# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/61 "2000-10-05T14:24:03Z")
Well, I officially got the coolest hit so far! **Roy Orbison’s "Only the Lonely."** The only possibly cooler one would be his “In Dreams.” ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/62 "2000-10-05T14:29:26Z")
November 2, 1975: I Only Have Eyes For You by Art Garfunkel. ARGH!!! ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/63 "2000-10-05T14:35:16Z")
27/9/68: _Those Were The Days_ by Mary Hopkin. Missed out on Hey Jude by a week. That’d be because my father had a “Stamp out the Beatles” bumper sticker. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/64 "2000-10-05T14:35:50Z")
“FERNANDO” BY ABBA?!? Oh my God, noooo… Would one of the lucky bastards who got “Band of Gold” care to trade? ---
**Author:** ![struuter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@struuter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/struuter)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/65 "2000-10-05T14:51:41Z")
heeheehee. ‘Cinderella Rockefella’ by Esther and Abi Ofarim Can’t claim that I’ve ever heard it. I can only imagine… ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/66 "2000-10-05T15:04:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Globe-trotter \* > \*\*:eek: > > I’m officially ancient. > > The number 1 on the 5th October 1967 was The Last Waltz by Engelbert Humperdinck. > > Ewwwwwwwwwww! > > I need to rest now. \*\* Somehow Humperdink is sooooo appropriate for you on this day! Have a happy one oh ancient one in training 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/67 "2000-10-05T15:22:02Z")
Oooh, I like mine. Aug 11, 1965 - “Help” by The Beatles. It’s a sign, I’m sure of it. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/68 "2000-10-05T15:50:33Z")
Regarding “Band of Gold”, turn on your local golden oldies station and you’ll hear it within a couple of hours. It is one of the twelve song playlist they are all required by law to play. Along with “Me and Bobby McGee”, “Papa Was a Rolling Stone”, “Sittin on the Dock of the Bay”, and “Brandy.” For me it was “It’s Now or Never” by the King. ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/69 "2000-10-05T15:55:19Z")
“Coz I Luv You” by Slade. God help me! I was born under the sign of GlamRock!? ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/70 "2000-10-05T15:59:23Z")
Oh, Lord, Phil, tell you sister I feel her pain. “Please Release Me” by Engelbert Humperdinck was still topping the charts a month later when I came along- April 12, 1967. “Gone from the charts but not from our hearts…” Yea, right. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/71 "2000-10-05T15:59:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\*Well, I officially got the coolest hit so far! > > **Roy Orbison’s "Only the Lonely."** Pah! I got **Smokey Robinson’s "Tears of a Clown."** Beat that! ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/72 "2000-10-05T16:04:37Z")
Argh! ::preview preview preview:: BTW, ToddlerNym beat me. She got **“Chocolate Salty Balls (PS I Love You)” by Chef.** ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/73 "2000-10-05T16:08:43Z")
_Rock-A-Hula Baby/Can’t Help Falling In Love_ by **Elvis Presley** Ugh. I hate Elvis. (And all of his damnable impersonators.) ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/74 "2000-10-05T16:11:33Z")
Well, I share a birthdate with **Falcon** and my song with **pldennison** … 2 Nov 1969, “Sugar Sugar” by the Archies. Mrs. O, born 9 Oct 1960, gets “Tell Laura I Love Her” by Ricky Valance. And the Tzeroling, born 30 Aug 1993, gets “Mr. Vain” by Culture Beat. What the hell is this crap? Doomed by being born under spooty No. 1 songs. ---
**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, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/75 "2000-10-05T16:13:56Z")
uh-huh huh! _runs!!_ ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/76 "2000-10-05T17:57:24Z")
The number 1 on the 8th June 1954 was Secret Love by Doris Day :: singing :: “Once I had a secret lo-ove…” ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/77 "2000-10-05T19:14:48Z")
15th July 1964: “House Of The Rising Sun” by The Animals 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/78 "2000-10-06T01:40:24Z")
Well, I’m with UncaB on the Last Train to Memphis: Little Sister/His Latest Flame by Elvis Presley And UncaB, mebbe that explains why you were such a Hunka Hunka Burnin’ Love wearin’ that hula skirt at the last Chicago Dopefest. 😛 Uke; ya do have the coolest song so far in my book! ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/79 "2000-10-06T02:08:32Z")
Don’t Give Up On Us by David Soul was the top song in the UK when I was born. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-no-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/35751/80 "2000-10-06T02:10:41Z")
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