No 1 on your birthday / Famous people with your birthday

The Number 1 single was:

The Beatles - "Hello Goodbye" - not bad :)


The Number 1 album was:
Original Soundtrack - "The Sound Of Music" - yikes :(



Some surprisingly talented musicians born on the same day as me :)

Born on 8th Dec:
1925 - Sammy Davis Jr
1939 - James Galway ( flautist )
1942 - Bobby Elliott ( drummer, The Hollies )
1943 - Jim Morrison ( full name James Douglas Morrison; lead vocalist, The Doors; deceased )
1944 - Mike Botts ( drummer, Bread )
1946 - Graham Knight ( bassist, vocalist, Marmalade )
1947 - Gregg Allman ( keyboard player, guitarist, vocalist, The Allman Brothers )
1953 - Kim Basinger ( vocalist and actress )
1956 - Warren Cuccurullo ( guitarist, Duran Duran )
1957 - Phil Collen ( guitarist, Girl / Def Leppard )
1957 - Butch Vig ( real name Bryan Vigorson; producer, drummer in Garbage )
1959 - Paul Rutherford ( vocalist, Frankie Goes To Hollywood )
1966 - Sinead O'Connor
 
On 3rd Sep 1980 ...

The Number 1 single was:
The Jam - "Start"

The Number 1 album was:
Roxy Music - "Flesh And Blood"

Born on 3rd Sep:
1942 - Al Jardine ( of The Beach Boys )
1945 - George Biondo ( bassist, vocalist with Steppenwolf )
1947 - Eric Bell ( early guitarist, Thin Lizzy )
1952 - Leroy Smith ( of Sweet Sensation )
 
On 16th Mar 1988 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Kylie Minogue - "I Should Be So Lucky"
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The Number 1 album was:
Terence Trent D'Arby - "Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby"
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Born on 16th Mar:
1942 - Mr Bojangles ( real name Jerry Jeff Walker )
1954 - Jimmy Nail
1954 - Nancy Wilson ( lead guitarist, Heart )
1959 - Flavor Flav ( Public Enemy )



fail really
 
On 19th Jan 1981 ...

The Number 1 single was:
John Lennon - "Imagine"
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The Number 1 album was:
Adam & The Ants - "Kings Of The Wild Frontier"
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Born on 19th Jan:
1939 - Phil Everly ( The Everly Brothers )
1943 - Janis Joplin ( US vocalist; deceased )
1943 - Joe Butler ( vocals, drummer, percussionist, The Lovin' Spoonful )
1946 - Dolly Parton ( 1949 Robert Palmer )
1949 - Robert Palmer ( deceased )
1963 - Caron Wheeler ( vocalist, Soul II Soul )
 
On 14th Nov 1986 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Berlin - "Take My Breath Away"

The Number 1 album was:
Police - "Every Breath You Take - The Singles"


Born on 14th Nov:
1936 - Freddie Garrity ( of Freddie & The Dreamers )
1944 - Scherrie Payne ( vocalist, The Supremes, from 1973 )
1954 - Alexander O'Neal
1956 - Alec John Such ( bassist, Bon Jovi )
1966 - Joseph 'Run' Simmons ( of Run D.M.C. )
1975 - Faye Tozer ( vocalist, Steps )
1975 - Travis Barker ( Drummer, Blink 182 )

Also I have the same birthday as Prince Charles, it's nice to put the radio on on your birthday and hear the royal guards playing fanfares and such.
 
9th December 1983

It seems I share my birthday with Margaret Hamilton - the wicked witch of the west from The Wizard of Oz.
Coincidentally my Mum's name is also Margaret Hamilton.


Oh, and -

The Number 1 single was:
The Flying Pickets - "Only You"
 
On 29th Feb 1984 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Nena - "99 Red Balloons"
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The Number 1 album was:
Thompson Twins - "Into The Gap"
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Born on 29th Feb:
1904 - Jimmy Dorsey ( US bandleader )
1940 - Gretchen Christopher ( vocalist, The Fleetwoods )



never heard of any of those 'celebs'. Serves me right for having a crummy rare birthday eh? :p
 
On 21st Feb 1991 ...

The Number 1 single was:
The Simpsons - "Do The Bartman"

The Number 1 album was:
Queen - "Innuendo"

Born on 21st Feb:
1933 - Nina Simone ( deceased )
1954 - Mike Pickering ( DJ, founder of M People )
1958 - Mary-Chapin Carpenter
1969 - James Dean Bradfield ( guitar, vocals, Manic Street Preachers )

Who?
 
On 28th Sep 1990 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Maria McKee - "Show Me Heaven"

The Number 1 album was:
Carreras Domingo Pavarotti Orchestra Del Maggio Musical Fiorentino Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma Zubin Mehta - "In Concert"

Born on 28th Sep:
1935 - Jerry Lee Lewis
1938 - Benjmin Earl Nelson ( better known as Ben E King )
1946 - Helen Shapiro
1953 - Jim Diamond
1957 - Mari Wilson
1958 - Mick Harvey ( multi-instrumentalist, Birthday Party / Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds )
1960 - Jennifer Rush
1968 - Luke Goss ( vocalist in Bros with twin brother Matt )
 
On 4th May 1983 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Spandau Ballet - "True"
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The Number 1 album was:
David Bowie - "Let's Dance"
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Born on 4th May:
1951 - Jackie Jackson ( The Jackson Five )
1959 - Randy Travis ( country vocalist )
1961 - Jay Aston ( vocalist, Bucks Fizz )
1972 - Mike Dirnt ( bassist, Green Day )
1979 - James Bass ( N SYNC )
 
On 16th Jun 1984 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - "Two Tribes"
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The Number 1 album was:
Bob Marley & The Wailers - "Legend - The Best Of Bob Marley & The Wailers"
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Born on 16th Jun:
1971 - Tupac Amaru Shakur ( rapper; deceased ) <---- Did not know that :cool:
 
On 14th Oct 1988 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Whitney Houston - "One Moment In Time"
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The Number 1 album was:
Chris De Burgh - "Flying Colours"
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Born on 14th Oct:
1940 - Cliff Richard ( real name Harry Webb )
1942 - Billy Harrison ( guitar, vocals; Them )
1945 - Marcia Barrett ( vocalist, Boney M )
1946 - Justin Hayward ( guitarist, vocalist, The Moody Blues )
1975 - Shaznay Lewis ( vocalist, All Saints )
1978 - Usher
 
On 23rd Dec 1986 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Jackie Wilson - "Reet Petite"
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The Number 1 album was:
Various artist compilation (EMI/Virgin) - "Now, That's What I Call Music 8"
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Born on 23rd Dec:
1935 - Esther Phillips ( deceased )
1939 - Johnny Kid ( of Johnny Kidd & The Pirates; deceased )
1940 - Jorma Kaukonen ( guitarist, Jefferson Airplane )
1941 - Tim Hardin
1943 - Peter Quaife ( bassist, The Kinks )
1949 - Ariel Bender ( guitarist, Mott The Hoople )
1958 - Dave Murray ( guitarist, Iron Maiden )
1960 - Wil Sinnott ( bassist, The Shamen; deceased )
1966 - Eddie Vedder ( lead vocalist, Pearl Jam )
1989 - Bart Simpson ( cartoon character! )

I'm 3 years older than Bart Simpson \o/ lol
 
On 22nd Jun 1987 ...

The Number 1 single was:
The Firm - "Star Trekkin'"
<<< LOOOOOL!

The Number 1 album was:
Whitney Houston - "Whitney"

Born on 22nd Jun:
1936 - Kris Kristofferson
1944 - Peter Asher ( Peter & Gordon )
1948 - Todd Rundgren ( multi-instrumentalist )
1953 - Cyndi Lauper
1961 - Jimmy Somerville ( vocalist; solo and with Bronski Beat / The Communards )
1962 - Ruby Turner
1964 - Bobby Gillespie ( guitarist, vocalist, Primal Scream )
1970 - Steven Page ( guitarist, vocalist, Barenaked Ladies )
 
On 23rd Jun 1967 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Procol Harum - "A Whiter Shade Of Pale"
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The Number 1 album was:
Beatles - "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
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Born on 23rd Jun:
1940 - Adam Faith
1940 - Stu Sutcliffe ( bassist, The Beatles (1960-61);deceased )
1962 - Richard Coles ( The Communards )
1962 - Steve Shelley ( drummer, Sonic Youth )
1965 - Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs ( guitarist, Oasis )
1981 - Antony (Daniel) Costa ( vocalist, Blue )
 
The Number 1 single was:
Shakin' Stevens - "Green Door"

The Number 1 album was:
Cliff Richard - "Love Songs"

Born on 2nd Aug:
1937 - Garth Hudson ( organist, The Band )
1939 - Edward Patten ( vocalist, The Pips )
1949 - Fat Larry ( vocalist, Fat Larrys Band; deceased )
1951 - Andrew Gold
1957 - Mojo Nixon
1974 - Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo ( Member of Daft Punk )
 
The Number 1 single was:
Rod Stewart - "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy"
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The Number 1 album was:
Original Soundtrack - "Grease"
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Born on 28th Nov:
1929 - Berry Gordy ( founder of Motown Records )
1943 - Randy Newman
1958 - David Van Day ( vocalist, Dollar )
1968 - Dawn Robinson ( of En Vogue )
 
On 19th Feb 1986 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Billy Ocean - "When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going"
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The Number 1 album was:
Dire Straits - "Brothers In Arms"
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Born on 19th Feb:
1940 - Smokey Robinson ( vocalist; solo and with The Miracles )
1943 - Mama 'Cass' Elliott ( Mamas and Papas; deceased )
1948 - Tony Lommi ( guitarist, Black Sabbath )
1957 - Falco ( real name Hans Holzl; deceased )
1960 - Holly Johnson ( vocalist, Big In Japan / Frankie Goes To Hollywood )
1963 - Seal ( real name Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Samuel )
 
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On 27th Dec 1977 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Wings - "Mull Of Kintyre/Girls' School"

The Number 1 album was:
Various artist compilation (K-Tel) - "Disco Fever"

Born on 27th Dec:
1901 - Marlene Dietrich ( actress and singer; deceased )
1941 - Les Maguire ( pianist with Gerry And The Pacemakers )
1944 - Mike Jones ( guitarist, Foreigner )
1952 - David Knopfler ( guitarist Dire Straits; brother of lead vocalist Mark Knopfler )
 
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