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Posted by: zeryx 17-Nov-2006, 03:09 AM
http://hit40uk.somethinelse.com/birthdaycalendar.html

The UK #1 on the day I was born was

Elvis Presley - Good Luck Charm

What's yours?

I don't know of any sites that do the US/Canadian ones - maybe someone else can add one smile.gif

Posted by: TheCarolinaScotsman 17-Nov-2006, 06:15 AM
Thanks. Now I know I was born before they started the UK top 40. wheelchair.gif

Posted by: haynes9 17-Nov-2006, 08:02 AM
QUOTE (TheCarolinaScotsman @ 17-Nov-2006, 06:15 AM)
Thanks. Now I know I was born before they started the UK top 40. wheelchair.gif

For my birthday, it was Johnnie Ray - Just Walking in the Rain.

Hey Scotsman, don't worry about it! We all look up to you as an elder statesman wink.gif !

Posted by: ballydun 17-Nov-2006, 12:10 PM
Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo

Is there one for the US top 40 I wonder?

Posted by: maggiemahone1 17-Nov-2006, 03:33 PM
look at that girl by guy mitdhell. never heard of him so i did a google search and got the lyrics to the song. btw im typing with 1 hand.. i just got my gdaughter 2 sleep and i don't want 2 wake her...she looks like an angel... biggrin.gif proud grandma, yes i am... smile.gif

mm1

Posted by: zeryx 19-Nov-2006, 03:26 AM
QUOTE (TheCarolinaScotsman @ 17-Nov-2006, 12:15 PM)
Thanks. Now I know I was born before they started the UK top 40. wheelchair.gif

laugh.gif oh dear - we still all love ya though kiss2.gif

Posted by: Celtic cat 19-Nov-2006, 05:34 PM
Madonna- Papa don't preach

Posted by: Lady of the Loch 19-Nov-2006, 05:44 PM
Mine was
Mud - Lonely This Christmas

I have never heard of it before

Posted by: Monarchs Own 19-Nov-2006, 07:38 PM
Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)

Gee - Benny Hill - OMG

Posted by: Muircheartach 19-Nov-2006, 10:39 PM
I, like TheCarolinaScotsman, am among the ranks of "old geezers" that were privileged to be born before any of this Top 40 nonsense. tongue.gif

However, if I could pick my own song, it would be anything by Buddy Holly, especially Rave On - now that's what I call a Top song!

Posted by: greenldydragon 24-Nov-2006, 06:59 PM
Jive Bunny and The MasterMixers--Swing the Mood....

Posted by: zeryx 25-Nov-2006, 01:58 AM
QUOTE (Muircheartach @ 20-Nov-2006, 04:39 AM)
I, like TheCarolinaScotsman, am among the ranks of "old geezers" that were privileged to be born before any of this Top 40 nonsense. tongue.gif

However, if I could pick my own song, it would be anything by Buddy Holly, especially Rave On - now that's what I call a Top song!

Totally - I love Buddy Holly too biggrin.gif I've got a boxed set of all his music smile.gif (records that is, not these new fangled CDs wink.gif)

Posted by: WizardofOwls 25-Nov-2006, 08:39 AM
Well, for me it was The Kinks - You Really Got Me

Posted by: Muircheartach 25-Nov-2006, 02:48 PM
QUOTE (zeryx @ 25-Nov-2006, 12:58 AM)
Totally - I love Buddy Holly too biggrin.gif I've got a boxed set of all his music smile.gif (records that is, not these new fangled CDs wink.gif)

Dearest zeryx,

I am so happy that someone in this forum has excellent taste! laugh.gif

I still have some 45's, including one that has "It Doesn't Matter Any More", which was his last published song before he died. Although I was only nine years old when Buddy's plane crashed, I still remember what grief it caused. Ritchie Valens, better known as the "Big Bopper" died, too. One of the greatest tragedies we suffered in the loss of very talented musicians.

Don McLean had it right in "American Pie".

Have a great weekend!

Posted by: zeryx 26-Nov-2006, 02:51 AM
smile.gif This is the set I have
http://www.epinions.com/musc_mu-110321?sp=imed
There's one for sale http://cgi.ebay.com/THE-COMPLETE-BUDDY-HOLLY-1979-BOXED-SET-OF-6-LPS_W0QQitemZ160054266013QQihZ006QQcategoryZ306QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem that shows all the things inside the box!

Sadly I don't have a functional record player so along with the rest of my LPs and singles it's stored carefully in a cupboard barely played biggrin.gif

Posted by: Muircheartach 26-Nov-2006, 03:24 PM
QUOTE (zeryx @ 26-Nov-2006, 01:51 AM)
smile.gif This is the set I have
http://www.epinions.com/musc_mu-110321?sp=imed
There's one for sale http://cgi.ebay.com/THE-COMPLETE-BUDDY-HOLLY-1979-BOXED-SET-OF-6-LPS_W0QQitemZ160054266013QQihZ006QQcategoryZ306QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem that shows all the things inside the box!

Sadly I don't have a functional record player so along with the rest of my LPs and singles it's stored carefully in a cupboard barely played biggrin.gif

Hello zeryx,

Thanks for the link - the set is awesome!!! It even has three interviews, one with Buddy and the other two with Dick Clark and Alan Freed - that would be great to listen to!

Sorry to hear about the record player sad.gif - here's a link that might interest you, if you would ever like to turn all that wonderful Buddy Holly music into digital media that you could play on your computer, USB memory stick, MP3 player or record onto CDs to listen to in the car or at work:

http://www.x-tremegeek.com/templates/searchdetail.asp?productID=12071

I do business with the company - X-tremegeek.com - and have found them to carry fairly high-quality goods. thumbs_up.gif

Have a great week!

Posted by: hologramrose 05-Dec-2006, 11:05 PM
mine was Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knockin'

who's Dave Edmunds? does anybody know? dontgetit.gif


i just got a record player this year--- a Crosley Varsity Stack-O-Matic...partly because i liked the name nerd.gif but it's so much fun to play my records again!

Posted by: Muircheartach 05-Dec-2006, 11:20 PM
QUOTE (hologramrose @ 05-Dec-2006, 10:05 PM)
mine was Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knockin'

who's Dave Edmunds? does anybody know? dontgetit.gif


i just got a record player this year--- a Crosley Varsity Stack-O-Matic...partly because i liked the name  nerd.gif  but it's so much fun to play my records again!

Good evening, fellow "west-coaster"!

Dave Edmunds is a good musician - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Edmunds has all the 411 you'd need. I like "your" song - you can probably do a search for it - give it a listen!

And, I wanted to congratulate you on a great turntable - you can probably stack six or seven 33 1/3's on that baby - it probably has better sound, too, than the original from the 50's.

Have a good night!

Posted by: hologramrose 06-Dec-2006, 12:19 AM
QUOTE (Muircheartach @ 06-Dec-2006, 12:20 AM)
Good evening, fellow "west-coaster"!

Dave Edmunds is a good musician - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Edmunds has all the 411 you'd need. I like "your" song - you can probably do a search for it - give it a listen!

And, I wanted to congratulate you on a great turntable - you can probably stack six or seven 33 1/3's on that baby - it probably has better sound, too, than the original from the 50's.

Have a good night!

Thanks Robbie! I checked Dave out - he's cool. Couldn't find a link to the actual song to listen to, but I have a feeling I"ve heard the Fats Domino version (keep on knockin' but ya can't come in?) if so, that's a rockin' song....and it's mine all mine biggrin.gif rolleyes.gif

thanks for the review of the player - six or seven! wow! i've been conservative up until now - i could dj a party every night with that set up...my neighbors will grow to hate me in short order biggrin.gif walkman.gif

Hope you have a good night too!

p.s. did you have an original one from the 50's?

Posted by: Muircheartach 06-Dec-2006, 09:08 AM
Good morning!

My family gave me a smaller one than the Varsity - the Collegiate I believe, which I think was made out of wood with a cherry finish. I know it wasn't cherry, since the top broke fairly easy a couple of times - not sure why... rolleyes.gif (It wasn't me!)

And yes, if you remember the Fats Domino version of "I Hear You Knockin'", you have it right, except that Dave's was very "twangy" - that's how many have described it. walkman.gif

Have a great day!

Posted by: sisterknight 06-Dec-2006, 12:00 PM
Such a fool as I - by the king....need i say more??!! lol.gif lol.gif

Posted by: Iain A.D. 08-Dec-2006, 01:52 PM
QUOTE (ballydun @ 17-Nov-2006, 06:10 PM)
Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo

Is there one for the US top 40 I wonder?

Weird.....

Me too thumbs_up.gif walkman.gif

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