September 22, 2004

• Happy Birthday! "Philadelphia Freedom" by The Elton John Band
• I should mention that the page sends the results to your e-mail address, which I can only assume is being harvested for spam purposes. (I used a disposable address.)
• Hey, thanks! How did you know?? ;)
• "I Write the Songs" by Barry *(choke)* NO, I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THIS TRAVESTY!
• Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) by Edison Lighthouse. I knew I should have been stillborn.
• "We're an American Band" by Grand Funk. No wonder I popped out of the womb. I wanted to silence that @#$%ing song.
• Awesome post btw. *Gives banana ice cream cone to LordSLudge
• "Calcutta" by Lawrence Welk?? Welk had a song about an Indian city whose name was a byword for third world poverty?
• Or, you could just uncheck the box that says you can choose to not accept an email with said information. Hmmm...Should I be embarrassed to say that I don't have a clue what this song is..."The Ballad of the Green Berets" by Sgt. Barry Sadler? The U.S. hit of 3/9/66. I think I will stick with U.K. hit "These Boots Are Made For Walking" by Nancy Sinatra! Since I was born in Germany, I think that is the more appropriate choice.
• 'Two Little Boys' by Rolf Harris
• HAHAHAHA!! Skrik, you made me snort coffee out of my nose! Damn you!
• "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" by Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand Whatever.
• Who or What is "Winger"?
• The Letter by The Box Tops. Pitiful.
• The UK hit for my b-day was "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen. Mama, I just killed a man...
• Darshon: "The Ballad of the Green Berets"
• "Hey Jude" I think I can live with that. :D
• Birth: Hot Love by T.Rex 18th: Eternal Flame by The Bangles
• My 18th: "Hero" by Mariah Carey. I'm going to go bang my head against the wall for awhile now.
• US: What's love got do with it? UK: I just called to say I love you. Both very appropiate on many levels. And the fact that their appropiate is appropriate. Thank you
• "Fingertips, Pt. 2" by Little Stevie Wonder
• US: The Streak - Ray Stevens UK: Sugar Baby Love - The Rubettes
• Good grief, multi-pete, how old are you?????? My mother had an unfortunate crush on the lead-singer of Winger. She is on medication now.
• US: "She loves You" by The Beatles UK: "Little Children" by Billy J Kramer And The Dakotas I hate children. There, I said it.
• Seriously, a Winger-related crush? Any dark, lurking fantasies about the "Nelson" twins?
• Billie Jean.
• sitting on the dock of the bay by otis redding not the worst song, I suppose, considering some of the travestys other monkeys have suffered...
• Seriously, a Winger-related crush? Any dark, lurking fantasies about the "Nelson" twins? No, but she did/does have a thing for Gene Simmons of Kiss........and her doctor.....and well I could go on but I am just too embarrassed now.
• Medusa, are you kidding me????? That is a fucking classic! Otis is the man!!!
• UK: Mary's Boy Child US: You Send Me
• UK/US: "Get Back" by The Beatles. All the girls around me say I've got it coming, but I get it while I can.
• Don't Stand So Close To Me. Oy.
• "Silly Love Songs" by Wings in the US. Oog. And "Combine Harvester (Brand New Key)" by The Wurzels in the UK. I think they made that last one up.
• "Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)." I knew I wasn't cut out for school.
• UK: "Back Home" by England World Cup Squad US: "American Woman" by The Guess Who And Happy Birthday LordSludge!
• The U.S. No.1 on the 3rd July 1960 was... Everybody's Somebody's Fool by Connie Francis hmm. in my baby book, my mother wrote that it was "eensy weensy teeny weeny yellow polka-dot bikini." perhaps that was just the chicago no. 1 song. either way... ick.
• "You're So Vain," by Carly Simon. Rather apropos.
• C'mon Fes, that song by the Box Tops is fantastic. At least you didn't get stuck with "Night Fever" by the Bee Gees.
• In the US - "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack. Okay, all together now: "Awwwww ..." In the UK - "Amazing Grace" by The Pipes And Drums And Band Of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. Hmm. Was there a revival that week?
• US- Killing Me Softly by Roberta Flack... that's pretty good. Explains some of my past relationships anyway. UK- Cum on Feel the Noize by Slade... WTF? You mean there was a version of this song before Quiet Riot?
• "Want Ads" by Honey Cone. Never heard it. Although I was named after a song my mother heard on the radio when she was in the hospital birthin' me: "Watching Scotty Grow." :)
• In the UK it was "Knock Three Times" by Dawn. Okay, I've heard that one.
• US: "This Diamond Ring" by Gary Lewis & the Playboys UK: "I'll Never Find Another You" by The Seekers Both fine songs. Happy Birthday Sludge, and nice post. Oh, and kimdog: Slade rocks!
• US: "I Love Rock 'N Roll" by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts UK: "Ebony And Ivory" by Paul McCartney And Stevie Wonder
• I guess It Doesn't Matter Anymore. --Buddy Holly *sigh*
• Heh. My birth predates the existence of pop charts -- among earliest songs I remember -- other than classical pieces or things from Broadway shows, were Beat Me, Daddy, Eight to the Bar and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B by the Andrews Sisters, plus some others mentioned here.
• US - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) by Looking Glass?? Never heard of it. UK - School's Out by Alice Cooper. Now that explains why I never liked school.
• UK: Cinderella Rockefella by Esther And Abi Ofarim USA: (Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding
• My birth predates the existence of pop charts The plainchant Ubi Caritas was all the rage.
• Elton and Kiki Dee's "Don't Go Breaking My Heart". Coincidentally, I have a tape of a girlfriend and me singing that at a karaoke work-organised party, after consuming many glasses of free wine. It will never see the light of day. Oh, and in the US it was "Kiss and Say Goodbye" by the Manhattans. Never heard of it. When I was 18, it was "Love is All Around" by Wet Wet Wet, and "I Swear" by All-4-One. I've never heard of that one, either.
• US: Love Will Keep Us Together by Captain and Tennille UK: I'm Not In Love by 10cc I would not know of the Captain nor Tennille if I hadn't seen I Love the 70s. As for 10cc, I have no idea. I keep your picture upon the wall./It hides a nasty stain that's lying there.
• "Magic" by Olivia Newton-John
• US - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) by Looking Glass?? Never heard of it. Thanks, now it's in my head: The sailors say "Brandy, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl) "What a good wife you would be" (such a fine girl) "Yeah your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea" Oh, and mine: US - I Shot the Sheriff by Eric Clapton UK - Love Me For a Reason by the Osmonds
• US: "Bad Blood" by Neil Sedaka UK: "Hold Me Close" by David Essex
• This is where I (for the 437th time) point out that the day I was born was made into a movie. But seriously, flokes... 9/30/55 US a tie! Yellow Rose of Texas by Mitch Miller Ain't That a Shame by Pat Boone UK Rose Marie by Slim Whitman THIS IS JUST WRONG. Okay, my 18th birthday: US We're an American Band by Grand Funk UK Eye Level by Simon Park Orchestra Because of my employment in the Radio Biz in my relatively young days (including stations that played old music then), I remember nearly all the songs referred to in this thread, and am currently suffering an earworm made up of equal parts Elton John, Rolf Harris and SSgt. Barry Sadler. Kill me now.
• "Best of My Love" by The Emotions. I started humming it until I realized I was humming the Eagles song, and that I didn't actually know this one. =P I'll still have the Eagles stuck in my head all day, thank you.
• US - "Kiss and Say Goodbye" by The Manhattans Who the fuckles are the Manhattans? UK - "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by Elton John And Kiki Dee Oh, that doesn't make me want to kill myself. Holy buttmunch, I have the same birthday as tracicle!
• US- "Night Fever" by the Bee Gees Oy. UK- "Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs" by Brian And Michael Which I have never heard of. But then again, I was not allowed to listen to the radio until I was nearly 14. And I'm another one who has "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" stuck in my head now, too. I was allowed to listen to the oldies station with parental supervision. But apparently Brian and Michael didn't make it to the US oldies stations.
• same as middleclasstool
• U.S. - "People Got to be Free" by The Rascals U.K. - "Mony Mony" by Tommy James and the Shondells
• US - I Can See Clearly Now by Johnny Nash That is too cool for school. UK - Mouldy Old Dough by Lieutenant Pigeon Has anyone even *heard* of this one? Oh, and Happy Birthday LordSludge!
• Mouldy Old Dough? Classic. 100% Classic. Ba dum ba dum ba dum ba dum, tootly-tootly-tootly-toot-y-toot. Plinky Plonky Plinky Plonky Plink Plink-plink Plonk. "Moooouuuuuuldy Oooollld Dough". That's how it goes.
• I've never even heard of the song that was no. 1 when I was born (which was 'today') - "Angel Fingers" by Wizard. I'm sure it was crap.
• dirigibleman, we are the coolest people in the entire universe!
• I love me some "Brandy" too. I happen to have the MP3. It is indeed an ear worm.
• US - "Kiss and Say Goodbye" by The Manhattans UK - "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by Elton John And Kiki Dee What?! You mean I share a birthday week with not one but two people here?! And one of them is the Head Monkey Grand Pubah Big Kahuna? *goes all aflutter*
• I like both of mine. USA was "Me and Mrs. Jones", good'n. Even better, though, is the one from the UK: "My Ding-a-ling"! Woo!
• Use It Up And Wear It Out by Odyssey. Magic by Olivia Newton-John. *weeps*
• YES! I got Bon Jovi's "Living on a Prayer" for my US hit. I'm not 18 for 5 months... wonder if I should ask it anyway?
• UK: 'Ticket To Ride' - the Beatles which I'm pretty happy about .... But even better - I discovered a couple of months ago that Keith Richards wrote the chords to 'I Can't Get No Satisfaction' on the day I was born which I'm very happy about! And Elsbet, I now have an earworm of Bryan and Michael ... and he painted matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs ... the only no 1 about TS Lowry ever!
• UK: Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen US: That's the Way (I Like It) by K. C. and the Sunshine Band Coulda been worse...
• On my 18th birthday, I should have been raving about: UK: "Ebeneezer Goode" by the Shamen US: "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men I'm not sure how I feel about this.
• UK: Do You Really Want To Hurt Me by Culture Club US: Jack and Diane by John Cougar good stuff indeed
• Bees: When's your birthday? Hell to be old ain't it? (The Andrews Sisters??? Whoa The database doesn't go back far enough, but I KNOW they'd envented rock 'n roll by the time I was borned. (care to gang up on the_bone with me and slap him silly?)
• Monkeyfilter: Ganging up on the_bone and slapping him silly! I always wanted to do one of those!
• Escapade by Janet Jackson. Don't know much about that. Is it good or bad?
• Dr. Robotnik: You can get Escapade by Janet Jackson. It's not a bad song really, but it does sound lots-of-bubble-gum-and-rainbowsish.
• US: Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield UK: Green Door - Shakin' Stevens
• Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield *is profoundly shocked*
• Is there something I don't know about that song? well, probably.. but something i should be told about that song?
• the U.S. No.1 was... Summer in the City by The Lovin' Spoonful the U.K. No.1 was... Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles (vastly prefer the UK answer)