Number One when you were born?

This website can tell you what song was at Number 1 in the charts the day you were born — assuming you were born after 1945.

I actually recognise mine, “You’re the One that I Want”, John Travolta and Olivia Newton John. But I’ve put in other family birthdays and not recognised many other people’s songs.

Now, I’m torn between sharing interesting coincidences of birth, and the security risk of revealing the birthdates of my nearest and dearest.

So perhaps I’ll confine myself to saying I don’t recognise any of the names of these “eminent musicians” with whom I share a birthday:

1941 – Beverly Lee ( The Shirelles )
1946 – John York ( bassist, guitarist, vocalist, The Byrds )
1963 – James Hetfield ( vocalist, guitarist, Metallica )
1967 – Deborah Anne Dyer ( aka Skin, vocalist, Skunk Anansie )
1971 – Deirdre Roper ( aka Spinderella; vocalist, Salt-n-Pepa )

13 Responses to “Number One when you were born?”


  1. 1 Will

    Which website? ;-)

  2. 2 Susanne

    Snap – what’s the link

  3. 3 niles

    All right, clever-clogs, This one.

  4. 4 Will

    Ta. I was talking in the pub the other night about finding out what was number 1 on my birthday on all the subsequent years – rather helpfully I see it does that too.

  5. 5 Neil

    Haven’t heard of James Hetfield of Metallica? You should get out more;-)

  6. 6 Lainy

    Great link cheers

  7. 7 Hayley

    What was number 1 on 26th june 06

  8. 8 niles

    If you follow the link, and fill in the form, you’ll see it was Nelly Furtado, Maneater.

  9. 9 Danielle McGilvray

    what was number one on 18th september 1988?X?X

  10. 10 sophie

    what was the number 1 the 9th of may

  11. 11 loulou

    well it dont say mine thnks for the help mate

    tryin to find mine if u can tell me on october 15 1994

  12. 12 beth

    what was number one on 21 may 1998

  1. 1 Context is king – link for victory

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