18.11.07

Number 1

Posted in Music, Self-indulgence at 2:48 am by alby

Oh nostalgia ain’t what it used to be.

Here you go. The productivity of insomnia at the weekend.

A list of the number 1′s in the UK singles chart on my birthday through the years as taken from the source of all truth aka Wikipedia.

1971 – Dave and Ansil Collins – Double Barrel
1972 – The Pipes & Drums & Military Band of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards – Amazing Grace
1973 – Dawn featuring Tony Orlando – Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree
1974 – ABBA – Waterloo
1975 – Mud – Oh Boy
1976 – ABBA – Fernando
1977 – Deniece Williams – Free
1978 – The Bee Gees – Night Fever
1979 – Art Garfunkel – Bright Eyes
1980 – Dexys Midnight Runners – Geno
1981 – Adam and the Ants – Stand and Deliver
1982 – Nicole – A Little Peace
1983 – Spandau Ballet – True
1984 – Duran Duran – The Reflex
1985 – Paul Hardcastle – 19
1986 – Spitting Image – The Chicken Song
1987 – Starship – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now
1988 – Fairground Attraction – Perfect
1989 – Kylie Minogue – Hand on Your Heart
1990 – Adamski – Killer
1991 – Cher – The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss)
1992 – KWS – Please Don’t Go/Game Boy
1993 – George Michael & Queen with Lisa Stansfield – Five Live
1994 – Stiltskin – Inside
1995 – Livin’ Joy – Dreamer
1996 – George Michael – Fastlove
1997 – Olive – You’re Not Alone
1998 – Aqua – Turn Back Time
1999 – The Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way
2000 – Britney Spears – Oops!…I Did It Again
2001 – Geri Halliwell – It’s Raining Men
2002 – Holly Valance – Kiss Kiss
2003 – R. Kelly – Ignition (Remix)
2004 – Eamon – F**k It (I Don’t Want You Back)
2005 – Akon – Lonely
2006 – Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
2007 – Beyoncé featuring Shakira – Beautiful Liar

So I’ve got the coolest ska track there when I was born, a couple of ABBA songs, a couple of Eurovision winners, one swear word (not counting a 4 letter word beginning with C), the odd novelty song and also a couple of good tracks.

I find it interesting that through the entire 90′s I don’t actually recognise, couldn’t hum, sing or tell you any lyrics of any of the songs EXCEPT the most annoying song on the list. In fact I looked through and can only recognise 18 of them and I only know Double Barrel ‘cos I downloaded it a while ago when I found out it was no 1 when I was born.

If you’re interested here’s the no 1′s for some other folk’s zeroth birthdays (in date in the year order):

K: Rolf Harris – Two Little Boys

Ana: Goombay Dance Band – Seven Tears

Pee: Art Garfunkel – Bright Eyes

Nicky: Bucks Fizz – My Camera Never Lies

Clurb: Irene Cara – Fame

My bro: The Equals – Baby Come Back

Unca D: Art Garfunkel – I Only Have Eyes for You

Rebecca: ABBA – The Name Of The Game

Well good heavens. What fun. Yet again Clurb has the coolest one (except maybe me).

And just ‘cos I can, after the clicky is the same thing but for albums: My I’m bored!

1971 – Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
1972 – Tyrannosaurus Rex – Prophets, Seers And Sages The Angels Of The Ages / My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair But Now They’re Content To Wear Stars On Their Brows
1973 – David Bowie – Aladdin Sane
1974 – Carpenters – The Singles 1969-1973
1975 – Bay City Rollers – Once Upon A Star
1976 – Abba – Greatest Hits
1977 – Abba – Arrival
1978 – Original Soundtrack – Saturday Night Fever
1979 – Leo Sayer – The Very Best Of Leo Sayer
1980 – Sky – Sky 2
1981 – Adam & The Ants – Kings Of The Wild Frontier
1982 – Paul McCartney – Tug Of War
1983 – David Bowie – Let’s Dance
1984 – Various artists – Now, That’s What I Call Music II
1985 – Various artists – The Hits Album 2
1986 – Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music Street Life – 20 Great Hits
1987 – Curiosity Killed The Cat – Keep Your Distance
1988 – Fleetwood Mac – Tango In The Night
1989 – Holly Johnson – Blast!
1990 – Carpenters – Only Yesterday – Richard & Karen Carpenter’s Greatest Hits
1991 – Eurythmics – Greatest Hits
1992 – Simply Red – Stars
1993 – R.E.M. – Automatic For The People
1994 – Blur – Parklife
1995 – Wet Wet Wet – Picture This
1996 – Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill
1997 – Charlatans – Tellin’ Stories
1998 – Massive Attack – Mezzanine
1999 – Abba – Gold – Greatest Hits
2000 – Moby – Play
2001 – Ash – Free All Angels
2002 – Doves – The Last Broadcast
2003 – Justin Timberlake – Justified
2004 – D12 – D12 World
2005 – Bruce Springsteen – Devils And Dust
2006 – Gnarls Barkley – St Elsewhere
2007 – Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare

So more ABBA, 2 yes 2 Best of the Carpenters, the best ever Now That’s What I Call Music (including Dr Mabuse by Propaganda), and only 1 Simply Red monstrosity.

You lot:

K: Beatles – Abbey Road

Ana: Barbra Streisand – Love Songs

Pee: Barbra Streisand – Barbra Streisand’s Greatest Hits Volume 2

Nicky: Iron Maiden – The Number Of The Beast

Clurb: ABC – The Lexicon Of Love

My bro: Small Faces – Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake

Unca D: Jim Reeves – 40 Golden Greats

Rebecca: Sex Pistols – Never Mind The B******s Here’s The Sex Pistols

OK so now Clurb has gone to very uninteresting but Rebecca wins I reckon, although Nicky should win a prize for most inappropriate one.

Done now.

Permalink