What Was Number 1 The Day You Were Born?

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US : House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
UK : You Really Got Me - The Kinks
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Marky Dread wrote:
16 Mar 2020, 8:57pm
US : House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
UK : You Really Got Me - The Kinks
Marky wins.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Marky Dread wrote:
16 Mar 2020, 8:57pm
US : House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
UK : You Really Got Me - The Kinks
Hello,

Marky's got a powerhouse. How about the oddest pairing? How about what was #1 in the US and UK when you were conceived (get your minds out of the gutter - just back up 9 months)?

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Heston wrote:
16 Mar 2020, 9:00pm
Marky Dread wrote:
16 Mar 2020, 8:57pm
US : House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
UK : You Really Got Me - The Kinks
Marky wins.
Breech baby came out kicking.
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The end of liberty


We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.

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Marky Dread wrote:
16 Mar 2020, 9:11pm
Heston wrote:
16 Mar 2020, 9:00pm
Marky Dread wrote:
16 Mar 2020, 8:57pm
US : House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
UK : You Really Got Me - The Kinks
Marky wins.
Breech baby came out kicking.
Same here mate.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Heston wrote:
16 Mar 2020, 9:34pm
Marky Dread wrote:
16 Mar 2020, 9:11pm
Heston wrote:
16 Mar 2020, 9:00pm
Marky Dread wrote:
16 Mar 2020, 8:57pm
US : House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
UK : You Really Got Me - The Kinks
Marky wins.
Breech baby came out kicking.
Same here mate.
Yeah but you were wearing those big KISS boots. So you win this one. ;)
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Forces have been looting
My humanity
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We're the flowers in the dustbin...
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101Walterton wrote:
16 Mar 2020, 4:01am
muppet hi fi wrote:
16 Mar 2020, 2:02am
JoseUnidos wrote:
15 Mar 2020, 7:51pm
US: She Loves You - The Beatles
UK: Little Children - Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas
Same here, as we are exactly the same age with the same birthday, mate! :kiss:
Would have been a hell of a coincidence if they were both re releases!!!
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Olaf wrote:
16 Mar 2020, 5:41am
Honky Tonk Women on both sides of the pond.
You fuckin' rock, mein freund!
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muppet hi fi wrote:
16 Mar 2020, 10:14pm
Olaf wrote:
16 Mar 2020, 5:41am
Honky Tonk Women on both sides of the pond.
You fuckin' rock, mein freund!
Danke. Even better than that, both Elvis shows on my birthday were actually recorded and officially released.
Who pfaffed the pfaff? Who got pfaffed tonight?

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US: Somethin' Stupid -- Nancy and Frank Sinatra (never heard of this song)
UK: Puppet on a String -- Sandie Shaw.

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Heston wrote:
16 Mar 2020, 9:00pm
Marky Dread wrote:
16 Mar 2020, 8:57pm
US : House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
UK : You Really Got Me - The Kinks
Marky wins.
Yep - he has two great songs. I only had one. And the other of mine was so shitty, it almost negated the great one.
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Mannfred Mann - Mighty Quinn
Paul Muriat - Love is Blue

Not bad i dont think. Always loved that Muriat tune.

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Low Down Low wrote:
17 Mar 2020, 12:57pm
Mannfred Mann - Mighty Quinn
Paul Muriat - Love is Blue

Not bad i dont think. Always loved that Muriat tune.
The MM song is great as well.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Heston wrote:
17 Mar 2020, 1:39pm
Low Down Low wrote:
17 Mar 2020, 12:57pm
Mannfred Mann - Mighty Quinn
Paul Muriat - Love is Blue

Not bad i dont think. Always loved that Muriat tune.
The MM song is great as well.
Yeah its really good and cant think of too many songs about drug dealers that reached No.1.

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Low Down Low wrote:
17 Mar 2020, 1:45pm
Heston wrote:
17 Mar 2020, 1:39pm
Low Down Low wrote:
17 Mar 2020, 12:57pm
Mannfred Mann - Mighty Quinn
Paul Muriat - Love is Blue

Not bad i dont think. Always loved that Muriat tune.
The MM song is great as well.
Yeah its really good and cant think of too many songs about drug dealers that reached No.1.
I prefer it to Dylan's original. Not so sure it's about a drug dealer though.
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Forces have been looting
My humanity
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The end of liberty


We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.

"Without the common people you're nothing"

Nos Sumus Una Familia

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