What Song Was #1 the Year You Were Born

[festivalgirl]

Fingertips Pt. 2 - Stevie Wonder for me.

This playlist is a collection of the best of the best. The greatest hits to ever peak on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Greatest Number One Hits

1958: All I Have To Do Is Dream - The Everly Brothers
1959: Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price
1960: Stay - Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs
1961: Surrender - Elvis Presley
1962: I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles
1963: Fingertips Pt. 2 - Stevie Wonder
1964: House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals
1965: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
1966: Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
1967: Hello, Goodbye - The Beatles
1968: (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
1969: Everyday People - Sly & the Family Stone
1970: The Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
1971: Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - The Temptations
1972: Let's Stay Together - Al Green
1973: Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
1974: The Joker - Steve Miller Band
1975: Island Girl - Elton John
1976: 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover - Paul Simon
1977: Hotel California - The Eagles
1978: Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees
1979: Heart Of Glass - Blondie
1980: Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 2 - Pink Floyd
1981: Starting Over, (Just Like) - John Lennon
1982: Jack And Diane - John Cougar Mellencamp
1983: Beat It - Michael Jackson
1984: When Doves Cry - Prince
1985: Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears for Fears
1986: Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
1987: With Or Without You - U2
1988: Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
1989: Like A Prayer - Madonna
1990: Vision Of Love - Mariah Carey
1991: Set Adrift On Memory Bliss - P.M. Dawn
1992: Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-A-Lot
1993: I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
1994: Bump N' Grind - R. Kelly
1995: Waterfalls - TLC
1996: California Love - 2Pac
1997: Mo Money Mo Problems - Notorious B.I.G.
1998: Doo Wop (That Thing) - Lauryn Hill
1999: Smooth - Santana
2000: Amazed - Lonestar
2001: All For You - Janet Jackson
2002: Hot In Herre - Nelly
2003: Hey Ya! - Outkast
2004: Yeah! - Usher
2005: Gold Digger - Kanye West
2006: SexyBack - Justin Timberlake
2007: Irreplaceable - Beyonce
2008: Whatever You Like - T.I.

[Carolina Beadhead]

Fingertips Pt. 2 - Stevie Wonder for me.

You're gonna have to go back farther than that for me.

Ummm... Music WAS invented back then, wasn't it??

[festivalgirl]

You're gonna have to go back farther than that for me.

Ummm... Music WAS invented back then, wasn't it??

Yeah, but apparently Billboard wasn't tracking it. ;)

[Doubledown]

Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - The Temptations ,Today is my Bday sept. 16.1971:eek: I only wish I could stay this age.....

[swag]

I am so glad I was not born in 1992.

[Carolina Beadhead]

Yeah, but apparently Billboard wasn't tracking it. ;)

Well then, Let's Stay Together - Al Green was #1 when I graduated from high school. :p

[festbabe]

I feel really stodgy that I don't know most of the songs 1990+

[sharon_loves_fats]

I feel really stodgy that I don't know most of the songs 1990+

I'm with you, no clue...

[chicagomike]

If you were to go by the year it would be "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys. I dug around further and found out the Billboard # 1 song on the day I was born was "Ballad of the Green Berets" by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler !

[Delta]

http://www.joshhosler.biz/NumberOneInHistory/SelectMonth.htm

For the day you were born.

[Phatpapa]

If you were to go by the year it would be "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys. I dug around further and found out the Billboard # 1 song on the day I was born was "Ballad of the Green Berets" by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler !


Good Vibrations for moi

[jolie]

I feel really stodgy that I don't know most of the songs 1990+

I recognize most of the songs.. but question the #1 Status of alot of them..
1992 - Baby got back??? Please! Wasn't that the year of grunge?? Nirvana.

I'm Good Vibrations too Mike!!

[festfreak]

June 3, 1966 ....When a Man Loves a Woman, Percy Sledge.

Alas, I also have no clue about most of those tunes post-1990...

[ozzie]

Missed out by one year!

[Mexi]

"Livin it up at the Hotel California"

[Carolina Beadhead]

http://www.joshhosler.biz/NumberOneInHistory/SelectMonth.htm

For the day you were born.

Wanted - Perry Como

:eek:

[chicagomike]

Jolie, the # 1 song on the day you were born was WILD THING by the Troggs !!!

[jolie]

Jolie, the # 1 song on the day you were born was WILD THING by the Troggs !!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I like it!:D

[jerseygirl67]

1967: Hello, Goodbye - The Beatles

But the week I was born is was The Letter by the Box Tops (Sept 23 - 30)

[festivalgirl]

I feel really stodgy that I don't know most of the songs 1990+

I felt the same way .... then I realized that I have GOOD taste in music!! :p ;)

[festivalgirl]

"Hey Paula" on the day I was born ..... I'll stick with Stevie. ;)

[swag]

My bday song: "Reach Out I'll Be There" by The Four Tops :)

[festbabe]

Birthday: "Hey Jude" - which my friend & I sing as "Hey Dude"

[Muffaletta Diver]

I am so glad I was not born in 1992.

That's funny, Swag...that song makes me wish I was born in 1992. :)

[Amy Winette]

I love that song. Such a great dance tune! :)

[rosetree]

My B-day song was.....
Vooooooo-lare, oh, oh, oh, o....;) :D

Now get off my lawn!:D

[chicagomike]

In the big scheme of things, you could do worse then Sir-Mix-Alot.

[jolie]

In the big scheme of things, you could do worse then Sir-Mix-Alot.

Hey man.. early in our courtship (circa '93 and '94) Dave and I were vacationing on the Redneck Riveria and who should be playing at Club LaVela, Panama City Beach??... Sir-Mix-A-Lot!! We had a mighty fine time... well maybe Dave not so much
-Shaking that Rump!!!

[kt luvs bigsam]

yes! u2! it was a good year :)

[rosetree]

yes! u2! it was a good year :)

I have shoes older than you kt!:eek: ;) :p

[Amy Winette]

I LIKE BIG BUTTS and I cannot lie, you other brothers can't deny, when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist and a round thing in your face you get spring

Or something like that ;) Play it and I bet I'd get most of the words.

(Oh my god, Becky, look at her BUTT! It's just so big, and round, she looks like one of those rap guys girlfriends, but who understands those rap guys anyway??)

[mamaroux]

Well then, Let's Stay Together - Al Green was #1 when I graduated from high school. :p

Tears of a Clown for my graduation... Satisfaction for Papa.

[mamaroux]

http://www.joshhosler.biz/NumberOneInHistory/SelectMonth.htm

For the day you were born.

Oh... that got me Cry by Johnny Ray

[mamaroux]

June 3, 1966 ....When a Man Loves a Woman, Percy Sledge.

Alas, I also have no clue about most of those tunes post-1990...

Ohhhhh that's my ringtone for when PapaRoux calls me ;)

[festivalgirl]

Tears of a Clown for my graduation... Satisfaction for Papa.

Both good.

[NOLA]

I believe mine is the only one by a New Orleans artist - "Stagger Lee" by Lloyd Price....

[Delta]

I believe mine is the only one by a New Orleans artist - "Stagger Lee" by Lloyd Price....

That's mine too!

[freebo]

Tequila

by The Champs

I guess that explains a lot... :p

[BigDag]

"Memories Are Made of This" by Dean Martin.

Hey Frank, our birthdays must be close to each other. But I'm three years older.

[barry10016]

http://www.joshhosler.biz/NumberOneInHistory/SelectMonth.htm

For the day you were born.

Fits, Hound Dog by the King. :D

[Staxsun]

Fits, Hound Dog by the King. :D

Hey, Barry, I knew we were the same age, but Hound Dog flipped over the week I was born. Don't Be Cruel became number one.

[DenverDestinDarlin']

I'm with Chicagomike and Phatpapa, "Good Vibrations," but for the day
Sept. 18, 1966 ... "Cherish" by The Association

Hey, I "Cherish Good Vibrations."

[OnlyASaintOnSunday]

House of the Rising Sun!

[Festvet]

AM radio, baby.

1957 Billboard's Top 20 Songs & Artist

# 1 All Shook Up - Elvis Presley
# 2 Love Letters In The Sand - Pat Boone
# 3 Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
# 4 (Let Me Be) Your Teddy Bear - Elvis Presley
# 5 April Love - Pat Boone
# 6 Young Love - Tab Hunter
# 7 Tammy - Debbie Reynolds
# 8 Honeycomb - Jimmie Rodgers
# 9 Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers
# 10 You Send Me - Sam Cooke
# 11 Butterfly - Andy Williams
# 12 Too Much - Elvis Presley
# 13 Round and Round - Perry Como
# 14 Butterfly - Chalrie Gracie
# 15 Chances Are - Johnny Mathis
# 16 Don't Forbid Me - Pat Boone
# 17 Young Love - Sonny James
# 18 Diana - Paul Anka
# 19 Party Doll - Buddy Knox
# 20 That'll Be The Day - The Crickets

[steeleye]

AM radio, baby.

1957 Billboard's Top 20 Songs & Artist

# 1 All Shook Up - Elvis Presley
# 2 Love Letters In The Sand - Pat Boone
# 3 Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
# 4 (Let Me Be) Your Teddy Bear - Elvis Presley
# 5 April Love - Pat Boone
# 6 Young Love - Tab Hunter
# 7 Tammy - Debbie Reynolds
# 8 Honeycomb - Jimmie Rodgers
# 9 Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers
# 10 You Send Me - Sam Cooke
# 11 Butterfly - Andy Williams
# 12 Too Much - Elvis Presley
# 13 Round and Round - Perry Como
# 14 Butterfly - Chalrie Gracie
# 15 Chances Are - Johnny Mathis
# 16 Don't Forbid Me - Pat Boone
# 17 Young Love - Sonny James
# 18 Diana - Paul Anka
# 19 Party Doll - Buddy Knox
# 20 That'll Be The Day - The Crickets

Wow...was I born in a lame year! Not a big Elvis fan...guess I'll have to settle for Buddy Holly, Sam Cooke or the Everly's. Although with the right bottle of wine, "Chances Are" could work.

[mymecca]

how NON bootie shakin' is that...tsk, tsk, tsk...NOT me AT all :0)