What was Number 1 when you were born?

1940 - 2011




Year

Artist - Title

Weeks at
number one



1940

Bing Crosby - Only Forever

9



1941

Freddy Martin - Piano Concerto in B Flat

8



1942

Bing Crosby - White Christmas

11



1943

Mills Brothers - Paper Doll

12



1944

Dinah Shore - I'll Walk Alone

4



1945

Perry Como - Till The End Of Time

9



1946

Frankie Carle - Rumors Are Flying

8



1947

Francis Craig - Near You

12



1948

Dinah Shore - Buttons And Bows

10



1949

Frankie Laine - That Lucky Old Sun

8



1950

Weavers with Gordon Jenkins - Goodnight Irene

13



1951

Tony Bennett - Cold Cold Heart

6



1952

Patti Page - I Went To Your Wedding

5



1953

Les Paul and Mary Ford - Vaya Con Dios

11



1954

Eddie Fisher - I Need You Now

3



1955

Roger Williams - Autumn Leaves

4



1956

Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender

5



1957

Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock

7



1958

Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe

2



1959

Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife

9



1960

Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me

3



1961

Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John

5



1962

Crystals - He's A Rebel

2



1963

Nino Tempo and April Stevens - Deep Purple

1



1964

Supremes - Baby Love

4



1965

Rolling Stones - Get Off Of My Cloud

2



1966

Johnny Rivers - Poor Side of Town

1



1967

Lulu - To Sir with Love

5



1968

Beatles - Hey Jude

9



1969

Fifth Dimension - Wedding Bell Blues

3



1970

Jackson Five - I'll Be There

5



1971

Cher - Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves

2



1972

Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now

4



1973

Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin'

2



1974

John Lennon - Whatever Gets You Thru The Night

1



1975

Elton John - Island Girl

3



1976

Rod Stewart - Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)

8



1977

Debby Boone - You Light Up My Life

10



1978

Donna Summer - MacArthur Park

3



1979

Eagles - Heartache Tonight

1



1980

Kenny Rogers - Lady

6



1981

Hall and Oates - Private Eyes

2



1982

Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong

3



1983

Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night)

4



1984

Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)

2



1985

Starship - We Built This City

2

 

Mine would be 1975, Elton Jone

 

The Beatles - From me to you!!!
Not one of their better ones, but hey ho, at least it's The Beatles!!!



Talking of feeling old, I remember watching most peoples selections on Top of the pops..........in black & white!!! :

 

Holst: The Planets

 

Oh pretty woman - Roy Orbison

 

Knock Three Times - Dawn ???

 

OMG - Slade Mama Weer All Crazee Now.



Their spelling not mine...

 

Distant drums, Jim Reeves. Never heard of it.

Amanda's was TOO SHY by Kagagoogoo. Don't know which is worst

 

Harry Nilsson - Without you 1972


this apparently!!!

 

when I googled it said march!! lol

 

aww

actually you are very correct because upon googling songs seemed to stay in the charts then for weeks and weeks and it gave a too and from month but i was just looking for my birthday

 

That will be . Rock around the clock..By . Bill hayley and the comets

Rock Around The Clock (Remix) ::: Bill Haley & His Comets.

 

Am I however the only person on TLB that actually KNOWS someone that was number 1 the day they were born?

(no not Marc Bolan LOL... Bill the drummer)