# What tune was number one the day you were born? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 7, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438 "2006-03-07T22:23:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/61 "2006-03-08T02:06:32Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > 1956 was only 50 years ago. I was born in '46, and I’ll be 60. I realized my error. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/62 "2006-03-08T02:11:19Z")
> [@Odinoneeye](#): > > So Lady Fried and I were born on the same day… > > or did that song hit #1 twice? _Daydream Believer_ reached #1 on the Billboard charts the week ending 12/2/67. It stayed there for 4 weeks, being knocked off at the end of the month (week ending 12/30) by The Beatles’ _Hello Goodbye_. Presumably, both you and **Lady Fried** were born sometime in December of 1967. ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/63 "2006-03-08T02:14:04Z")
For 10-14-1973: “Angie” by the Rolling Stones. Cool band. I’ve never heard this song, though. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/64 "2006-03-08T02:16:43Z")
_Go on, get out, get out of my life And let me sleep at night ‘Cause you don’t really love me You just keep me hangin’ on…_ “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” The Supremes 11/18/66 (Holland-Dozier-Holland) I knew Lamont Dozier’s son fairly well in high school. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/65 "2006-03-08T02:29:21Z")
Well, it’s a George Harrison song, which means it sucks because I was born in 1988. However, I’ve never heard it. It’s called “Got My Mind Set on You.” Blegh. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/66 "2006-03-08T02:29:55Z")
“I Want To Know What Love Is”, by Journey 1/29/85 ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/67 "2006-03-08T02:43:47Z")
psssst: That was Foreigner, not Journey. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/68 "2006-03-08T04:12:01Z")
Ugh, “Rock with You” by Michael Jackson ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/69 "2006-03-08T04:19:14Z")
Some of these songs are pretty cool … and some are horrifying. I got “Cathy’s Clown” by the Everly Brothers, at least I’m grateful not to have been born during the Disco era. carnivorousplant, I am slightly younger than you but I know that Nelson Riddle is an arranger/composer, best known (to me) for his score of the TV show Batman. I remember his name from the credits. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/70 "2006-03-08T04:22:44Z")
Sir Duke, Stevie Wonder. (5/28/77) Why have I never heard this one… hmmm… doesn’t ring a bell… ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/71 "2006-03-08T04:23:01Z")
“I Write the Songs” by Barry Manilow (January 14th, 1976) Never heard of it. ---
**Author:** ![JXJohns](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jxjohns/32/469_2.png) [@JXJohns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JXJohns)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/72 "2006-03-08T04:26:44Z")
1969 … “Get Back” by The Beatles (5/23/69) ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/73 "2006-03-08T04:26:59Z")
Aw, jeez. June 7, 1978 - **John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John** , _You’re The One That I Want_ :smack: ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/74 "2006-03-08T04:36:19Z")
April 10th, 1977. According to the link in the OP it was “Don’t Give Up on Us” by David Soul. I have no idea what this song is, and have never heard of David Soul for that matter. Unlike almost all the other 70s songs in this thread. How come something good like “Angie” wasn’t popular when I was born? Or even that Barry Manilow song, at least I know that one. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/75 "2006-03-08T05:05:13Z")
“Sherry” by The Four Seasons. October 6, 1962. (WTF?!?!) ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/76 "2006-03-08T05:14:21Z")
> [@congodwarf](#): > > Ugh, “Rock with You” by Michael Jackson aw! how come everyone else gets “beat it” or “rock with you”? dammit! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/77 "2006-03-08T05:15:29Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > Aw, jeez. > > June 7, 1978 - **John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John** , _You’re The One That I Want_ > > :smack: (insert a little nelson muntz) ha ha! (and let’s not talk about where i’m inserting my muntz, please) ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/78 "2006-03-08T05:16:48Z")
“Windy” by the Association ---
**Author:** ![Whifton\_Polekitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/97f17d/32.png) [@Whifton\_Polekitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whifton_Polekitty)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/79 "2006-03-08T05:16:56Z")
Lesseeee… March… 4th… 197 :eek: “Seasons in the Sun” by Terry Jacks :eek: (Actually, I kinda like the song, but I don’t thikn I know anyone else that would admit to that). ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/80 "2006-03-08T05:19:30Z")
“Memories Are Made of This” by Dean Martin 01/08/56 It’s not Elvis (who has the same birthday) but old Deano isn’t so bad. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438.md?page=5)