# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/81 "2006-03-08T05:21:26Z")
“The Third Man” theme by Anton Karas. Nice to know; great tune. ---
**Author:** ![Coin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Coin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coin)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/82 "2006-03-08T05:23:48Z")
In my case: Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes. If I`d been born a year earlier it could have been “Le Freak.” ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/83 "2006-03-08T05:50:12Z")
January 29, 1972. “American Pie” by Don McLean And, of course, I despise it. Blech. ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/84 "2006-03-08T06:15:40Z")
> [@Wile E](#): > > 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. More Riddle info here: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson\_Riddle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Riddle) He did all of the music on The Red Skelton Show and was a well respected arranger/composer. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/85 "2006-03-08T06:47:47Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > “Honey” by Bobby Goldsboro. > > Don’t think I know that one. You have my deepest sympathy. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/86 "2006-03-08T07:21:01Z")
“Ugh, Ugh, My Heart” by Cronk and the Cavement, 12,000 BC. 🙂 Actually “Cold, Cold Heart” by Tony Bennett. (1951) But people saying they were born when Angie was #1 makes me feel old. I was in grad school then, and people yelled it out at a Paul Simon concert I went to. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/87 "2006-03-08T07:25:38Z")
> [@Least Original User Name Ever](#): > > “bette davis eyes” by kim carnes… > > …now what in the hell is that? i’ve never even HEARD of that song… > > oh, may 11th, 1981, by the way You can hear a snippet of it [here](http://music.yahoo.com/ar-296848---Kim-Carnes) on Launch. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/88 "2006-03-08T07:28:32Z")
Ah, and Black & White by Three Dog Night. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/89 "2006-03-08T07:33:43Z")
1967 … “Hello Goodbye” by The Beatles no real relevance I can think of, but a nice little tune New Years Eve ftw! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/90 "2006-03-08T07:36:06Z")
“Till the End of Time” by Perry Como ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/91 "2006-03-08T07:44:11Z")
Er, September 1972 for my birth btw as well. ---
**Author:** ![Tinkertoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/92 "2006-03-08T07:55:40Z")
“Mack the Knife” by Bobby Darin 11-29-58 > [@elfkin477](#): > > 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. I think that’s the only song he put out if you hear it you’ll know why. He was Hutch of the original “Starsky And Hutch” not in any way related to that stupid movie. Also he starred on a show called “Here comes the Brides (I think)” with Bobby Sherman. No I won’t explain who Bobby Sherman is and stay off my lawn. damn kids ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/93 "2006-03-08T08:36:40Z")
“Joy to the World” by Three Dog Night mmm, suitable for the grand occasion of Our birth, yesss! ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/94 "2006-03-08T09:18:20Z")
“Pony Time” by Chubby Checker. It’s worth noting that I don’t recognize any of the songs on my list after 1998. I’m becoming a geezer. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/95 "2006-03-08T09:58:06Z")
Finally. A thread where I know the lyrics and the songs! I think I know everyone’s song except mine: **“Comin’ In on a Wing and a Prayer”** by The Song Spinners Sounds appropriate for a birth – just not mine. I was breach-born. (July 14, 1943) I prefer to think of it as between “Opus One” and “String of Pearls.” [bJXJohns\*\*, if I remember correctly, “Get Back” was the last song performed together in public by the Beatles – (rooftop concert at Apple studio). I’m sure they meant nothing personal. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/96 "2006-03-08T10:35:01Z")
Maneater 1/1/83 ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/97 "2006-03-08T11:20:27Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > “Honey” by Bobby Goldsboro. > > Don’t think I know that one. A mawkish, manipulative tear-jerker, which was pretty much BG’s stock in trade. If ever you want a song to be sad by, and can listen with a straight face, that’ll do the trick. I never quite figured out what Honey died of, though. Mine was “Cathy’s Clown” by The Everly Brothers, though I’d sooner have had the UK chart info myself. 31st May 1960. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/98 "2006-03-08T12:06:46Z")
“Cathy’s Clown” by the Everly Brothers. (June 18, 1960) ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/99 "2006-03-08T12:09:01Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Mine was “Cathy’s Clown” by The Everly Brothers, though I’d sooner have had the UK chart info myself. 31st May 1960. :eek: I posted MY song before reading to the end of the thread… now what are the chances of having _2_ have the same song back to back like this, totally by accident? I think I hear the Twilight Zone theme, softly in the background… ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/100 "2006-03-08T12:25:29Z")
“The Doggie in the Window” by Patti Page May 9, 1953 Arf arf! I can’t believe I finally came into a thread where I’ve known every single song! 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438.md?page=6)