Go To My Lovely - Peter Sarstedt
US - Dizzy - Tommy Roe
Dan
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:53 am

UK: I Owe You Nothing - Bros
US: Dirty Diana - Michael Jackson
JB
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 10:00 am

lol bros!!!

mine:

uk - Are Friends Electric? - Tubeway Army

us - Ring My Bell - Anita Ward

never heard of either!
Wicked Neo
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 10:06 am

i remember both of JB's lol

Tubeway Army had Gary Numan as thier lead singer
You must have heard of Gary Numan JB ?
andy 16v
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 12:28 pm

some classics there! Laughing

mine where; uk: relax, frankie goes to hollywood
us: karma chameleon, culture club lol
Chris H
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 12:29 pm

UK Candy Girl - New Edition (wrong it was spandau ballet and gold)

US Flashdance...What a Feeling - Irene Cara
Chris H
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 12:31 pm

oh and JB seriously! You know em to hear!

Gary Numan done some decent stuff. Cars for example.
Chris H
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 12:32 pm

Amber

UK Two Tribes - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

US When Doves Cry - Prince
donsrno1
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 12:40 pm

UK => Pump Up The Volume - MARRS

US => Didn’t We Almost Have It All - Whitney Houston
R1916S
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 1:30 pm

Don't think they had UK pop charts when I was born.
Wicked Neo
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 1:36 pm

R1916S";p="86557 wrote:

Don't think they had UK pop charts when I was born.


charts started in 1952
Chris H
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 1:37 pm

plenty young enough then!
Mad Pierre
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 1:42 pm

January - Pilot
R1916S
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 1:44 pm

Jerry Lee Lewis.
En 1956: première tournée professionnelle avec Johnny Cash.
Dès 1957-58 un succès phénoménal est au rendez-vous avec ses plus grands hits: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", "Great Balls of Fire", "Breathless", "High School Confidential". Les 2 premiers titres seront n°1 sur les Hits Parade Rock, mais aussi Country!

Elvis
Heartbreak Hotel/ 1 1956 I Was the One 19 1956 Blue Suede Shoes 20 1956 I Want You, I Need You, I Love You 1 1956 Don't Be Cruel/ 1 1956 Hound Dog 1 1956 Love Me Tender/ 1 1956 Anyway You Want Me (That's How I Will Be) 20 1956 When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again 19 1956

The Platters
"My Prayer" (1956) "The Great Pretender" (1956)

Thumbs Up!
midgetgem
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 2:21 pm

Check these quality tunes out,

uk- is there something I should know - Duran Duran

us- Billie Jean - Micheal Jackson Cool
Gentle Ben
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 3:40 pm

We've had a thread like this before and the UK No.1 on my birthday was Lionel Richie - Hello but the site Neo used reckons it's Duran Duran and The Reflex.

In the US the No.1 on my birthday was apparently Phil Collins - Against All Odds.
JB
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 12:46 am

I guess I would know it to hear them...Gary Nueman rings a bell....
Chris H
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 12:49 am

Gary Numans are friends electric was the tune for sugababes freak liek me.

Cars was the tune for armand van helden tune, cannae mind which.
Sic Puppy
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:29 am

UK: Super Trouper - Abba
US: Lady - Kenny Rogers
Doc
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:40 am

UK - Super Trouper - Abba
USA - Lady - Kenny Rogers


same as puppy.
Wicked Neo
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:04 am

Chris H";p="86598 wrote:

Gary Numans are friends electric was the tune for sugababes freak liek me.

Cars was the tune for armand van helden tune, cannae mind which.


Armand Van Helden - Coochie

Gary Numan also worked with an industrial group called Fear Factor on another remix of 'Cars'

and as a last note, William Shatner aka Captain Kirk also recorded a version of 'cars' lol
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