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Post by orioles70 on Jun 1, 2018 2:24:28 GMT
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Post by tremblinwilbury on Jun 1, 2018 6:41:18 GMT
Unfortunately, like many newspapers online, the Post has a paywall. Being on the other side of the 'pond', I'm sure that I can find out what was No. 1 (note, no hash symbol over here  ) both in Ireland and in the UK.
I'll report back... |
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Post by tremblinwilbury on Jun 1, 2018 9:01:54 GMT
Reporting back…
I’m not sure which of the first two was number 1 on my 14th birthday. Doesn’t really matter – they’re both fine songs.
IRELAND
I need you – Joe Dolan
Nobody Does It Better – Carly Simon
UK
Way Down – Elvis Presley
US
I Just Want To Be Your Everything – Andy Gibb
I wonder what any of these say about me...?
I wish I'd been born a few weeks earlier, because the number 1 in Ireland would've been "When Benji Wrapped his Tractor Round the Old Oak Tree", by Brendan Grace  |
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Post by Horacewimp on Jun 1, 2018 9:10:25 GMT
Silver Lady by David Soul was number one in the UK on my 14th Birthday. You Light Up My Life by Debby Boone in the USA, Sorry I'm a Lady by Baccara in Germany, I Feel Love by Donna Summer in Australia and guess what in Canada, Telephone Line by a band called ELO. www.thisdayinmusic.com/birthdayno1 |
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Post by vlogdance on Jun 1, 2018 12:14:52 GMT
Unfortunately the UK #1 single on my 14th birthday was pretty dire. And the US and Canada equivalents weren't much better. Germany let me down as well, sigh.
So I had to look further afield... and in New Zealand, the #1 on that particular date was "Howzat!" by Sherbet.
That'll do me. Thanks, Kiwis!
*waves silver fern happily*
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Post by tremblinwilbury on Jun 1, 2018 12:40:39 GMT
So, Queen of the Limericks (as opposed to Queen of Limerick ), don't keep us in suspenders... UK No 1 = ? US = ? Canada = ? Germany = ? Nothing can be THAT bad - unless it's Joe Dolce's " Shaddap You Face" smileys-whistling-823718 |
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Post by vlogdance on Jun 1, 2018 13:15:04 GMT
So, Queen of the Limericks (as opposed to Queen of Limerick ), don't keep us in suspenders... UK No 1 = ? US = ? Canada = ? Germany = ? Nothing can be THAT bad - unless it's Joe Dolce's " Shaddap You Face"  "Now, spill the beans, Vlogdance," you say, "What was number one in the UK? "Canada and US...?" You will just have to guess - I'm not giving the details away! |
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Post by tremblinwilbury on Jun 1, 2018 13:33:22 GMT
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Post by unomusette on Jun 1, 2018 21:55:48 GMT
UK no. 1 on my 14th birthday was Kate Bush, Wuthering Heights. In fact it was one of my birthday presents (thanks, Auntie Joyce!) Very happy to be associated with this total treasure  |
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Post by denver on Jun 2, 2018 0:12:31 GMT
Private Eyes by Hall & Oates....i got nothin'....
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Post by eloneen on Jun 2, 2018 0:58:17 GMT
Private Eyes by Hall & Oates....i got nothin'.... I love Hall and Oates, but that's definitely not their best song, even though it's a fun one.  |
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Post by eloneen on Jun 2, 2018 1:04:00 GMT
Mine was The Bee Gees' "Love You Inside and Out," #1 in the US when I turned 14. I love the Bee Gees, but I've never liked that song very much.  I had forgotten it, actually. Their earlier stuff, including the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, was much better IMO. |
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Post by BSJ on Jun 2, 2018 2:30:37 GMT
The WP didn't work for me, so I tried H W's. 1972. US - "I'll Take You There" Staple Singers. I'll take that!
UK - "Metal Guru" T Rex. Yup, that works. |
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Post by vlogdance on Jun 2, 2018 15:13:06 GMT
UK no. 1 on my 14th birthday was Kate Bush, Wuthering Heights. In fact it was one of my birthday presents (thanks, Auntie Joyce!) Very happy to be associated with this total treasure Auntie Joyce has great taste, Uno bach. Did the two of you used to do a bit of Kate fangirling together, by any chance...? (Now that is one cool teenager. You can already see the devastating ninja gaze.)  |
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Post by unomusette on Jun 2, 2018 22:41:59 GMT
Heh! Aunty Joyce wasn't a fan, she asked me what I wanted and I placed the order. She and my mum were madly into John Hanson, who nobody has ever heard of these days, he used to sing in musicals like The Student Prince and The Desert Song. Yep, nobody has heard of them either, but I knew them off by heart as she never stopped playing them.
Sigh, I used to dream of hair like that, instead I had a frizzy perm which was kind of orange due to enthusiastic application of henna. Gorgeous, I was....
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) both in Ireland and in the UK.
I had forgotten it, actually. Their earlier stuff, including the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, was much better IMO. 
, but we're OK. 
Apparently it's quite hard to see them with the naked eye, you need to be looking through a camera or other type of lens?