# 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:** 6
**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, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/101 "2006-03-08T12:33:52Z")
bah…you old people… stay on my lawn!! _shaking his fist_ ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/102 "2006-03-08T12:44:20Z")
A good one. . . “Let’s Stay Together” by Al Green ---
**Author:** ![Phantom\_Dennis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@Phantom\_Dennis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phantom_Dennis)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/103 "2006-03-08T13:12:52Z")
“Baby Come Back” by Player I don’t think I’m familiar with this song. I might recognize it if I heard it though. ---
**Author:** ![parthenokinesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/104 "2006-03-08T14:36:05Z")
The theme from _Shaft_! Whoo-hoo! I hear **Parthenokinesis** is one bad… ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/105 "2006-03-08T14:40:46Z")
> [@](#): > > I hear Parthenokinesis is one bad… Shut yo mouth! “Dock of the Bay” for me ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/106 "2006-03-08T15:14:17Z")
> [@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 Apparently being the #1 song for nine weeks and winning the Grammy for Record of the Year is no guarantee of musical immortality. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/107 "2006-03-08T15:24:11Z")
1960 - “Are You Lonesome Tonight” by Elvis Presley the song is truer now than ever. At least my birth-song is by the King. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/108 "2006-03-08T15:47:10Z")
> [@Wile E](#): > > 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. Actually I believe the theme song to TV’v Batman was composed by [Neal Hefti](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Hefti), Nelson Riddle orchestrated the music for some of the the background and for the 1960’s Batman movie, based on Hefti’s compositions. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/109 "2006-03-08T16:19:13Z")
Born “I Will Follow Him” by Little Peggy March (1963) But I doubt that my parents were getting it on to “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do” by Neil Sedaka when I was conceived. ---
**Author:** ![groo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecd19e/32.png) [@groo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/110 "2006-03-08T16:23:10Z")
H-e-e-e-e-y Baby! I wanna know-oh-oh If you’ll be my girl! I’ll take it. Much better than [shudder] And Honey I miss you, And I’m being good … [/shudder] So, is there any lucky doper born on (Friday) October 13, 1972? ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/111 "2006-03-08T16:59:48Z")
“Suspicious Minds” It also happens to be the only Elvis song on my iPod. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/112 "2006-03-08T17:18:43Z")
“Broken Wings” by Mr. Mister. That was Dec. 6th, 1985, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/113 "2006-03-08T17:24:27Z")
Love Me Tender ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/114 "2006-03-08T17:28:02Z")
“You Belong to Me” by Jo Stafford. Nevah hoid of it … ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/115 "2006-03-08T17:45:36Z")
“Flashdance (What A Feeling),” by Irene Cara (I was born in May of 1983). Thanks to VH1, I’ve actually heard of this song. And the one on my approximate conception date (early October 1982–I was a little early) was “Jack and Diane,” by John Mellencamp (it _says_ John Cougar). I also know that one. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/116 "2006-03-08T18:25:32Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > I never quite figured out what Honey died of, though. She didn’t _die_. She was traded to Anaheim. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/117 "2006-03-08T19:29:03Z")
I was going to say she was kidnapped by angels, but I like yours better. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/118 "2006-03-08T19:57:14Z")
Oh, btw, 05-16-1956, _Heartbreak Hotel_. **kaylasmom** is _The Song from Moulin Rouge_ (07-17-1953). And Michaela is _Tha Crossroads_ by Bone thugs-n-harmony (05-19-1996). Disneyland (07-17-1593) is _Rock Around the Clock_. How 'bout that? ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/119 "2006-03-08T21:09:22Z")
“(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” by The Rolling Stones (7/26/65) Good song, but sheesh. Talk about being born under a bad sign. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438/120 "2006-03-08T21:20:54Z")
I am happy to say I may have the coolest one yet. \*Respect \* Aretha Franklin 2 June, 67 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tune-was-number-one-the-day-you-were-born/347438.md?page=7)