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08 October 2005

What song was topping the charts when you were born?

post by: Edible Energy at: 22:19 | 25 comments

Pass the Dutchie - Musical Youth (UK)
hmm, wonder what that says about me...

posted by Edible Energy 08 October | 22:20

ahem. I meant Pass the Dutchie - Musical Youth

posted by Edible Energy 08 October | 22:27

Considering that site wants money from me before it tells me, I guess I will never know.

posted by weretable and the undead chairs 08 October | 22:39

Hey, I finally got it to work. night fever - bee gees. blah.

posted by weretable and the undead chairs 08 October | 22:42

but in the u.k. it was wuthering heights by kate bush. MUCH better. *moves overseas*

posted by weretable and the undead chairs 08 October | 22:43

Sept. 30, 1955...
U.S.: Ain't That a Shame by Pat Boone
U.K.: Rose Marie by Slim Whitman

I AM NOT KIDDING.

No wonder James Dean drove his car into a telephone pole... he probably had the radio on.

posted by wendell 08 October | 22:54

Yeah, click "Birthday No. 1" on the top horizontal bar if it asks for a login.

posted by Edible Energy 08 October | 23:00

Hanky Panky by Tommy James & The Shondells in the States and Sunny Afternoon by The Kinks in the UK.

posted by Slack-a-gogo 08 October | 23:10

US: Love Machine (part 1) - The Miracles
UK: I Love To Love - Tina Charles

They're both about love!

(And I don't think I've ever heard either of them.)

posted by interrobang 08 October | 23:20

01/01/62 The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens Love it!

posted by arse_hat 08 October | 23:24

Brand New Key by Melanie.

posted by jrossi4r 09 October | 00:01

"Killing Me Softly With His Song," Roberta Flack

According to the almighty Google. It's not like I'd remember.

posted by teece 09 October | 00:06

UK - Don't You Want Me - The Human League

US - Physical - Olivia Newton-John

*weeps quietly*

posted by kalimac 09 October | 00:13

US: Happy Together, The Turtles
UK: Release Me, Engelbert Humperdinck

When I'm infatuated, which isn't often, I really do break out into mental song, "I can't see me lovin' nobody but you..."

(Ba ba ba baaaaa....)

posted by go dog go 09 October | 00:32

*weeps quietly for kalimac*

posted by arse_hat 09 October | 01:36

US: "I'm Leaving It Up To You", Dale & Grace (who?)
UK: "She Loves You", The Beatles (ooh!)

Frames suck. Here's a direct link to the birthday widget.

posted by stilicho 09 October | 02:31

uk: Sugar Baby Love - The Rubettes
us: The Streak - Ray Stevens

posted by ramix 09 October | 02:50

Jive Talkin’ - The Bee Gees

How I hate that song, along everything else the Beegees ever made.

Luckily, we didn't have a radio in the house until many years later.

posted by nomis 09 October | 03:29

Let’s Get It On - Marvin Gaye

awwwww yeah

posted by thatweirdguy2 09 October | 04:20

Mine is very bad.

UK: Sailing - Rod Stewart
US: Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell

posted by gaspode 09 October | 10:15

Love Theme from 'A Star Is Born' (Evergreen) - Barbara Streisand.

How inauspicious.

posted by killdevil 09 October | 10:21

a Lorne Greene novelty hit called Ringo for the US, and Little Red Rooster by The Rolling Stones for UK

posted by amberglow 09 October | 10:23

US: Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
UK: Green Green Grass of Home - Tom Jones
Theme song: Out of Touch - Hall & Oates

My theme songs explains everything.

posted by deborah 09 October | 13:15

Here in the US of A, it was I'll Take You There, by the Staple Singers. Over in the U of K, it was T. Rex's Metal Guru.

posted by Hugh Janus 09 October | 15:39

UK - You don't know - Helen Shapiro. Never heard of it/her.
US - Tossin' and Turning' - Bobby Lewis. Never heard of it/him.
Theme song - I don't like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats. Very good.

posted by dg 09 October | 19:48

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