What was Number One on the day you were born?

8th december 1982- Truly by Lionel Richie

 

And on the American charts it was "Go Away Little Girl" by posted by Honeygirl

Actually, Joe Pope wrote that song also. He created the Tams from Atlanta, Georgia . Joe and his brother and Horace Keys. Joe's son still plays on the Holiday Inn circuit here in the South. They are called the "new" Tams now and do mostly songs that Joe wrote back in the 60's.

A lot of Carolina beach (R&B) bands went to England during the 50's and 60's because their music was not played on any radio stations in the South. One reason was because they were not mainstream Black. Another was because the music was too suggestive. We had a thing called ASCAP that controlled what was put on juke boxes around here.
That is also why The Drifters were referred to as the English Drifters for so many years. Temptations, Four Tops, a lot of them went to England.

 

its gotta be or they were playing this song in the delivery room and you were subliminally told to be a man-ho!!

 

I feel ripped off... I Love Rock 'n Roll by Joan Jet and the Blackhearts

 

American: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", by Roberta Flack

British: "Amazing Grace" by
The Pipes And Drums And Band Of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards :xyzthumbs

 

On the day I was born:
US: I'll Be There by The Jackson 5
UK: Woodstock by Matthews' Southern Comfort

On my 18th birthday:
US: Groovy Kind of Love by Phil Collins
UK: Orinoco Flow by Enya

On my 21st birthday:
US: Emotions by Mariah Carey
UK: (Everything I Do) I Do It For You by Bryan Adams

On my 30th birthday:
US: Come On Over Baby by Christine Aguilera
UK: Holler / Let Love Lead The Way by The Spice Girls

Things sure did change in 30 years!!!!!

 

Cool! Thanks Putt - I had no idea about the Tams - but now I do.

 

The Long and Winding Road by
The Beatles

 

http://www.thetams.com/NEW/index2.cfm?nextpage=p1

Here's your song Honeygirl. That's Joe singing lead on it. They were a show band and didn't allow dancing when they sang live. That song is from the 60's but I found this about it. Re-released in England in 1972, this song was #1 for three weeks and was the biggest selling song in the UK that year, topping sales of Rod Stewart's mega-hit "Maggie Mae."

 

the U.S. No.1 on the 7th October 1961 was... Take Good Care of my Baby by
Bobby Vee





the U.K. No.1 on the 7th October 1961 was... Kon Tiki by
The Shadows




Who in the heck were the shadows? I never heard of the song Kon Tiki.