What was the #1 song on your 12th birthday?

[mia]

Here's mine.

[Jamastiene]

1. Eye of the Tiger by Survivor

But, I can guarantee you, I was listening to Blondie instead. I was obsessed with Blondie back then. Still am, to this day.

[tblue37]

2. This one:

EVERYBODY was singing it that day.

[House of Roberts]

3. The Rascals - People Got To Be Free

Missed Harper Valley PTA by ONE day, whew!

[gopiscrap]

4. I'm old

"Bridge Over Troubled Water" bu Simon and Garfunkel

[ironflange]

43. Same here

I'm old too.

[Glorfindel]

48. Oh, you children don't know what "old" is...

Mine was "Tammy" by Debbie Reynolds. I'm practically a T. Rex.

[chicoescuela]

5. War by Edwin Starr

[FM123]

6. Top of the World by the Carpenters

(although my favorite song that year was Bad Bad Leroy Brown)

[rurallib]

7. September 1961 Bobby Vee - "Take good Care If My Baby". n/t

[NRaleighLiberal]

8. Chain of Fools by Aretha Franklin!!! Jan 20 1968

[Dave in VA]

9. Here's mine!

[Glorfindel]

52. I love that song. "Fly the ocean in a silver plane"

"See the pyramids along the Nile"

I was about five years old when it was popular.

[exboyfil]

10. Fame David Bowie

[mr_lebowski]

116. Awesome one! Made even better by the backing vocals by John (nt)

[Buckeye_Democrat]

11. My Corona... er, Sharona.

[d_r]

51. The first 45

I bought with my own money. Well money some grown up had given me.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

12. The title song from a movie I've seen countless times since

I turned 12, and that (unlike me) never gets old....

[Zoonart]

13. Over and Over

Dave Clark 5

[CottonBear]

14. Thank God I'm a Country Boy by John Denver

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[In_The_Wind]

15. Elvis Presley - Its Now Or Never

It's now or never,
come hold me tight
Kiss me my darling,
be mine tonight
Tomorrow will be too late,
it's now or never
My love won't wait.

[sinkingfeeling]

26. I must be a month or two older than you.

[murielm99]

83. That's mine, too!

[GeorgeGist]

16. Mack the Knife

[Kali]

28. me too

[CountAllVotes]

17. Hey Jude

[happybird]

18. Was hoping it would be U2

because the Joshua Tree album came out that year (and my Mom took me to see them because she’s rad). But, no. It was:

[mr_lebowski]

117. I saw them 4 times in 1987 ...

On the indoor tour leg in April, right after it came out, I saw 'em at San Diego, LA, and SF.

After the LA show we waited for the band to come out the gate in their limo, and Bono stood out the roof as they slowly drove through the crowd, and I got me a high-five ).

Then on the outdoor leg in October (I think it was) I saw 'em at Oakland Coliseum. With The Pretenders when Johnny Marr was in the band.

Those shows were freaking incredible. SO much U2 love right then, man.

Also, your mom sounds rad

[happybird]

118. Did you get to go in 2017?

Still kicking myself for not getting tickets.

In ‘87, our show (RFK in DC) was cut short because Bono slipped and dislocated his shoulder.

[mr_lebowski]

125. No, and I still am kicking myself too ...

Man, he got hurt? That blows! Hopefully you got a decent part of it anyway ...

[sinkingfeeling]

19. "I'm Sorry" by Brenda Lee. One of the greatest.

[elleng]

20. Come And Go With Me- The Dell Vikings

[whathehell]

67. Love that song!

We're likely quite close in age.

[elleng]

74. Guess so!

[Auggie]

21. In the Year 2525

[NNadir]

22. Die Entfuehrung aus dem Serail by that young upstart Mozart. n/t.

[Harker]

66. That percussive "Turkish" sound was all the rage that year!

There are several wonderful arias in that short opera.

[CanonRay]

23. Fingertips by Little Stevie Wonder

Don't remember it.

[Kali]

24. ...

[sanatanadharma]

25. I blew my candles out to "Volare" (Nel blu, dipinto di blu)

In 1946 I was born as a blue baby.

At my 12th cumpleaños in 1958, the top song was "Volare"
(In the blue [as I was] painted blue or In the blue-painted blue [sky]), a song recorded by Italian singer-songwriter Domenico Modugno.

It spent five weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 in August and September 1958 and was Billboard's number-one single for the year. It became the first Grammy winner for Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the 1st Annual Grammy Awards in 1959.

And I never knew.

Here he is on the Ed Sullivan Show.

[sinkingfeeling]

31. And I always thought it was sung by Bobby Rydell.

[whathehell]

70. There were two versions..

Bobby R. sang the 2nd one.

[lapfog_1]

27. here ya go

[katusha]

29. Queen - Another one bites the dust

[Aristus]

39. Mine, too

[katusha]

50. huzzah!

yes it is a good one to have! i was quite surprised.

[d_r]

54. Then

I am six months older than you two

[WePurrsevere]

30. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Roberta Flack...

It's been a favorite of mine since it came out back then.

[LakeArenal]

32. She Loves You by the Beatles

Cool.

[Harker]

69. They played The Ed Sullivan Show

on my 5th birthday.

Saw it on an old black and white Silvertone.

[LakeArenal]

91. Sigh.

[Harker]

99. Right behind ya. n/t

[LAS14]

33. Hot Diggity/Heartbreak Hotel

[The Figment]

34. This...

[many a good man]

35. This song was #2

[Sneederbunk]

36. A Summer Place

[WheelWalker]

37. Runaround Sue (Dion)

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[Ahpook]

40. I love this band :)

It came out around 92' I think?

I saw them live a few years later. Still think about it ....

[whathehell]

72. I do too!

Even though I was a little older than you ( 42) when the song came out.

[Ahpook]

135. They put on such a great show

I didn't really care to go, but my GF at the time loved that band. Glad we went as I've been a huge fan ever since

Robert Smith caught a little crap from some hick on the front row which pissed him off. Apparently the person couldn't understand what Robert was saying and yelled out for him to speak English. Robert didn't say anything the rest of the night

One of the top 10 shows I've seen!

[Bev54]

41. We Can Work It Out

The Beatles

[BusyBeingBest]

42. "Maneater", Hall and Oates.

Yuck.

[BusyBeingBest]

44. Whoops, it appears my math was wrong--I'm a year off--"Physical", Olivia Newton John.

Even worse.

[Harker]

90. Yes. Sorry.

You should feel free to use a different birthday as an antidote.

[Coventina]

45. Ugh! "It's Still Rock & Roll to Me" Billy Joel

I wish it had been the next one: Magic by Olivia Newton John.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

46. Don't help the scammers and hackers!

These little games are how they learn your birth date, which is a good start toward identity theft. Don't play.

[royable]

59. I second that!!!

Just stop, now!

OP Mia may just be trying to introduce some levity and distraction from our current troubles, but that doesn't prevent any hacker from using the information provided in the thread by others as a tool toward future identity theft.

[customerserviceguy]

111. They'd have to find out my name

I use only my handle here, even on DU mail. And I'm quite careful to not give away any details on posts that could pinpoint me.

Plus, after the Equifax screwup, I locked my credit files down.

[Foolacious]

47. "War" - Edwin Starr

YES!

[Corgigal]

49. Good tune too.

Michael and I are the same age.

[d_r]

53. Another brick on the wall part 2 / call me

[mr_lebowski]

58. That is a killer pair to have ... (nt)

[d_r]

88. I know! Got lucky nt

[TruckFump]

55. Alley Oop

Somehow, that seems rather fitting!

[First Speaker]

56. Believe it or not--"Help"...

...how appropriate...

[doc03]

57. A Summer Place by Percy Faith

[mr_lebowski]

60. Here's b-day songs in the vicinity of my 12th year ...

I'll take these two ...
MJ - Don't Stop (Til Ya Get Enough)
Queen - Another One Bites the Dust

But other years nearby include such other shite as
Kiss You All Over
You Light Up My Life
Disco Duck

[JenniferJuniper]

61. Can't Help Falling in Love With You - Elvis

[MustLoveBeagles]

63. Phil Collins Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)/ Hello

[liberalmuse]

64. Captain and Tennille

[Harker]

65. "My Sweet Lord" had just given way to...

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[mr_lebowski]

96. How ... non-fortuitous ... yo ass was LATE! nt

[Harker]

97. Got that right!

Hence, my intro.

Care to guess which 45 I bought?

[mr_lebowski]

100. At 12 y.o. I wouldn't necessarily expect 'good taste' ... could've been either ...

Hell, I liked Knock 3 Times when I was a little boy ... probably not anymore by the time I was 12 though ... I forget. At 12 I was into the Kiss, the Stones and the Zeppelin.

But I know which one you'd (or ... anyone I'd hope) would buy now

When I was like 9 I liked the Osmonds ... shudder ... my best friend at the time was Mormon, so that's my excuse.

And I still think Down By The Lazy River is an awesome song & video

[Harker]

106. I had older brothers who would've

punched me out if they had know about some of my selections.

[mr_lebowski]

112. I'm calling and tellin' em right now you bought this 45 w/your allowance ...

[Harker]

113. You shaking me down for my lunch money?

Anyhow, I'm innocent!

[Frasier Balzov]

68. Lovin' Spoonful - Summer in the City

[whathehell]

73. GREAT song!

[Polybius]

71. How do we tell?

Is there an easy way to type in the month, day, and year and it says what was number 1?

[Frasier Balzov]

119. This link will help you identify it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Billboard_number-one_singles

[Polybius]

120. Thank you!

Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)!

[Frasier Balzov]

123. Here's the official music video.

You didn't mention whether you liked the song, but here it is!

[Polybius]

124. Thank you for that!

The 80's was an amazingly good time!

[revmclaren]

75. Maggie May - Rod Stewart.

[MontanaMama]

76. Tonight's The Night...Rod Stewart.

Oddly...my 14 year old kiddo is a big Rod Stewart fan.

[mr_lebowski]

95. That's a freaking great song actually ... imho ... nt

[Shrike47]

77. It Doesn't Matter Anymore/Buddy Holly

Love the Linda Ronstadt version, too.

[FuzzyRabbit]

78. The Stroll by the Diamonds

[LenaBaby61]

79. Here's #1 OP when I was 12, and THANK YOU for this lovely distraction 💖

Soul Chart #1 when I was 12 in 1973:

Billboard #1 when I was 12 in 1973:

2 of my favorite blues songs from 1973, when I was 12:

[elleng]

80. Music always does it, doesn't it?

[Rhiannon12866]

81. Mine: Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison

[murielm99]

82. It's Now or Never,

by Elvis Presley.

[Freddie]

84. Harper Valley PTA - Jeanne C. Riley

One hit wonder. Figures.

[ArnoldLayne]

85. Everyday People -Sly and the Family Stone.

[ms liberty]

86. Brown Sugar. n/t

[Callalily]

87. Wheel of Fortune; Kay Starr

I've never even heard of that song!

[whistler162]

89. I wil Cher mine

[Doc_Technical]

92. Deep Purple by Nino Tempo and April Stevens

Strangely enough, I have no memory of this song

[Kingofalldems]

93. A Summer Place

[MissMillie]

94. Apparently, Neil Diamond

[mnhtnbb]

98. Walk Like a Man

[nature-lover]

101. Help Me, Rhonda by the Beach Boys

[snowybirdie]

102. A long time ago!

[VWolf]

103. Well this is freaking appropriate!!!!

"Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees

[cayugafalls]

104. A horse with no name. By America.

[Hassler]

105. "I'm a Believer" by the Monkees

[Codeine]

107. "Centerfold", J. Giles Band nt

[MotorCityBeard]

108. Elton John - Don't Go Breaking My Heart (with Kiki Dee)

[ProfessorGAC]

109. Hey Jude

Here's a live version I've never seen. On a talk show, in Britain I think.

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[customerserviceguy]

110. "To Sir with Love" by Lulu n/t

[sakabatou]

114. Cher - Believe

[Efilroft Sul]

115. Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?

Couldn't wait to grow up after hearing how adults had fun in the song.

[Polybius]

122. "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)"

Billy Ocean!

[Tikki]

126. " Mother-in-law"...Ernie K. Doe

Definitely remember the song as a 12 year old...
Loved all of Ernie's songs.

Tikki

[dchill]

127. "So Much in Love" - The Tymes

[dwilso40641]

128. Mr Sandman

1954

[Boxerfan]

129. This is a scam-if you answered you are hacked

They got your b-day and with a few more clicks enough to hack your accounts.

I'd really be more careful online.

[lillypaddle]

133. Huh?

[lastlib]

130. "Sugar, Sugar" - The Archies

nice catchy tune.......

[KY_EnviroGuy]

131. '59: "The Battle of New Orleans" - Johnny Horton

That was for both pop and country!

Top album: Music from Peter Gunn, Henry Mancini

Top R&B hit: "Stagger Lee", Lloyd Price

Found at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Billboard_Year-End_number-one_singles_and_albums


KY........

[lillypaddle]

132. 1959

Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1959

№ Title Artist(s)

1 "The Battle of New Orleans" Johnny Horton

2 "Mack the Knife" Bobby Darin

3 "Personality" Lloyd Price

4 "Venus" Frankie Avalon

[Arkansas Granny]

134. Lol. Mine is the same. I was sure it would be something by Pat Boone.

[OxQQme]

136. Jo Stafford