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Post by Irish Stu on Jan 4, 2012 16:59:02 GMT -6
A little game that some muso friends and I have been playing on the other board ... Facebook.
The Game
1) Discover the #1 single in your country of origin on the day you were born.
2) Find it on YouTube.
3) Post it without shame.
Mine :
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Post by nolaflacav on Jan 4, 2012 18:22:16 GMT -6
OK I will bite
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Post by Irish Stu on Jan 4, 2012 18:50:53 GMT -6
Nola, I can't listen to Mr Sandman without thinking of the movie Back to the Future. The two are inextricably woven together in my mind.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Jan 4, 2012 19:05:21 GMT -6
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Post by nolaflacav on Jan 4, 2012 19:24:54 GMT -6
Nola, I can't listen to Mr Sandman without thinking of the movie Back to the Future. The two are inextricably woven together in my mind. That's strange. I hear it and all I can think is that I am starting to get pretty damn old! I prefer your Help to my Sandman. |
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Jan 4, 2012 19:45:00 GMT -6
Well thank you to Nola.. you have done my work for me. According to Wiki, "Mr Sandman" first topped the charts on December 4, 1954 (my exact birthdate), and stayed there for 7 weeks. By geroge, we have that bracketed pretty well... and happy birthday next week. Edited: and yes, Mr Sandman does equate with Marty McFly (Calvin Klein) vying for a piece of oedipal ass |
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Post by Tex on Jan 4, 2012 19:50:09 GMT -6
Another Mr. Sandman here - what are the odds of that? I'm younger than you Gordon.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Jan 4, 2012 19:50:55 GMT -6
Respect your elder.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Jan 4, 2012 19:52:10 GMT -6
OK, this is just creepy. Now I have to find out what the top song in March 1954 was.. must have been hot.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Jan 4, 2012 19:54:44 GMT -6
OK at that same link I posted above, there were two songs that hit number one in March of 54... "Make Love to Me" by Jo Stafford, and "Secret Love by Doris Day.
That might explain it.
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Post by innit Geezer on Jan 4, 2012 20:46:28 GMT -6
Here is the number one R and B hit for my grand entrance day in 1961. |
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Post by Merlot Joe on Jan 4, 2012 20:48:32 GMT -6
Here you go.
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Post by innit Geezer on Jan 4, 2012 21:01:08 GMT -6
Make Love to Me is probably very racey for its day, perhaps causing a few elopements and both traditional and shotgun weddings.
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Post by Tex on Jan 4, 2012 22:32:46 GMT -6
On the day that I was born
The angels got together
And decided to create
A dream come true...
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Post by Chicago Jake on Jan 5, 2012 0:56:21 GMT -6
According to BB's link, the number one song when I was born was David Seville's (later of Chipmunk fame) "Witch Doctor." I guess that explains my love of novelty songs!
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Post by Ron on Jan 5, 2012 13:25:13 GMT -6
Here's Me:
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Post by Chicago Jake on Jan 5, 2012 14:34:29 GMT -6
You do know what their name means, right?
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Jan 5, 2012 14:56:41 GMT -6
There's two possibilities Jake.. which one you going after? depravity or depravity?
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Post by Chicago Jake on Jan 5, 2012 15:38:47 GMT -6
Yes!
I was thinking of the same meaning as 10cc.
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Post by Ron on Jan 5, 2012 15:47:45 GMT -6
Wikipedia says:
Name
The band's name was inspired by some lines in a song of Mississippi John Hurt called the "Coffee Blues." John Sebastian credits Fritz Richmond for suggesting the name.[11][where?] The song "Coffee Blues" is a tribute to Maxwell House Coffee, which he describes, "rapping" in the beginning of the song, as being two or three times any other brand, ergo, he only needs one spoonful to make him feel alright, what he describes as "my lovin' spoonful" in the song.
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Post by Chicago Jake on Jan 5, 2012 19:32:18 GMT -6
Riiiiiiiight.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Jan 6, 2012 7:14:17 GMT -6
The depravity of a caffeinated beverage?? what are we? Mormons? I always figured it referred to the drug spoon LOVIN' SPOONFUL - 1) from the lyrics of the old song "Coffee Blues". Possibly a drug reference to the spoon used to heat & melt drugs such as heroin for use. 2) Also that the amount of the sperm ejaculated by the average male is about a spoonful (see also the band 10cc |
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Post by Chicago Jake on Jan 6, 2012 10:03:13 GMT -6
Here's another site for looking up #1 songs in history. I'm not sure it agrees with the link posted above..... www.joshhosler.biz/ |
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Jan 6, 2012 10:17:07 GMT -6
Looking at my birthdate through the years, there are some iconic songs, Mack the Knife in 1959, Turn Turn Turn in '65, NA Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye in '69, and so on ...
and one klinker that I think you will NEVER hear on classic rock radio... Pa Cartright in '64
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Jan 6, 2012 10:20:12 GMT -6
Here's another site for looking up #1 songs in history. I'm not sure it agrees with the link posted above.....
www.joshhosler.biz/ In my case at least it shows the same song. Your mileage may vary. |
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