Bloomeeney
Jul 30 2008, 08:08 AM
Thought this might be fun.......
Apparently this was UK No. 1 when I entered the world
According to Wikepedia it was:
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"Cinderella Rockefella" was a novelty single written by Mason Williams and Nancy Ames, and most famously released by the Israeli duo group Esther and Abi Ofarim, a married couple, in 1968.
The song features rather yodelling, somewhat 1920s style lyrics and music.
According to Radio Caroline DJ Andy Archer, the song was the last to be played on Radio Caroline South on the night of March 2-3 1968, before its radio ship (like that of its sister station Radio Caroline North) was towed into harbour over unpaid debts on the morning of March 3.
I have no idea what it sounds like though. It features yodelling..........
Sostie
Jul 30 2008, 09:24 AM
It's a kitsch classic and I can almost guarantee when you hear it you'll recongnise it.
See if it's on YouTube.
PrincessKate
Jul 30 2008, 09:38 AM
Unfortunately mine (and Maian's, seeing as he is one day older than me) is this classic:
Chuh.
Kick in the Head
Jul 30 2008, 10:38 AM
Mine was...
Shame it's not Uzi Lover...
ayeyerma
Jul 30 2008, 11:38 AM
How awful!I was hoping for something a little more rock...
melzilla
Jul 30 2008, 02:07 PM
In the USA:
9 to 5 by Dolly Parton
In the UK:
Jealous Guy by Roxy Music
I'm the coolest.
blackcherry
Jul 30 2008, 02:12 PM
On my birth day it was:
UB40, guest vocals by Chrissie Hynde - "I Got You Babe"
This may explain my mum's great love of UB40.
Rua
Jul 30 2008, 04:17 PM
QUOTE (ayeyerma @ Jul 30 2008, 12:38 PM)
How awful!I was hoping for something a little more rock...
You suck.
Ah.
Wings - Mull of Kintyre
shaka37
Jul 30 2008, 05:19 PM
Oh my god.
UK ... "In the Year 2525" by Zager & Evans (what a weird song!)
US ... "Honky Tonk Woman" by Rolling Stones
grumpygit
Jul 30 2008, 05:44 PM
Just looked it up on the web and apparently it was:
"Ernie, The Fastest Milkman In The West" by Benny Hill.
My life is now complete!
baking
Jul 30 2008, 05:46 PM
QUOTE (Kick in the Head @ Jul 30 2008, 10:38 AM)
Mine was...
Shame it's not Uzi Lover...
sweetbutinsane
Jul 30 2008, 06:38 PM
For me, it was Maria McKee - Show Me Heaven. I'm glad, as I really like that song.
In the US, it was George Michael - Praying For Time. I don't know if I've heard that one so I won't comment.
lola
Jul 30 2008, 06:54 PM
I don't need to look it up - Gloria Gaynor, I will survive.
maian
Jul 30 2008, 09:04 PM
QUOTE (PrincessKate @ Jul 30 2008, 10:38 AM)
Unfortunately mine (and Maian's, seeing as he is one day older than me) is this classic:
Chuh.
Aye, the shame of it all...
Apparently number 1 in the U.S. was ''Glory of Love'' Peter Cetera (no fucking clue on that one). Bah, a few weeks either way and it could have been Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel or Papa Don't Preach.
PrincessKate
Jul 30 2008, 09:12 PM
QUOTE (maian @ Jul 30 2008, 10:04 PM)
Aye, the shame of it all...
Apparently number 1 in the U.S. was ''Glory of Love'' Peter Cetera (no fucking clue on that one). Bah, a few weeks either way and it could have been Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel or Papa Don't Preach.
, I think it's the theme to one of the Karate Kid movies?
Still poo, obviously.
maian
Jul 30 2008, 09:16 PM
Oh, that is bad. But at least I recognise it.
baking
Jul 31 2008, 02:06 AM
for me it's Paul McCartney and Wings's futuristic-jazz-metal freakout "Mull Of Kintyre"
Omniscia
Jul 31 2008, 02:37 AM
For me, it looks like in the US it was Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger," in Toronto it was John Cougar Mellencamp's "Jack and Dianne," and in the UK it was Dexy's Midnight Runners' "Come On Eileen."
Bloomeeney
Jul 31 2008, 10:29 AM
!UPDATE!
Number 1 in the US at the time was this:
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"Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)" was a hit for the Louisiana-based John Fred and his Playboys in early 1968. The song, co-written with bandmate Andrew Bernard, was a parody of The Beatles' hit, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". According to The Billboard Book of Number One Hits by Fred Bronson, the song was inspired by Fred's listening to "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and mistakenly believing that the lyrics to the song were "Lucy in disguise with diamonds." Ironically, it went on to knock Hello Goodbye, another Beatles tune, off the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in January 1968. However, it also stuck Fred with a novelty act image he was never able to shake. Nevertheless, the song remains a favorite on oldies-oriented radio stations.
Now this I have heard of.
Strange how both mine are comedy/parody records!
Hobbes
Jul 31 2008, 11:05 AM
Well I think this even beats Mull of Kintyre. Number One on 17th may 1989 was the charity version of
Ferry 'cross the Mersey for the victims of Hillsborough, and featured The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Stock Aitken Waterman and Gerry Marsden. Shit song, and the 1989 equivalent of Candle in the Wind. Oh dear.
And I was one number one away from
this absolute gem.
Ade
Jul 31 2008, 11:31 AM
Get It On by T-Rex graced the #1 spot in the UK when I arrived.
Bang. A. Gong.
Drifter
Jul 31 2008, 11:34 AM
UK - 'Band Of Gold' by Freda Payne
USA - 'Aint No Mountain High Enough' - Diana Ross
Serafina_Pekkala
Jul 31 2008, 04:15 PM
I was brought into the world to the sounds of UK Number 1 "Combine Harvestor (Brand New Key)" by the Wurzels. Beat that, everyone! For the US, it was "Silly Love SOngs" by WINGS. I missed 2 excellent songs before and after. Shame.
Number one albums - "Black and Blue" by Teh Stones (US) and "Greatest Hits" by ABBA (UK).
sweetbutinsane
Jul 31 2008, 06:26 PM
QUOTE (Serafina_Pekkala @ Jul 31 2008, 05:15 PM)
I was brought into the world to the sounds of UK Number 1 "Combine Harvestor (Brand New Key)" by the Wurzels. Beat that, everyone!
Hehe, my mam was playing that song when we were away in the caravan and I couldn't breathe for laughing.
baking
Jul 31 2008, 08:33 PM
QUOTE (Hobbes @ Jul 31 2008, 11:05 AM)
And I was one number one away from
this absolute gem.
arr..gutted. that would have been the most 'credible' track so far IMO
NiteFall
Jul 31 2008, 08:36 PM
I got Super Trouper by Abba.
Outatime
Jul 31 2008, 08:44 PM
Two Tribes by Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
Bloomeeney
Aug 1 2008, 12:40 PM
QUOTE (Outatime @ Jul 31 2008, 08:44 PM)
Two Tribes by Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
My God!! I bought that on 12"
You young git!
baking
Aug 2 2008, 02:42 AM
QUOTE (Bloomeeney @ Aug 1 2008, 12:40 PM)
My God!! I bought that on 12"
You young git!
erm...buying 12"s in 1984 = you old git, more like
rebelstar
Aug 2 2008, 01:15 PM
UK number 1 was Get Back by The Beatles. US number 1 was Get Back by The Beatles. I am old.
Sir_Robin_the_brave
Aug 2 2008, 01:52 PM
Message in a Bottle by The Police was at the top spot in the UK when I was born. A few days later and it would have been Video Killed the Radio Star.
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