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wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Feb. 28 2010, 11:48 Elvis Presley - It's Now or Never was the no.1 song when I was born. What's yours? -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

larstangmark Group: Members Posts: 1759 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Feb. 28 2010, 13:41 Quote (wiga @ Feb. 28 2010, 11:48) Elvis Presley - It's Now or Never was the no.1 song when I was born. What's yours? "mama papa" by Cyan. I haven't heard it until now. It's an italian bubblegum act and it's not very good. BTW what charts did you mean? Being swedish, I checked the swedish chart archives. Do I sense a bit of UK-centrism?   -------------- "There are twelve people in the world, the rest are paste" Mark E Smith Back to top

Dirk Star Group: Members Posts: 1331 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Feb. 28 2010, 14:55 Somebody Help Me Spencer Davis Group I love the list of number one albums from the year I was born 1966..... 25 Dec(1965) Beatles Rubber Soul 19 Feb Original Soundtrack The Sound Of Music 30 Apr Rolling Stones Aftermath 25 Jun Original Soundtrack The Sound Of Music 13 Aug Beatles Revolver 01 Oct Original Soundtrack The Sound Of Music That`s your entire year right there folks,gotta` love that variation.The Sound Of Music was number one when I was born. The same process of repetition was kind of repeated in 1967,except The Rolling Stones were replaced by The Monkees. Anyway thanks to Lars I now know who     The Hep Stars were.The group Benny was in before Abba no less.I`m looking at the list here and they were right up there with The Beatles in terms of number one singles. Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Feb. 28 2010, 15:15     I thought this would be straight forward. Lars - the charts from where you were born, but if you don't like that Swedish song chose the British no.1 if you like. Dirk - how do you solve a problem like Maria? -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

Matt Group: Admins Posts: 1186 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: Feb. 28 2010, 15:24 Jings, I'd never thought of this before! Silence is golden for me -------------- "I say I say I say I say, what's got three bottles and five eyes and no legs and two wheels" Back to top

Scatterplot Group: Members Posts: 1980 Joined: Dec. 2007 Posted: Feb. 28 2010, 19:52 I Fall To Pieces, Patsy Cline, according to billboard. Sounds like I was born under a bad sign. -------------- We raise our voices in the night Crying to heaven And will our voices be heard Or will they break Like the wind Back to top

ex member 419 Group: Members Posts: 1177 Joined: April 2008 Posted: Feb. 28 2010, 22:29 Frank Ifield "I Remember You," mind you I only recall hearing it age one! Plenty of Beatles "Yesterday", and Elvis Presley. My daughter was born to the Pan Pipes. I hate them, really do. A midwife said they were calming! I said they were only pissing me off and felt like throwing something. She was born after an induced labour of 12 hrs. She was a serene little thing, but she hates pan pipes big time! Deb Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Mar. 01 2010, 09:45 Just had a look as i didn't know.20/01/75.Status Quo Down Down.Could be worse.Check out the rest of the year, 1975 18-Jan Status Quo Down Down 1 week 1975 25-Jan Tymes Ms Grace 1 week 1975 01-Feb Pilot January 3 weeks 1975 22-Feb Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) 2 weeks 1975 08-Mar Telly Savalas If 2 weeks 1975 22-Mar Bay City Rollers Bye Bye Baby 6 weeks 1975 03-May Mud Oh Boy 2 weeks 1975 17-May Tammy Wynette Stand By Your Man 3 weeks 1975 07-Jun Windsor Davies & Don Estelle Whispering Grass 3 weeks 1975 28-Jun 10 CC I'm Not In Love 2 weeks 1975 12-Jul Johnny Nash Tears On My Pillow 1 week 1975 19-Jul Bay City Rollers Give A Little Love 3 weeks 1975 09-Aug Typically Tropical Barbados 1 week 1975 16-Aug Stylistics Can't Give You Anything (But My Love) 3 weeks 1975 06-Sep Rod Stewart Sailing 4 weeks 1975 04-Oct David Essex Hold Me Close 3 weeks 1975 25-Oct Art Garfunkel I Only Have Eyes For You 2 weeks 1975 08-Nov David Bowie Space Oddity 2 weeks 1975 22-Nov Billy Connolly D.I.V.O.R.C.E. 1 week 1975 29-Nov Queen Bohemian Rhapsody 9 weeks Hey Dirk check out 07-June!Lovely boys lovely boys! -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

Dirk Star Group: Members Posts: 1331 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Mar. 01 2010, 10:22 Yeah I remember being on holiday in Great Yarmouth that summer and it was never off the radio... "I will not have gossip in this jungle"   Looking at that list Caveman I think 1975 may have been the first year I really started getting interested in music.Oddly enough though two of the records I most remember as having an early lasting impression were Space Oddity(which is in your list there) and John Lennon`s Imagine which were both re-issues. Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Mar. 01 2010, 11:05 Caveman - hey, there's 4 legends in there, Steve Harley - "Make me Smile", 10cc - "I'm not in Love", David Bowie - "Space Oddity" and Queen - "Bohemian Rapsody"! ....some rif raf as well.. Dirk - I've found your actual birth song (going by your profile) - Walker Brothers - "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore."   -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

Dirk Star Group: Members Posts: 1331 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Mar. 01 2010, 11:12 Ah Wiga you know me too well.Possibly the greatest opening line to a song ever. Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Mar. 01 2010, 11:23 ...Loneliness is a coat you wear The dark shade of blue is always there... Noooo - that doesn'r sound like you Dirk. -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

Dirk Star Group: Members Posts: 1331 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Mar. 01 2010, 12:03 I always thought it was "deep" shade of blue? Maybe I like "deep" better?Actualy for years I always thought Scott sang Loneliness is a crowded room,and then I realised I`d just sub-consciously cross-referenced that from another song.Which in fact I can`t remember what that song is now? No you`re right though I mis-read the list earlier.Spencer Davis did`nt get to number one till the 14th so Walker Brothers were still toppermost of the poppermost when I was born, you`re right. Scott Walker`s maybe one of the exceptions for your Eno thread Wiga.According to legend while working with Eno (during the 70`s) Walker wasn`t too thrilled with the results and ended up throwing the master tapes in the Thames.I think it probably is an "urban legend" really,but I know Eno did say he wasn`t in the best frame of mind at the time.Eno still speaks very highly of his work and influence though.And Walker himself did record a couple of albums that were very similar in style to Low/Heroes. Back to top

Dirk Star Group: Members Posts: 1331 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Mar. 01 2010, 12:06 Bloody hell man it`s Bryan Ferry again is`nt it,Dance Away.What a knacker! Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Mar. 01 2010, 18:46 End of december 1970... well, in Italy it was the omnipresent Lucio Battisti, with a weird half-melodic, half-rock song called "Fiori rosa, fiori di pesco". Internationally, it may have been either The Beatles ("Let It Be") or S&G ("Bridge over Troubled Water") - but I'm not really sure about this. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Mar. 02 2010, 04:46 Ugo - In Britain your birth song would be "I Hear You Knocking" - Dave Edmonds Anyone else want to know? - I've got the list . -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

Philippe Tavares Group: Members Posts: 1612 Joined: Feb. 2005 Posted: Mar. 02 2010, 06:17 In France on april 25 1967 it was a song of Johnny Halliday ( blurps !!!  ) .. Hey Joe ! ..of course the one of Jimi is the best version ! Try this ! http://www.kakophone.com/kakorama/EN/ Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Mar. 02 2010, 07:53 Tubular Tos - that's a useful site you've found there - makes the process a lot quicker, although it doesn't have the French charts. In Britain your birth song would be - "Kisses for Me" by Brotherhood of Man, from the Eurovision Song Contest. Wow, that is a special song for you . -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Mar. 02 2010, 08:49 Quote (Tubular Tos @ Mar. 02 2010, 06:17) In France on april 25 1967 it was a song of Johnny Halliday ( blurps !!!  ) .. Hey Joe ! ..of course the one of Jimi is the best version ! Try this ! http://www.kakophone.com/kakorama/EN/ Wierdly enough Jimi's first tour was with Johnny Halliday within a couple of weeks of him forming the JHE.Seen some pics from the Olympia stadium gig. -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

Holger Group: Members Posts: 1506 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: Mar. 27 2010, 19:52 I can't remember what song exactly, or what country the chart was of, but I remember having done this before, and the result was something by Space, which I thought was very cool.   Back to top

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