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for me it was

On 7th Apr 1986 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Cliff Richard & The Young Ones, featuring Hank Marvin - "Living Doll"
For Number 1 single over the subsequent years

The Number 1 album was:
Various artist compilation (CBS/WEA) - "Hits 4"
For Number 1 album over the subsequent years


Born on 7th Apr:
1915 - Billie Holiday ( jazz vocalist; deceased )
1947 - Florian Schneider-Esleben ( Kraftwerk )
1949 - John Oates ( Hall And Oates )
1951 - Janis Ian
1960 - Simon Climie ( 'Climie' of duo Climie Fisher )
1979 - Duncan (Matthew) James ( vocalist, Blue )
 
On 11th Nov 1983 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Billy Joel - "Uptown Girl"
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The Number 1 album was:
Lionel Richie - "Can't Slow Down"



Born on 11th Nov:
1927 - Moes Alison
1929 - Levern Baker ( rhythm & blues vocalist; deceased )
1943 - Charles Hodges ( of Chas & Dave )
1944 - Jessie Colin Young ( guitarist, vocalist, The Youngbloods )
1946 - Len 'Chip' Hawkins ( bassist, The Tremeloes; father of Chesney Hawkes )
1946 - Chris Dreja ( guitarist, The Yardbirds )
1957 - Tony Gad ( multi-instrumentalist, vocalist; Aswad )


 
On 30th Sep 1986 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Communards - "Don't Leave Me This Way"
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The Number 1 album was:
Paul Simon - "Graceland"
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Born on 30th Sep:
1935 - Johnny Mathis
1942 - Frankie Lymon ( deceased )
1947 - Mark Feld ( better known as Marc Bolan, leader of T.Rex; deceased )
 
The Number 1 single was:
Duran Duran - "Is There Something I Should Know"

The Number 1 album was:
Tears For Fears - "The Hurting"
 
micra-power said:
The Number 1 single was:
Cliff Richard & The Young Ones, featuring Hank Marvin - "Living Doll"
For Number 1 single over the subsequent years
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I actually remember this being in the charts. This song made me laugh so I recorded it to a tape lolol.
 
On 12th Nov 1980 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Blondie - "The Tide Is High"
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The Number 1 album was:
Barbra Streisand - "Guilty"
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Born on 12th Nov:
1940 - Screaming Lord Sutch ( deceased )
1944 - Booker T. Jones ( keyboard player with Booker T And The MGs )
1945 - Neil Young ( guitarist, pianist, vocalist; solo and with Buffalo Springfield/ Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young )
1948 - Errol Brown ( lead vocalist, Hot Chocolate )
1949 - Arthur Tavares ( of Tavares )
1955 - Les Mckeown ( lead singer, The Bay Rollers )
1978 - Tevin Campbell
1980 - Ryan Gosling ( guitarist / backing vocalist for Good Charlotte )
 
I hate Cliff why o why did he have to get a number 1 on my day :glare:
 
only one which i know in my year and is well known now is
abba, "knowing me , knowing you."
ahaaa!

and

sex pistols "god save the queen"
 
The Number 1 single was:
The Beatles - "From Me To You"
For Number 1 single over the subsequent years


The Number 1 album was:
Beatles - "Please Please Me"
For Number 1 album over the subsequent years


Born on 10th Jun:
1910 - Chester Burnett ( better known as Howlin Wolf )
1941 - Shirley Owens ( The Shirelles )
1961 - Kim Deal ( guitarist, vocalist, Pixies )
1961 - Mark Shaw ( vocalist, Then Jerico )
1964 - Jimmy Chamberlin ( drummer, Smashing Pumpkins )
1971 - Joel Hailey ( aka Jojo; vocalist, Jodeci )
 
On 6th Nov 1986 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Berlin - "Take My Breath Away"
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The Number 1 album was:
Police - "Every Breath You Take - The Singles"
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Born on 6th Nov:
1938 - P.J Proby
1947 - George Young ( of The Easybeats )
1947 - John Wilson ( of Them )
1948 - Glenn Frey ( guitarist, vocals; solo and with The Eagles )
1949 - Frankie Miller

lol i have the police album :blush:
 
On 12th Jan 1986 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Pet Shop Boys - "West End Girls"
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The Number 1 album was:
Various artist compilation (Virgin/EMI) - "Now, That's What I Call Music 6"
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Born on 12th Jan:
1941 - Long John Baldry ( vocalist, Bluesology )
1945 - Maggie Bell ( singer, Stone The Crows )
1960 - Charlie Gillingham ( keyboard player, Counting Crows )
1974 - Melanie Chisholm ( aka Mel C / Sporty Spice; The Spice Girls )

I share my birthday with Mel C of the Spice Girls lol!!
 
On 28th Apr 1982 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Paul McCartney with Stevie Wonder - "Ebony & Ivory"
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The Number 1 album was:
Barry Manilow - "Barry Live In Britain"
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Born on 28th Apr:
1955 - Eddie Jobson ( violinist, Curved Air )
1969 - Mica Paris
1970 - Howard Donald ( vocalist, Take That )
 
The Number 1 single was:
Madonna - "Into The Groove"
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The Number 1 album was:
Various artist compilation (Virgin/EMI) - "Now, That's What I Call Music 5"
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Born on 18th Aug:
1944 - Carl Wayne ( bassist, vocalist, The Move )
1949 - Nigel Griggs ( guitarist, bassist, vocalist, Split Enz )
1950 - Dennis Elliott ( drummer, Foreigner )
1971 - Aphex Twin ( real name Richard James )
 
On 24th Aug 1986 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Boris Gardiner - "I Want To Wake Up With You"
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The Number 1 album was:
Various artist compilation (Virgin/EMI) - "Now, That's What I Call Music 7"
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Born on 24th Aug:
1944 - Jim Capaldi ( drummer, vocalist; solo and with Traffic )
1948 - Jean-Michel Jarre ( multi-instrumentalist )
1956 - Matt Aitken ( of the Stock, Aitken, Waterman production team )
1961 - Colin Angus ( guitarist, programmer, vocalist, The Shamen )
1963 - John Bush ( lead vocalist, Anthrax )
 
On 21st Apr 1977 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Abba - "Knowing Me Knowing You"
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The Number 1 album was:
Abba - "Arrival"
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Born on 21st Apr:
1947 - James Newell Osterberg ( better known as Iggy Pop )
1959 - Robert Smith ( guitarist, vocalist, The Cure )
1963 - Johnny McElhorne ( bassist, Altered Images / Texas )
 
On 13th May 1986 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Spitting Image - "The Chicken Song"
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The Number 1 album was:
Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music - "Street Life - 20 Great Hits"
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Born on 13th May:
1941 - Joe Brown
1941 - Ritchie Valens
1943 - Mary Wells
1950 - Johnny Logan
1950 - Peter Gabriel ( vocalist; solo and with Genesis )
1950 - Stevie Wonder
1964 - Lorraine McIntosh ( vocalist, Deacon Blue )
1966 - Darius Rucker ( vocalist, guitarist; Hootie & The Blowfish )


another one for the chicken song !
 
for mine it was,
Rick Astley - "Never Gonna Give You Up"

and the album was,
Def Leppard - "Hysteria"

Oddly, the Rick Astley song is one that my mum used to sing to me when she was pregnant with me lol
 
Haha mine was the chicken song :( lol

Ppl born on the 24th May;

1941
American musician Bob Dylan - born Robert Zimmerman. Takes his stage name from Welsh poet Dylan Thomas.

1905
Soviet novelist Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov

1904
British entertainer George Formby.

1870
South African statesman Jan Chritiaan Smuts. Prime Minister 1919-1924 and 1939-1948.

1819
Queen Victoria born at Kensington Palace, London - Princess Alexandrina Victoria, only daughter of the Duke of Kent.

1743
French revolutionary leader Jean Paul Marat born in Switzerland.

1686
German physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit.

1544
British scientist William Gilbert.
 
Heres mine:

On 15th Nov 1986 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Berlin - "Take My Breath Away"
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The Number 1 album was:
Police - "Every Breath You Take - The Singles"
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Born on 15th Nov:
1905 - Mantovani ( Orchestra leader; deceased )
1931 - Clyde McPhatter ( vocalist, The Drifters )
1932 - Petula Clark
1940 - Hank Wangford ( country vocalist )
1941 - Rick Kemp ( bassist, Steeleye Span )
1945 - Frida Lyngstad ( vocalist, Abba )
1954 - Tony Thompson ( drummer, Chic )
 
Cool mine was good.

On 1st Oct 1970 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Freda Payne - "Band Of Gold"
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The Number 1 album was:
Simon & Garfunkel - "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
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On 6th Jul 1979 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Tubeway Army - "Are Friends Electric?"

The Number 1 album was:
Electric Light Orchestra - "Discovery"

Can't say I've ever heard of 'Are Friends Electric?' although I've probably danced to it when I've been drunk!! LOL
 
On 6th June 1981 ...
The Number 1 single was:
Adam & The Ants - "Stand And Deliver"
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The Number 1 album was:
Star Sound - "Stars On 45"
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Born on 6th Jun:
1936 - Levi Stubbs ( vocalist, The Four Tops )
1939 - Gary U.S. Bonds
1960 - Steve Vai ( guitarist, Frank Zappa / Whitesnake )
1961 - D.C. Lee ( female vocalist, solo and with The Style Council )
 
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