Those were the days, my friend. We thought they'd never end
Here's a cool online engine: You input your date of birth and it'll tell you what song was #1 on the charts. So I put in my birthday from 1968 and found out that it was ... "Those Were The Days," by Mary Hopkin.
And my first reaction was: What the hell kind of lame song is that to usher in your birthday? I thought this was supposed to be 60s! Was this sort of aural sludge still dominating the charts? Christ, couldn't a song by, I don't know, the Kinks or something have been on the charts instead? Dang.
(Thanks to Chris' Cynic-C blog for this one!)
Posted by Clive Thompson at March 13, 2004 04:31 PM
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Heh heh. What a difference three years makes - I got T Rex's 'Hot Love.' Nyah nyah.
Posted by: debcha at March 14, 2004 10:12 AM
What does "Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)" say about a person?
Posted by: marc at March 15, 2004 1:28 PM
Let us not forget these are the UK pop charts which were notoriously out of touch. Ask the folks at radio Caroline.
Posted by: Margie at March 15, 2004 10:24 PM
Posted by: Clive at March 16, 2004 10:07 AM
Useless for me - it only goes back to 1950. Does that make me a dinosaur? Or maybe there was no popular music before 1950?
Posted by: Leslie Turek at March 17, 2004 8:22 AM
You're from The Land Before Time!
Posted by: Clive at March 18, 2004 12:08 AM
The interface isn't as focused, but you can get US and Australian, as well as UK, #1 hit singles for each week since 1952 at this site:
http://www.onmc.iinet.net.au/
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Heh heh. What a difference three years makes - I got T Rex's 'Hot Love.' Nyah nyah.
Posted by: debcha at March 14, 2004 10:12 AM
What does "Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)" say about a person?
Posted by: marc at March 15, 2004 1:28 PM
Let us not forget these are the UK pop charts which were notoriously out of touch. Ask the folks at radio Caroline.
Posted by: Margie at March 15, 2004 10:24 PM
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Posted by: Clive at March 16, 2004 10:07 AM
Useless for me - it only goes back to 1950. Does that make me a dinosaur? Or maybe there was no popular music before 1950?
Posted by: Leslie Turek at March 17, 2004 8:22 AM
You're from The Land Before Time!
Posted by: Clive at March 18, 2004 12:08 AM
The interface isn't as focused, but you can get US and Australian, as well as UK, #1 hit singles for each week since 1952 at this site:
http://www.onmc.iinet.net.au/
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