I have a book that tells all the songs in the top 5 from I think 1959, just post your birthday & I could tell you what the top 5 songs were on it

The top 5s on my Birthday were
1. The Escape Club - Wild, Wild, West
2. The Beach Boys - Kokomo
3. Kylie Minogue - The Loco-motion
4. Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine
5. Whitney Houston - One Moment In Time

I know that No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) by Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer was the #1 single the week I was born, I think Styx's Babe was in the top 5 also

I looked it up
Here is the whole list
1. Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer - No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
2. Styx - Babe
3. Commodores - Still
4. Donna Summer - Dim All The Lights
5. Eagles - Heartache Tonight

how about me? 9/26/86

Cool!


My b-day : 12/7/88

BTW is this book by Joel Whitburn?

5-29-89

I think the number one song the day I was born (8/5/76) was "Disco Duck" by Rick Dees. I do know that Led Zeppelin's Presence was the number one album. Not one of Zeppelin's better albums (though it is still good) but it is sure better than "Disco Duck".

Originally posted by Zachary_2
I have a book that tells all the songs in the top 5 from I think 1959, just post your birthday & I could tell you what the top 5 songs were on it

The top 5s on my Birthday were
1. The Escape Club - Wild, Wild, West
2. The Beach Boys - Kokomo
3. Kylie Minogue - The Loco-motion
4. Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine
5. Whitney Houston - One Moment In Time

With Bon Jovi's "Bad Medicine" and Kylie Minogue's "The Loco-Motion" at 3 and 4 I'm guessing that you were born in October or November of 1988. Am I right?

The two number one songs that I know of were "Rock Me Gently" and "Kung Fu Fighting." :rock:

October 2, 1974

Originally posted by little insomniac
The two number one songs that I know of were "Rock Me Gently" and "Kung Fu Fighting." :rock:

October 2, 1974 Cool!



Yeah 1974 was a good year for music, with the exception of a few songs *coughcoughSeasonsintheSuncoughcough*

Idol Fanatic:
1. Berlin - Take My Breath Away
2. Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling
3. Huey Lewis & The News - Stuck On You
4. Gloria Loring & Carl Anderson - Friends & Lovers
5. Bananarama - Venus

"Weird" Jack Wilso-vic
1. Will To Power - Baby, I Love You / Freebird Medley (Free Baby)
2. Chicago - Look Away
3. Breathe - How Can I Fall
4. Duran Duran - I Don't Want Your Love
5. U2 - Desire

Kaffeine Kay
1. Paula Abdul - Forever Your Love
2. Jody Watley - Real Love
3. Bon Jovi - I'll Be There For You
4. Donny Osmond - Soldier Of Love
5. Michael Damien - Rock On

dukey
1. Manhattans - Kiss & Say Goodbye
2. Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight
3. Brothers Johnson - I'll Be Good To You
4. Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right
5. Gary Wright - Love Is Alive

little insomniac
1. Andy Kim - Rock Me Gently
2. Olivia Newten-John - I Honestly Love You
3. Billy Preston - Nothing From Nothing
4. Dionne Warwick and the Spinners - Then Came You
5. First Class - Beach Baby

and, Dukey, I was born 11/13/88

The #1 song in Billboard that I was born was "Boogie, Oogie, Oogie" by A Taste of Honey. But according to Musicradio 77 WABC survey, the Top 5 songs in NYC since I was born (according to Allan Sniffen's website musicradio77.com) are:

1. "Grease" - Frankie Valli
2. "Boogie, Oogie, Oogie" - A Taste of Honey
3. "Three Times a Lady" - The Commodores
4. "Miss You" - The Rolling Stones
5. "Last Dance" - Donna Summer

Originally posted by Zachary_2
I looked it up
Here is the whole list
1. Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer - No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
2. Styx - Babe
3. Commodores - Still
4. Donna Summer - Dim All The Lights
5. Eagles - Heartache Tonight
Those are from 1979; I remember all of them.

I know that the number one song in the U.S. the day I was born was "It's Still Rock And Roll To Me" by Billy Joel (very cool). In the UK, it was "Xanadu" by Olivia Newton-John (not so cool).

Originally posted by Zachary_2


Kaffeine Kay
1. Paula Abdul - Forever Your Love
3. Bon Jovi - I'll Be There For You



Awesome :cool:

Originally posted by Zachary_2
Idol Fanatic:
1. Berlin - Take My Breath Away
2. Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling
3. Huey Lewis & The News - Stuck On You
4. Gloria Loring & Carl Anderson - Friends & Lovers
5. Bananarama - Venus



those blow. take my breasts away is the only one I've actually heard.

Originally posted by Zachary_2

"Weird" Jack Wilso-vic
1. Will To Power - Baby, I Love You / Freebird Medley (Free Baby)
2. Chicago - Look Away
3. Breathe - How Can I Fall
4. Duran Duran - I Don't Want Your Love
5. U2 - Desire

tHa

Originally posted by Idol Fanatic
those blow. take my breasts away is the only one I've actually heard.

you've never heard Venus?

"goddess on a mountaintop
burning like a silver flame
the summit of beauty and love
and Venus was her name..

She's got it
Ya Baby she's got it
I'm your venus, I'm your fire
Your desire"

I'd be really shocked if you haven't

all 5 of those songs are better than the top 5 this week tho, gimme Bananarama and Berlin over Usher's ego anyday

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
you've never heard Venus?

"goddess on a mountaintop
burning like a silver flame
the summit of beauty and love
and Venus was her name..

She's got it
Ya Baby she's got it
I'm your venus, I'm your fire
Your desire"

I'd be really shocked if you haven't

all 5 of those songs are better than the top 5 this week tho, gimme Bananarama and Berlin over Usher's ego anyday

ahh yes I have heard that song. Wasn't it used in a Venus shaving commercial?

Originally posted by "Weird" Jack Wilso-vic
Cool!



Yeah 1974 was a good year for music, with the exception of a few songs *coughcoughSeasonsintheSuncoughcough*

:D

Ugh, so bad. So, so bad (imo). :lol:

Originally posted by Zachary_2
little insomniac
1. Andy Kim - Rock Me Gently
2. Olivia Newten-John - I Honestly Love You
3. Billy Preston - Nothing From Nothing
4. Dionne Warwick and the Spinners - Then Came You
5. First Class - Beach Baby

Thanks for looking them up! :)

So many personal favorites on everybody's lists, by the way.

Originally posted by little insomniac
:D

Ugh, so bad. So, so bad (imo). :lol: Ditto! We couldve done without that song


THIS is what shouldve happened



Terry Jacks : Im here to record a song


Guy that you see rolling the tape : Ok

Terry : Thanks *SITS starts playing he starts singing*



Guy : WAIT! STOP! i have a headache, no need to give me a worse one



:lol:

Originally posted by Idol Fanatic
ahh yes I have heard that song. Wasn't it used in a Venus shaving commercial? Yup, it was.

My bday is 7/7/86. Hmm I wonder what the music was like then.

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79

all 5 of those songs are better than the top 5 this week tho, gimme Bananarama and Berlin over Usher's ego anyday

:nod: Exactly.

Originally posted by Idol Fanatic
ahh yes I have heard that song. Wasn't it used in a Venus shaving commercial?

Yeah the song was, but it wasn't Bananarama's version.

9/21/1991

Okay Zachary, do mine! :yippee:

August 30, 1983. I already know what number one was... but I don't know the rest...

Originally posted by David
[B

My bday is 7/7/86. Hmm I wonder what the music was like then. [/B] Some of the best music invented :D the 80s were a great decade for music next to the 60s IMO

The 50s and 70s 90s also have good music

Some new stuff is ok IMO


I like before the 50s music too :lol:

Originally posted by Cashodeen
Okay Zachary, do mine! :yippee:

August 30, 1983. I already know what number one was... but I don't know the rest... Was your number one "Eveyr Breath You Take" by The Police? I was curious so I looked it up in my top 40 book :lol:

For anyone interested I saw a book at Tower Records in Lincoln Center that has photocopies of the Billboard Hot 100 for every week in the 1980s (I think that it was called Billboard Hot 100- the 80s). It was $80 in the store, probably cheaper online at a site like e-bay. I wonder if they have a book like this for the other decades. Here in NYC the main Manhattan library has bound copies of Billboard from the first week in 1990 and I'm not sure but they may have other decades on microfilm or microfiche. I read a lot of the old issues from the 70s and 80s at the Brooklyn library's main branch years ago, but I don't know if they still have them on microfilm.

The Hot 100 was hard to read before Oct 1984, the font type was not very inviting to look at and you could go blind reading the songwriting credits. I guess the idea was that only trade personnel were interested in the data.

By the way, if anyone owns old copies of the magazine how would you be able to appraise their worth? I bought 1985's year end edition when it first came out but I threw it out in 1986. I wonder how uch it would be worth today?

Originally posted by "Weird" Jack Wilso-vic
Was your number one "Eveyr Breath You Take" by The Police? I was curious so I looked it up in my top 40 book :lol:

:nod: Yep! This thread a couple years ago showed a link you could go to for the number one songs on your birthday for the US and UK, so that's how I found out.

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32092&highlight=Police

Originally posted by jamesanthony
For anyone interested I saw a book at Tower Records in Lincoln Center that has photocopies of the Billboard Hot 100 for every week in the 1980s (I think that it was called Billboard Hot 100- the 80s). It was $80 in the store, probably cheaper online at a site like e-bay. I wonder if they have a book like this for the other decades.

Yes, they have books for other decades. One for '55-'59, the 60's, 70's and 90's as well. I have the 70's, 80's and 90's books.

Originally posted by Cashodeen
:nod: Yep! This thread a couple years ago showed a link you could go to for the number one songs on your birthday for the US and UK, so that's how I found out.

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32092&highlight=Police Cool! oh yeah Ive been to that site, form going to that thread :lol:

Bumping this back up because I completely forgot about your post. Sorry, Jack! :blush:

Originally posted by "Weird" Jack Wilso-vic
Ditto! We couldve done without that song


THIS is what shouldve happened



Terry Jacks : Im here to record a song


Guy that you see rolling the tape : Ok

Terry : Thanks *SITS starts playing he starts singing*



Guy : WAIT! STOP! i have a headache, no need to give me a worse one



:lol:

:rotflmao:

Originally posted by little insomniac
Bumping this back up because I completely forgot about your post. Sorry, Jack! :blush:



:rotflmao: :D


And then the guy strats hitting Terry with his ugitar



Radio guy ; Here it is "Seasons in the Sun"

*song strats then sound of guitar coming off his heard then Terry is whining as the prdoucer is syaing DONT RECORD THIS! *

*goes back to 1974 *

Originally posted by "Weird" Jack Wilso-vic
:D


And then the guy strats hitting Terry with his ugitar



Radio guy ; Here it is "Seasons in the Sun"

*song strats then sound of guitar coming off his heard then Terry is whining as the prdoucer is syaing DONT RECORD THIS! *

*goes back to 1974 *

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Good stuff, Jack. ;)

Originally posted by little insomniac
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Good stuff, Jack. ;) :D :D :D


Thanks!


So now I think you know, that is my number one WORST song of all time

Originally posted by "Weird" Jack Wilso-vic
:D :D :D


Thanks!


So now I think you know, that is my number one WORST song of all time Thats one of those songs where youre like, IMO


"Where;s the Qtips, the Mylanta, the Actifed, the sleeping pills, the drink, the cottonballs, the medicine? I HATE THIS SONG AND THOSE WILL STOP ME FROM HEARING IT!"

Originally posted by "Weird" Jack Wilso-vic
Thats one of those songs where youre like, IMO


"Where;s the Qtips, the Mylanta, the Actifed, the sleeping pills, the drink, the cottonballs, the medicine? I HATE THIS SONG AND THOSE WILL STOP ME FROM HEARING IT!"

You are not even kidding about that. Give me all of those and then some, please! :faint:

By the way, you're welcome! :D

Originally posted by little insomniac
You are not even kidding about that. Give me all of those and then some, please! :faint:

By the way, you're welcome! :D I know!


No problem!:D

do you know how old it makes me feel to see all these people who were born between 1988-1991... when I remember when those songs were #1 on Casey's Top 40 and MTV (yes kids, gather around the campfire while this geezer tells you old folk stories about a time when MTV played music videos)? lol.

Back on topic:

August 12th,1971(My Birthday)

Does anyone know what the top songs were on January 19, 1983? That was the day my sister was born.

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
do you know how old it makes me feel to see all these people who were born between 1988-1991... when I remember when those songs were #1 on Casey's Top 40 and MTV (yes kids, gather around the campfire while this geezer tells you old folk stories about a time when MTV played music videos)? lol.

Imagine how I feel, notice I've never even bothered to mention when I was born.

Originally posted by BravesFan2004
Back on topic:

August 12th,1971(My Birthday)

1.How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - Bee Gees
2.Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight
3.Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver
4.Draggin' The Line - Tommy James
5.You've Got A Friend - James Taylor

Making its debut on the Hot 100 at #63 when you were born: I Woke Up In Love This Morning by the Partridge Family

Originally posted by dukey
Does anyone know what the top songs were on January 19, 1983? That was the day my sister was born.

1.Down Under - Men At Work
2.The Girl Is Mine - Michael Jackson/Paul McCartney
3.Dirty Laundry - Don Henley
4.Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
5.Africa - Toto

The week your sister was born: while The Girl Is Mine was still at #2, the follow-up single made its way onto the chart, as Billie Jean debuted at #47

Originally posted by vashti1999
Imagine how I feel, notice I've never even bothered to mention when I was born.

Back OT for a second:
I have noticed Vashti, but I have too much respect for you to ask. But like you, I'm too secretive to mention any personal info as well. So far, you seem to be the most mysterious regular member on SO. All I know is you live in the big apple and you're the biggest Prince fan in the world!:)

Originally posted by vashti1999
Imagine how I feel, notice I've never even bothered to mention when I was born.

I figured you were probably born between 1968 to 1972 when in the past you've said how you liked a lot of top 40 pop music when you were in high school, and this was 1984-1986 era stuff

Originally posted by Dr. Jazz
So far, you seem to be the most mysterious regular member on SO.

:rofl: That bad, huh? Yeah, I guess that's true. I'm conscious of it sometimes. I kinda like being mysterious.


All I know is you live in the big apple and you're the biggest Prince fan in the world!:)

Two things I love, so I don't mind letting those things be known.

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
I figured you were probably born between 1968 to 1972 when in the past you've said how you liked a lot of top 40 pop music when you were in high school, and this was 1984-1986 era stuff

Good deducing, you've got the range right. Maybe I just feel funny about admitting I still watch shows like Degrassi at my age.

July 21, 1980. Throw me a bone.

Originally posted by vashti1999
Good deducing, you've got the range right. Maybe I just feel funny about admitting I still watch shows like Degrassi at my age.

LOL, don't be. I know a 23 year old who has all the Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen films on DVD, loves Hilary Duff and Raven, and also bought the JoJo album. THAT is scarier than being in your 30's and watching a high school program.

Originally posted by AKA
July 21, 1980. Throw me a bone.

Good week, in my opinion.

1.It's Still Rock and Roll To Me - Billy Joel
2.Coming Up - Paul McCartney & Wings
3.Little Jeannie - Elton John
4.Cupid/I've Love You For A Long Time - Spinners
5.Shining Star - Manhattans

But the highest debuting single the week you were born: Hot Rod Hearts by Robbie Dupree. Do you remember that one?

Originally posted by vashti1999
Good week, in my opinion.

1.It's Still Rock and Roll To Me - Billy Joel
2.Coming Up - Paul McCartney & Wings
3.Little Jeannie - Elton John
4.Cupid/I've Love You For A Long Time - Spinners
5.Shining Star - Manhattans

Awesome list, especially the first three.

Originally posted by vashti1999
But the highest debuting single the week you were born: Hot Rod Hearts by Robbie Dupree. Do you remember that one?

No, I'm drawing a blank there.

Originally posted by AKA
No, I'm drawing a blank there.

Trust me, that's a good thing. That was the follow-up to a song called "Steal Away". Robbie was sort of in the Christopher Cross/Kenny Loggins-lite vein.

Originally posted by vashti1999
Trust me, that's a good thing. That was the follow-up to a song called "Steal Away". Robbie was sort of in the Chistopher Cross/Kenny Loggins-lite vein.

Or, as I call it, "dentist office music."

Originally posted by AKA
Or, as I call it, "dentist office music."

LOL You ain't right AKA!! Christopher Cross was my boy. You can't go wrong when it's a fat white man with a jheri curl talking 'bout making it to the border of Mexico LOL On the other hand, don't know how many times I have sat waiting to get a filling and singing along to Arthur's Theme :)

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
do you know how old it makes me feel to see all these people who were born between 1988-1991... when I remember when those songs were #1 on Casey's Top 40 and MTV (yes kids, gather around the campfire while this geezer tells you old folk stories about a time when MTV played music videos)? lol.

:lol: Yes, and I won't even be 30 until October.

Originally posted by Dr. Jazz
LOL You ain't right AKA!! Christopher Cross was my boy. You can't go wrong when it's a fat white man with a jheri curl talking 'bout making it to the border of Mexico LOL On the other hand, don't know how many times I have sat waiting to get a filling and singing along to Arthur's Theme :)

:lol:

Originally posted by AKA
Awesome list, especially the first three.



No, I'm drawing a blank there.
Actually your number one song was Call Me- Blonde

ISRNRTM didnt chart till July 19th

Originally posted by "Weird" Jack Wilso-vic
Actually your number one song was Call Me- Blonde

ISRNRTM didnt chart till July 19th

Exsqueeze me?? What chart are you looking at?

Originally posted by Idol Fanatic
those blow. take my breasts away is the only one I've actually heard.

ahahahahha

Originally posted by vashti1999
Exsqueeze me?? What chart are you looking at?
http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1980/top100.htm
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/randypny/cashbox/1980.html
http://www.oldiesloon.com/il/wls052480.htm
[http://www.1050chum.com/charts/1050ChumCORE.pnm#1219
And the back oof my top 40 book

Originally posted by "Weird" Jack Wilso-vic
http://www.rockonthenet.coL]m/archive/1980/top100.htm (http://)
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/randypny/cashbox/1980.html[/UR
http://www.oldiesloon.com/il/wls052480.htm
[[URL=http://]http://www.1050chum.com/charts/1050ChumCORE.pnm#1219 (http://)
And the back oof my top 40 book

None of those links you posted are working, the url's must've been typed incorrectly.

I re-checked my book "Joel Whitburn Presents The Billboard Hot 100 Charts - The Eighties", and the list I posted for AKA is correct. If it's not Billboard, I consider it a second class chart.

Originally posted by vashti1999
None of those links you posted are working, the url's must've been typed incorrectly.

I re-checked my book "Joel Whitburn Presents The Billboard Hot 100 Charts - The Eighties", and the list I posted for AKA is correct. If it's not Billboard, I consider it a second class chart. Ah ok, thanks

Hmm Ill fix the links