Not my number 1's per se, but the song that was #1 on the US pop chart on each of my birthdays since July 20, 1973. It's an eclectic mix, to be sure, some classics like Billy Joel and Prince; some one-hitters like Sir Mix-a-Lot and EMF. So here they are, from Billy Preston (above) in '73 to Katy Perry in '08.
1973- Billy Preston- Will it Go Round In Circles?
1974- George McCrae- Rock Your Baby
1975- Van McCoy- The Hustle
1976- The Manhattans- Kiss & Say Goodbye
1977- Barry Manilow- Looks Like We Made It
1978- Andy Gibb- Shadow Dancing
1979- Donna Summer- Bad Girls
1980- Billy Joel- It's Still Rock & Roll To Me
1981- Air Supply- The One That You Love
1982- Survivor- Eye of the Tiger
1983- The Police- Every Breath You Take
1984- Prince- When Doves Cry
1985- Duran Duran- View to a Kill
1986- Peter Gabriel- Sledgehammer
1987- Heart- Alone
1988- Richard Marx- Hold Onto the Nights
1989- Martika- Toy Soldiers
1990- Glenn Medeiros & Bobby Brown- She Ain't Worth it
1991- EMF- Unbelievable
1992- Sir Mix-a-Lot- Baby Got Back
1993- UB40- Can't Help Falling In Love
1994- All-4-One- I Swear
1995- TLC- Waterfalls
1996- 2Pac- California Love
1997- Puff Daddy- I'll Be Missing You
1998- Brandy & Monica- The Boy is Mine
1999- Ricky Martin- Livin' La Vida Loca
2000- Matchbox 20- Unwell
2001- Usher- You Remind Me
2002- Nelly- Hot In Here
2003- Beyonce & Jay-Z- Crazy In Love
2004- Usher- Confessions, Pt.2
2005- Mariah Carey- We Belong Together
2006- Nelly Furtado- Promiscuous
2007- Rhianna- Umbrella
2008- Katy Perry- I Kissed a Girl
If you'd like to see what was #1 on your birthday or special day, go to a site I've used for years, This Day in Music.
2 comments:
Are you sure they're not your #1s? It looks like a BK line-up! HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE
There are certain songs on this list that are plain embarrassing for us as a country, most notably, Ricky Martin and Sir Mix-a-Lot. I have no idea who Katy Perry and Rhianna are and wouldn't recognize a Nelly Furtado or Usher song if I heard it. The U.S. needs to start looking at online downloads to legitimately see what the #1 songs and albums are.
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