# UK no. 1 on the day you were born **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 5, 2000, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751 "2000-10-05T10:52:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/41 "2000-10-05T13:05:05Z")
Don’t feel too bad about “Stupid Cupid,” London . . . I got “Young Love” by Tab Hunter! I didn’t even know Tab Hunter ever made a record, let alone a No. 1! ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/42 "2000-10-05T13:06:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fierra \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Shadowfox \* > > \*\*The number one song in the U.K. on September 24, 1970, was “Band of Gold” by Freda Payne. > > > > errmmmm…I can honestly say that I have never heard of this song, or this artist, before in my life. > > > > \*\* > > ne neither, but it must have been no 1 for a long time - it is still listed for 27 October 1970 (my birthday). My mom & my father are pre singles charts! \*\* IIRC… “Since you’ve been gone… All that’s left is a Band of Gold; All that’s left of the dreams I hold Is a Band of Gold… And that night…on our honeymoon, We stayed…in sep’rate rooms” da da la la …something. :makes feeble motion towards the Geritol: _ulp_ …old ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/43 "2000-10-05T13:07:48Z")
**Shadowfox** and **fierra** , “Band of Gold” is a GREAT song! Belinda Carlisle covered it on her first album as well, and did a pretty fair job. As for me, I cannot believe that, in the country that gave us the Beatles, the #1 song on Nov. 27, 1969 was “Sugar, Sugar,” by the Archies. I have it better than my sister, though. On March 14, 1967, it was “Please Release Me” by Engelbert Humperdinck, which, IIRC, is the single that kept “Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane” from topping the charts. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/44 "2000-10-05T13:08:13Z")
Cumber, if you dont know that one, you must be young. I’d understand if you said the Supremes original version, but Phil? were you born in 1985 btw? ---
**Author:** ![dylan\_73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@dylan\_73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dylan_73)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/45 "2000-10-05T13:12:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*On the day my girlfriend was born: Cum On Feel The Noize by Slade. My word, there was a LOT of crap music back in 1973! \*\* Erm, 17/3/73: Cum on Feel the Noize by Slade. Either they were No1 for ages, or I’m similar in age to Coldfire’s GF. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/46 "2000-10-05T13:14:48Z")
Strawberry Fields/Penny lane sold just under twice what Englebert sold. Back in those days a Double a side was regarded as 2 seperate singles. It would also have been the beatles 13th No. 1 in a row. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Westlife. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/47 "2000-10-05T13:16:23Z")
You’re a full week older than my girl, Dylan 😉 Which means that those talentless bastards topped the charts for TWO weeks! Damn! ---
**Author:** ![Cumber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5ac83/32.png) [@Cumber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumber)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/48 "2000-10-05T13:19:30Z")
I’m 17 (so born 1983). And not much of a music person, so I fully expected to have never heard of whatever my song was. 🙂 P.S. I’m a dragon, not a cucumber. Maybe I should make that my sig. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/49 "2000-10-05T13:23:00Z")
It’s All in The Game by Tommy Edwards. Never heard of it! My son’s is No Limit by 2unlimited. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/50 "2000-10-05T13:23:55Z")
hate to scare you Coldy, but I think that was no one for a good bit longer than 2 weeks! (4 actually… scary. I really need to stop looking up these things…) ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/51 "2000-10-05T13:26:55Z")
A Whiter Shade Of Pale by Procul Harem was the topper on my b’day in the summer of 1967. ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/52 "2000-10-05T13:34:20Z")
“Mack the Knife” by Bobby Darin ::snaps fingers:: “Band of Gold”…I love this song! ---
**Author:** ![stofsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@stofsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stofsky)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/53 "2000-10-05T13:38:12Z")
November 19, 1968. “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” by Hugh Montenegro and his Orchestra. I’m not sure how to take that 🙂 However, that one is Eastwood at his coolest–much more badassed than Dirty Harry. ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/54 "2000-10-05T13:42:56Z")
August 17, 1971: “Get It On,” T. Rex! Woo! ---
**Author:** ![Kepi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kepi/32/7251_2.png) [@Kepi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kepi)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/55 "2000-10-05T13:44:18Z")
November 27, 1964 - “Baby Love” by the Supremes ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/56 "2000-10-05T13:46:16Z")
_Band of Gold_ by Freda Payne. Sounds vaguely familiar, but can’t really place (or hum) it. ---
**Author:** ![dylan\_73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@dylan\_73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dylan_73)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/57 "2000-10-05T13:46:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*You’re a full week older than my girl, Dylan 😉 > > Which means that those talentless bastards topped the charts for TWO weeks! Damn! \*\* Oh well, I’m still doing better than my sister. She had “Grandad” by Clive Dunn…I don’t think I could take the shame of that one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/58 "2000-10-05T13:47:52Z")
Rysdad, You said 'Originally posted by glee: ‘I believe’ by Frankie Laine. I believe I’m old… And I believe we’re the same age.’ Howdy partner - do you remember black and white TV?! Also, how about that poster Globe-trotter (says he’s old with a birthday of 1967) - hah! just a newbie 😃 . So how do you find out how old someone is from their record? I suspect London\_Calling is our generation (from Connie Francis) but how do I prove it? ---
**Author:** ![Yossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de0a6/32.png) [@Yossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yossarian)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/59 "2000-10-05T14:02:29Z")
George Harrison’s _ **My Sweet Lord** _. So, if anyone out there was born the day that _He’s so fine_ was #1, I apologize for plagarizing your birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Aglarond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@Aglarond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aglarond)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/60 "2000-10-05T14:13:37Z")
Summer Nights by John Travolta And Olivia Newton John. I wonder what was top in the US? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751.md?page=4)