What Was The Number One Song On the Day You Were Born?

[Alum Ladd]

I was born in January 1967, the UK number one was Green Green Grass Of Home, by Thomas John Woodward, better known as Tom Jones. As a University student I coincidentally lived about 50 yards away from the house where Tom Jones was born.

My Mother's friend Majorie lived two doors up from us when I lived in Ramsgate, Kent in the 1970's -80's.

Her husband Danny, a great man, had been in the mines most of his life postwar, after surviving the sinking of the HMS Edinburgh in the Sea of Murmansk, the cruiser that was carrying the Soviet gold reserves away to Britain in 1942, and then serving on the battleship HMS Nelson.

Oddly Ramsgate had a large Welsh mining community, who appeared to have been bought to East Kent when the new coalfields were opened up beginning in the 1920's to the 1950's. Something about ringleaders of the general strike of 1924 being brought to Kent. Sounded rather too conspiritorial to me.

She knew the Woodward family well. Thomas John she said, was known as the 'Ram of the valley'

Shocking stuff.

 

[LuckyR]

Quarter to Three by Gary (US) Bonds.

 

[Beto Salatini]

Great thread, @Alum Ladd !

 

[Alum Ladd]

Great thread, @Alum Ladd !

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[Alum Ladd]

Quarter to Three by Gary (US) Bonds.

 

[Beto Salatini]

BINGO!!!
Thank you very much, dear @Alum Ladd !

 

[Dave himself]

March 6th 1964

God rest her soul.

 

[Alum Ladd]

March 6th 1964

God rest her soul.

The best version IMO is the studio version here.

Dionne was a genius but Cilla Black totally nails this one.

Raw, harsh, totally authentic to the guts of the song.

B.B would have been proud I'm sure.

 

[Dave himself]

The best version IMO

I loved a lot of the music from the 60s. I'm not sure if this was from RSG or TOTPs

 

[Mr. Shavington]

Mine was Peter Sarstedt, Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)? He was keeping Marvin Gaye’s I Heard It Through The Grapevine off number one in the UK. That’s March, 1969.

 

[StuMcB]

Those Were the Days, Mary hopkins

 

[Deano]

The Wayward Wind by Gogi Grant

 

[EclipseRedRing]

Mine was Peter Sarstedt, Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)? He was keeping Marvin Gaye’s I Heard It Through The Grapevine off number one in the UK. That’s March, 1969.

As a student I used to busk in Cardiff city centre, playing guitar and bongos, to make beer money. I knew only two songs, "Marie's the name of his latest flame" by Elvis, and "Where do you go to (my lovely)?". I sang and played them both over and over for hours, every weekend, for months, until I added more songs to the repertoire. I must have driven the locals mad The lyrics of the Sarstedt number are just fantastic.

 

[Lockback]

It was your earlier post that gave me the idea for this thread!

Thank you Sir

You are quite welcome, sir!
By the way, your screen name makes me smile every time I see it. Brilliant!

 

[Black Adder]

Cathy's Clown by the Everly Brothers.

 

[captp]

When I searched my B-day, Google laughed at me & said they didn't have songs that long ago.
This done.

 

[PreachTheWord]

Say it Loud-I'm Black and I'm Proud by James Brown

 

[SharpieB]

My wife was born in June 1970… Beatles - Long and Winding Road.

 

[Quaznoid]

Volare

 

[SharpieB]

Great thread, @Alum Ladd !

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Peewee Herman has forever ruined that song (Tequila!) for me! LOL