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Posted by Donna in BC (Member # 130) on :
 
Oh my gosh, what a time warp! Am I ever old!!! LOL

me - 1962 ... "Johnny Angel" by Shelley Fabares

Cody - 1999 ... "Livin' La Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin

check yours out...

http://www.joshhosler.biz/NumberOneInHistory/SelectMonth.htm
 
Posted by W. R. Pickett (Member # 3842) on :
 
...I can't remember. I was too young, ...It was probably something funky.
 
Posted by Rick Beisiegel (Member # 3723) on :
 
Me: 1961 ..."The Lion Sleeps Tonight"

My Bride: 1955 ... "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" by Perez Prado

[Cool]

[ June 16, 2007, 06:54 PM: Message edited by: Rick Beisiegel ]
 
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
 
"You're my World" by Cilla Black, so I'm told, but I don't remember hearing it till a few years later!
(June '64)
 
Posted by Paul Bierce (Member # 5412) on :
 
Me - 1964 … "Can't Buy Me Love" by the Beatles

My son - 1995 ... "Fantasy" by Mariah Carey
 
Posted by whitey2 (Member # 1265) on :
 
All shook up Elvis Presley 1957
Bette Davis Eyes Kim Carnes 1981... my son
 
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
 
"Love in Bloom" by Bing Crosby....me.

"Pennies from Heaven" by Bing Crosby...Marty
 
Posted by George Perkins (Member # 156) on :
 
Too Little Too Late.....Bing Crosby and Les Paul...Me


How High the Moon...Les Paul and Mary Ford...Denise
 
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
 
Swinging on a Star..Bing Crosby..1944..Me

Rum and Coca-Cola..Andrew Stisters..1945..Shirley
 
Posted by Judy Pate (Member # 237) on :
 
Long Gone Lonesome Blues - Hank Williams
 
Posted by Russ McMullin (Member # 5617) on :
 
"The Ballad of the Green Berets" by S/Sgt. Barry Sadler 1966

Even after listening to a sample clip of the song, I don't remember ever hearing it.
 
Posted by Raymond Chapman (Member # 361) on :
 
I don't think it had a name...just some guys wearing animal skins and beating a stick on a rock.

Wait a minute....that describes most of the groups still around today.
 
Posted by Mike Faig (Member # 6104) on :
 
So Much In Love, The Tymes- 1963-me

All You Need Is Love, The Beatles- 1967- Tonya
 
Posted by Jane Diaz (Member # 595) on :
 
Mine- "Come On-a My House" by Rosemary Clooney
Bill- "Goodnight Irene" by Gordon Jenkins & the Weavers
Ben- "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer
Joe- "Say, Say, Say" by Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
Our oldest, Billy- "Family Affair" by Sly & the Family Stone
 
Posted by Mike Pipes (Member # 1573) on :
 
Silly Love Songs by Wings - 1976
 
Posted by Dana Stanley (Member # 6786) on :
 
I remember spinning 45s with my brother Steve, we were 4 and 5 years old. The songs were how much is that doggy in the window, and the railroad runs through the middle of the house. I was born in 58. I'm not sure what was #1 in 58.
 
Posted by Jeff Ogden (Member # 3184) on :
 
"Don't fence me in", 1945...Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters. Good song to hear while in a crib.
 
Posted by Rene Giroux (Member # 4980) on :
 
Lion sleeps tonight.... but there was probably folk songs and Christmas music playing as well on the radio back on...........

.....

.....

January 1st, 1962... yep shortly after midnight ! [Applause]
 
Posted by jimmy chatham (Member # 525) on :
 
white christmas bing crosby
 
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
 
Same as Bill Diaz... Goodnight Irene
 
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
 
Same as Bill Diaz... Goodnight Irene
 
Posted by Dale Feicke (Member # 767) on :
 
I think it was "Chase Me Around The Cave Tonite, Alice-Saurus" by Alley Oop & the Neanderthals.
 
Posted by Brad Farha (Member # 931) on :
 
"Stranger on the Shore" by Mr. Acker Bilk

Never heard of it.
 
Posted by Nancie W. Phillips (Member # 3484) on :
 
"Windy" by The Association -July 1967
 
Posted by Laura Butler (Member # 1830) on :
 
I must be getting old. I remember dancing to most of these when they came out.
 
Posted by Rick Sacks (Member # 379) on :
 
Vaughn Monroe, Ballerina.

I don't remember it well at all. I was not into radio at the time, I was far more focused on female anatomy.
 
Posted by Rodger MacMunn (Member # 4316) on :
 
I had a rather nasty fall a year ago today - if you'd asked me that question then, I would have answered "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".
 
Posted by Deb Fowler (Member # 1039) on :
 
Mine:
"Rags to Riches: by Tony Bennett. born in 1953, yes, I'm 53!
I'm very rich, now that I have a huge, beautiful family and awesome friends such as you.
Later, I'll perhaps start on my children's and grandchildren's dates and songs.
 
Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :
 
Blue Moon

...and I can sing the last two words with my double basso voice.
Rapid
 
Posted by Barb. Shortreed (Member # 1730) on :
 
"Vaya con Dios (May God Be with You)" by Les Paul & Mary Ford
 
Posted by Dana Blair (Member # 951) on :
 
1963 ... "Walk like a Man" by The Four Seasons
 
Posted by Neil D. Butler (Member # 661) on :
 
"The Chipmonk song?" What are they trying to tell me?
 
Posted by Wayne Webb (Member # 1124) on :
 
"The Three Bells" by The Browns......My Honey

"Blue Moon" by The Marcels......Me
 
Posted by Deb Fowler (Member # 1039) on :
 
btw,
great post, Donna! Thanks!
 
Posted by Wayne Webb (Member # 1124) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Raymond Chapman:
I don't think it had a name...just some guys wearing animal skins and beating a stick on a rock.

Wait a minute....that describes most of the groups still around today.

[Rolling On The Floor] [Rolling On The Floor]
Good one, Ray.
 
Posted by Ryan Culbertson (Member # 7560) on :
 
Dancing Queen - Abba........... wow April 1977

[ June 19, 2007, 12:13 PM: Message edited by: Ryan Culbertson ]
 
Posted by William DeBekker (Member # 3848) on :
 
"We Can Work It Out" by The Beatles 1966
 
Posted by Theresa Hoying (Member # 7330) on :
 
"Physical" by Olivia Newton John 1981
 
Posted by Mark Neurohr (Member # 2470) on :
 
"April Love" by Pat Boone, '57

YYYYYYYYYYYIKES! Need to start dumping more in my 401K. Gonna need it sooner than I thought!

P.S. Donna, thank you very much for reminding me just how close to retirement I am!! [Smile]

NUTZ! I feel like I'm 20 somethin'!!
 
Posted by Bobbie Rochow (Member # 3341) on :
 
Mark, you ACT like you are 20 something!!!

1960, Georgia on My Mind, mine

1971, How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, the Bee Gees, Jon's
 
Posted by FranCisco Vargas (Member # 145) on :
 
can't say for sure, but I think it was a Frank Sinatra song? I got named after him. If today someone called me Frankie, I know they must have known me went I was a kid. but I guess I'm still a 50 year old teenager...
 


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