October '65 for me as well.
US Top five in early September 1977:
1 3 I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING –•– Andy Gibb (RSO)-22 (4 weeks at #1) (1)
2 5 FLOAT ON –•– The Floaters (ABC)-11 (2)
3 1 BEST OF MY LOVE –•– The Emotions (Columbia)-15 (1)
4 4 HANDY MAN / BARTENDER’S BLUES –•– James Taylor (Columbia)-14 (4)
5 6 DON’T STOP –•– Fleetwood Mac (Warner Brothers)-11 (5)
Christ, no wonder I spent my youth studying Classical music.
(URL for this chart: https://weeklytop40.wordpress.com/1977/09/17/us-top-40-singles-week-ending-17th-september-1977/)
September 15, 1956
- My Prayer - Platters
- Don’t Be Cruel - Elvis Presley
- Whatever Will Be Will Be - Doris Day
- Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
- Canadian Sunset - Hugo Winterhalter
You can find all the Billboard charts by
googling in Google Books.
November 1, 1969
Suspicious Minds Elvis Presley
Wedding Bell Blues The 5th Dimension
Sugar, Sugar The Archies
I Can’t Get Next To You The Temptations
Baby It’s You Smith
I turned 12 in 1961. One song I remember liking very much: I’ve told every little star. Thanks for reminding me; I’ve not heard it for decades, still like it … downloading.
Checking the chart I see I got the year right, but that tune was only #74 on the year. The top 5 hits of 1961 were:
1 Bobby Lewis Tossin’ and Turnin’
2 Patsy Cline I Fall to Pieces
3 Highwaymen Michael (row the boat ashore)
4 Roy Orbison Cryin’
5 Del Shannon Runaway
I do remember all these hits except the Orbison.
ETA: I see I was ninja’ed by pohjonen for 1961, though he took one week; I took the year.
Week of October 9th 1981, New Zealand charts.
1 Joey Scarbury - Theme From “The Greatest American Hero” (Believe It Or Not)
2 Commodores - Lady (You Bring Me Up)
3 Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up
4 Billy Field - Bad Habits
5 Marty Balin - Hearts
I am not familiar with Marty Balin at all. Seems to be easy-listening garbage.
January 28, 1968.
1 Judy in Disguise-John Fred and the Playboy Band
2 Chain Of Fools-Aretha Franklin
3 Green Tambourine-Lemon Pipers
4 Woman,Woman-Gary Puckett & Union Gap
5 Bend Me,Shape Me-American Breed
I remember all of these, but not necessarily fondly.
Regards,
Shodan
May 1983:
1 BEAT IT –•– Michael Jackson
2 LET’S DANCE –•– David Bowie
3 JEOPARDY –•– The Greg Kihn Band
4 OVERKILL –•– Men At Work
5 SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE –•– Thomas Dolby
Mmm, I hate #1 with the fire of 1000 suns, like #2, have never even heard #3, like #4 a lot and fucking love #5. Not bad, overall.
Those were the top 5 when I was born.
These were the top 5 when I was 12:
US Top 40 Singles For The Week Ending July 23, 1994
1 I SWEAR –– All-4-One
2 STAY –– Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
3 REGULATE –– Warren G & Nate Dogg
4 ANY TIME, ANY PLACE / AND ON AND ON –– Janet Jackson
5 DON’T TURN AROUND –– Ace Of Base
Don’t remember the Janet Jackson song, but the rest I hated at the time. Now I particularly like Lisa Loeb and Warren G. Ace of Base and All-4-One still seem kinda cheesy, but not as terrible as I remember. I was a grunge kid around this time. My favorite band was Nirvana.
July 1981
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The One That You Love - Air Supply
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Jessie’s Girl - Rick Springfield
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Believe It Or Not (Theme From Greatest American Hero) - Joey Scarbury
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Elvira - Oak Ridge Boys
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I Don’t Need You - Kenny Rogers
Week of Aug. 13, 1983
- Every Breath You Take - The Police
- Sweet Dreams (are made of this) - Eurythmics
- She Works Hard for the Money - Donna Summer
- Maniac - Michael Sembello
- Is There Something I Should Know - Duran Duran
Meh.
Mid-March 1983
1 1 BILLIE JEAN –•– Michael Jackson (Epic)-9 (3 weeks at #1) (1)
2 2 SHAME ON THE MOON –•– Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (Capitol)-14 (2)
3 4 DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME –•– Culture Club (Virgin)-16 (3)
4 5 HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF –•– Duran Duran (Harvest)-13 (4)
5 6 BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG –•– The Pretenders (Sire)-15 (5)
I don’t look back at the pop culture of this time period fondly.
1960 for me. According to Billboard:
Position Artist Song Title
1 Percy Faith Theme From “A Summer Place”
2 Jim Reeves He’ll Have to Go
3 Everly Brothers Cathy’s Clown
4 Johnny Preston Running Bear
5 Mark Dinning Teen Angel
My 12th birthday, October 27, 1957 –
Top #5 songs in the USA
- Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
- Debbie Reynolds - Tammy
- Jimmie Rodgers - Honeycomb
- The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie
- Johnny Mathis - Chances Are
Looks like a transitional time from ballads to early rock. Oddly enough, even though I’m quite familiar with most of Elvis’s songs, I can’t really recall Jailhouse Rock. The other four, though, are instantly remembered. Go figure.
I turned twelve on December 27, 1972.
1 – “Me and Mrs. Jones” by Billy Paul
2 – “I Am Woman” by Helen Reddy
3 – “You Ought To Be With Me” by Al Green
4 – “Claire” by Gilbert O’Sullivan
5 – “It never Rains In Southern California” by Albert Hammond
I was 12 on August 2, 1974
- John Denver - Annie’s Song
- Roberta Flack - Feel Like Makin’ Love
- Paper Lace - The Night Chicago Died
- Elton John - Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me
- The Righteous Brothers - Rock And Roll Heaven
I don’t recall the Righteous Brothers song, although the lyrics look like fun.
August 2 1974 -
Aussie top 5
- Billy don’t be a hero - Paper Lace
- Evie (Part 1) - Stevie Wright
- The streak - Ray Stevens
- Would you lay with me in a field of stone - Judy Stone
- Slipstream - Sherbet
US top 5
- Annie’s song - John Denver
- Don’t let the sun go down on me - Elton John
- Feel like makin’ love - Roberta Flack
- Rikki, don’t lose that number - Steely Dan
- The night Chicago died - Paper Lace
Several favourites across those two lists!
If you’re like me and and turned 12 in Dec 1977 in the UK, you were in for a painful time
1 Wings Mull Of Kintyre / Girl’s School
2 Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band Floral Dance
3 Bee Gees How Deep Is Your Love
4 Ruby Winters I Will
5 Darts Daddy Cool
Hi, In my own thoughts since I was born during the 80’s, I remembered songs which are popular on my list are the following:
Arthur’s theme by Christopher Cross
Uptown girl by Billy Joel
Still by Lionel Ritchie
Don’t Let it End by Styx
Everybody Rules the World by Tears for Fears
True by Spandau Ballet
They are the songs that really make a hit in the Music Industry during my time.
Simon and Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water
Carpenters (They Long to Be) Close to You
Guess Who American Woman / No Sugar Tonight
B.J. Thomas Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head
Edwin Starr War
- And War was the first single I bought for myself, with my own money.