Number ones

[Athley]

What was number one in the charts the day you were born? Wondered if anyones names had been influenced by trends of that particular year.

Got to thinking about this earlier watching Top of the Pops 2.

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[spurslady]

This one netibiza

http://ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/html/lyrics/s/ swinging_on_a_star.txt

Swinging on a star

[beryllium]

bit of useless info spurslady Elkie Brooks used to come to our house as my dad was a lead guitarist back in those days and they used to session on.....

[spurslady]

oops I just read the lyrics, I remember the song was used as a theme tune for a programme a while back and I like the catchy tune and chorus.

[buzybee]

has to be Mairzy Doats, netibiza. Gotta make that a new slang word! next time newman comes on we defo call him a "MAIRZY DOATS"!! lol no disrespect newman (ahem)!

[-Zorro-]

Spurslady...that was cool when Bruce Willis was singing it in Hudson Hawk whilst robbing the Art Gallery

[spurslady]

Elkie Brooks is a good singer my mum and dad (when they were still together) used to play her LP and went to see her at the local Music Hall, No more the fool etc.

[buzybee]

ahh wat was that programme called that had that song in it???

[beryllium]

lol... that brought back memories for me then :-) do you know where they used to go? I remember dad playing at Ronnie Scotts but I was a very lickle girl then....

[curlyperm]

Elkie brookes used to live round the corner from us in Prestwich (nrth M/cr) her parents owned a piano bar in Manchester called Bookbinders (the family surname)
Sorry Athley not changing the thread, just a bit of useless information that might come up in a pub quizzzz .......: ( sorry x

[beryllium]

I'm beginning to wonder if I know you curly lol.... elephant and castle and Elkie Brooks???

[curlyperm]

ah ha!! you very well might : )

[Eve]

Grease - Summer Nights haha :)

Share a birthday with Martin Luther, Richard Burton, Roy Schneider, Tim Rice, George II, Screaming Lord Such, Eddie Irvine.

[Athley]

I don't mind anyone popping into threads I've started. Just glad everyone having a good time - makes a change from all the rows recently!!

xxx

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Thanks for everyones answers brilliant.

[spurslady]

Shrewsbury Music Hall - beryllium, she must have been on a tour. They even had Pete Doherty there recently with Babyshambles he got arrested afterwards the police raided his tour bus.

[whiskeysheri]

I like mine!

Band Aid - 'Do they know it's Christmas?'

[smudge]

Oh Jesus - mines:

Gracie Fields - Now is the Hour!

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

But I'm still into Bowie, U2 & The Kaiser Chiefs, etc!

[sophieb]

Mine is 'Two Little Boys' by Rolf Harris!

[Eve]

Shrewsbury Musical Hall, argh that brings back memories, did a couple of Shrewsbury Pantomines there in my singing and dancing days lol :)

[Lore]

zorro, you think you've got problems with mungo jerry?

mine was Chuck Berry - My Ding-a-Ling! :o/

no wonder I'm not right in the head!

[gasman]

Mine was Mary Hopkin - "Those Were the Days" same as unruliejulie It was number one from September 25th 1968 for 6 weeks acording to wilkpedia.