# What song was #1 on the day you were born **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 4, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/458820 "2008-08-04T17:21:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/458820/101 "2008-08-05T22:20:02Z")
“Hold Me Close” by David Essex (UK) “Bad Blood” by Neil Sedaka (US) “I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do” by Abba (Oz) Quite the mix I have there. ---
**Author:** ![schnuckiputzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@schnuckiputzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schnuckiputzi)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/458820/102 "2008-08-05T22:44:47Z")
“The Singing Nun” by Dominique 😕 Never heard of either one. And they blew it – married 20 years, three kids ---
**Author:** ![rikc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c57346/32.png) [@rikc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rikc)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/458820/103 "2008-08-05T22:47:48Z")
Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You was apparently taking over the world on my birthday, except for Australia, who was really into George Michael at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/458820/104 "2008-08-05T22:49:16Z")
I don’t remember what song was #1 the day I was born. I was screaming too loud to hear over the Muzak in the nursery, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/458820/105 "2008-08-05T22:54:02Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] I wonder if it’s theoretically possible for a grandmother and grandchild to have been born while the same singer had number 1 hits. Figure the hits would have to be at least 35- preferably more- years apart. Tony Bennett or Frank Sinatra would probably be the most likely contenders for the singer. [/QUOTE] Cher had a #1 in 1965 (“I Got You Babe,” with Sonny) and in 1998 (“Believe”), which is 33 years. Wikipedia says it’s the longest span of #1 hits, for what it’s worth. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/458820/106 "2008-08-05T23:26:43Z")
Memories Are Made Of This - Dean Martin 1956 I don’t think I’ve ever heard it. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/458820/107 "2008-08-05T23:27:55Z")
Oh, that was in the US. 'Cause that’s where I was. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/458820/108 "2008-08-06T01:54:03Z")
Many times a-tryin’: USA :“Not Available”, hmm, guess that was The Day the Music Died, in LA, CA… UK: “Little Sister” by Elvis AUS: “Goodbye Cruel World” James Darren So,on with the conception date, right hopeful of an passionate spark that set my zygoty goodness a-happening: US: “Calcutta”, Lawrence Welk Uh, please bleach my brain from that mattress heaving image. Though, I did find [this terrific early Welk video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heFNDe0yk7U) ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/458820/109 "2008-08-06T02:18:46Z")
**Sampiro** , here’s the [finest](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16Qfh0bhuZM&feature=related#) YouTube version of yer birthsong. Haunting, ain’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/458820/110 "2008-08-06T02:31:26Z")
Hmmm… Welcome Back - John Sebastian (US) Fernando - ABBA (UK and AUS) Clearly this means that I am the reincarnated soul of someone named Fernando. Karma’s a bitch. ---
**Author:** ![St.Urho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@St.Urho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Urho)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/458820/111 "2008-08-06T03:22:29Z")
US- Queen- Crazy Little Thing Called Love UK- Kenny Rogers- Coward of the County 😕 AUS- KC & The Sunshine Band- Please Don’t Go ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/458820/112 "2008-08-06T04:09:23Z")
In the UK: _No Other Love_ by **Ronnie Hilton**. I’ve not had the privilege of hearing this one. In Australia: _Mack the Knife_ by **Louis Armstrong**. A good cover, but I _really_ dig Ella Fitzgerald’s version from Berlin. In the USA: _Hot Diggity_ by **Perry Como**. In an astounding coincidence, I have this song on my personalized disk of karaoke tracks, because my daughter loves it so much. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/458820/113 "2008-08-06T04:13:58Z")
[QUOTE=Yllaria] Memories Are Made Of This - Dean Martin 1956 I don’t think I’ve ever heard it. [/QUOTE] [Now you have no excuses.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MWN_duZfIs) It’s a really clean copy, too. Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/458820/114 "2008-08-06T04:19:21Z")
[QUOTE=schnuckiputzi] “The Singing Nun” by Dominique 😕 Never heard of either one. And they blew it – married 20 years, three kids [/QUOTE] It’s the other way around, actually. [_Dominique_, by the Singing Nun.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUzY-W2klT4) This appears to be excerpted from a documentary. FF to 1:41, if you wish. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/458820/115 "2008-08-06T04:32:08Z")
Thanks for the fun link **Spiritinthesky**! [QUOTE=Morbo] US: “Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself Again” - Sly and the Family Stone. That’s amusingly appropriate for me. [/QUOTE] Did they really spell it that way? Because the original Sly song is titled “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)” ([cite](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_You_(Falettinme_Be_Mice_Elf_Agin))). I owned the single and it was backed with “Everybody Is A Star.” For me: US: “Don’t Be Cruel/Hound Dog” - Elvis Presley UK: “Que Sera Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be)” by Doris Day Oz: “Moonglow – Theme From Picnic” – Morris Stoloff I feel old too. Most of the ones people are saying they never heard of, I can start humming in my head when I see the title. [QUOTE=SaharaTea] “Wuthering Heights” - Kate Bush (UK) [/QUOTE] You win. That’s very cool. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/458820/116 "2008-08-06T04:40:00Z")
[QUOTE=Frostillicus] \*\*Bird Dog \*\* by \*\*the Everly Brothers \*\* (yes, I’m old.) Never heard of it. [/QUOTE] [Now you have.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb-4cmjTA1s) ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/458820/117 "2008-08-06T05:44:24Z")
_Music, Music, Music_ by Teresa Brewer in US and UK Too far back for AUS Lame. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/458820/118 "2008-08-06T19:09:31Z")
[QUOTE=Equipoise] Did they really spell it that way? Because the original Sly song is titled “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)” [/QUOTE] Actually, they spelled it the way you did. I just thought the website was being silly; turns out it was Sly being silly. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/458820/119 "2008-08-06T20:33:32Z")
Songs were unknown when I was born. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/458820/120 "2008-08-06T20:38:20Z")
[QUOTE=Gymnopithys] Songs were unknown when I was born. [/QUOTE] \In a time when spoken-word poetry albums ruled the Earth…\ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/458820.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-1-on-the-day-you-were-born/458820.md?page=7)