What was #1 on the day you were born

[hotmetal]

Get Back - The Beatles
Just as well I didn't try to follow their advice…

 

[Herbie]

Have you ever done this?

My number #1's are:
'You're So Vain' by Carly Simon in the US
'Long Haired Lover From Liverpool' by Little Jimmy Osmond in the UK
'Ben' by Michael Jackson in Australia

http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/birthdayno1

The wayward wind by Frank Ifield....24th Feb 1963

 

[Deleted member 1258]

The British chart hadn't started the year I was born, it started the following year, all we had was sheet music sales, the American number one was Eddy Howard - (It's No) Sin

 

[blade1889]

US - Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey by Mr & Mrs Macca. I have to admit I have never heard it
UK - I'm Still Waiting by Dana Ross

 

[rikki]

In Australia - Save the last dance for me - The Drifters

The On This Day sections says:-
3rd Sept 1970, Arthur Brown was arrested at the Palermo Pop '70 Festival in Italy, after he set fire to his helmet (during the performance of his hit 'Fire'), and stripped naked during his stage performance. The singer spent four days in solitary confinement before he was released.


Where's Fnaar?

 

[Theseus]

UK: The Young Ones - Cliff Richard and The Shadows
US & CAN: The Twist - Chubby Checker
AUS: Let There Be Drums - Sandy Nelson
GER: Tanze mit mir in den Morgen - Gerhard Wendland

 

[User482]

Fittingly, a novelty record.

Matchstalk Men & Matchstalk Cats & Dogs by Brian & Michael.

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

UK: Sugar Sugar - The Archies
US: Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley

Both shite.

 

[Gromit]

Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks

 

[Bill93]

mr blobby and janet jackson

 

[Toshiba Boy]

Do Wah Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann (UK)

Everybody Loves Somerbody - Dean Martin (US)

...feeling old now....

 

[CharlieB]

UK: the garden of eden - Frankie Vaughan and singing the blues - Guy Mitchell (only time in the UK two records have tied for number one)
US: singing the blues - Guy Mitchell

Living Doll - Cliff Richard and The Drifters
(I though Cliff sung with the Shadows ......)

off-topic footnote - the Shads were the Drifters until the US band of the same name became successful in the UK.

 

[paddy01]

UK - You To Me Are Everything - The Real Thing
US - Love Hangover - Diana Ross

And I grew up on a diet of my step dads Motown collection..

 

[Glow worm]

FIRE! By The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (25th August 1968). Says it all really - that song is completely bonkers.

 

[Eager2bSmaller]

I refuse to answer this on the grounds that it was Bay City Rollers with bye bye baby, DOh!