Just heard on radio they are 70 years old this week


What was number 1 the day you where born ?

Somebody help me Spencer Davis group was mine

And without cheating can you name the act that has had most top ten hits without a number one

UPTHEPORT wrote: September 27th, 2022, 6:41 pm Just heard on radio they are 70 years old this week


What was number 1 the day you where born ?

Somebody help me Spencer Davis group was mine

And without cheating can you name the act that has had most top ten hits without a number one

Ah! Spencer Davis. Swansea born and raised. Died nearly 2 years ago.
Mine was Hey Joe by Frankie Laine. Just creep into the under 70 years time frame.

Rose Marie by Slim Whitman for me.

Is the answer Freddie and the Dreamers?

Walking back to happiness by Helen Shapiro for me.

I would suggest The Who.

To answer your quiz question, I would guess Iron Maiden. Metal fans used to buy enough 7” singles to catapult the latest track into the top ten, and it would then plummet down the charts as the general public thought they had better taste.

This website https://playback.fm/birthday-song-uk will tell you what was number one on the day you were born, the day you started work (a black day for me) or the day you got married (an even darker day).

Lily the Pink was number one when I entered the world.

Gerry and The Pacemakers. Can't remember the song though it made no mention of ferries.

I hadn't realised until just now that pacemakers were invented back in the fifties.

Wikipedia:

On 15 March 2017, Gerry Marsden collapsed onstage due to a sore knee while performing at a concert in Newport, Wales.

I love to love - Tina Charles

‘She’s Not You’ by Elvis Presley was mine. Can’t say I know it. In answer to the quiz question, it can’t be Iron Maiden, they had a No.1 with ‘Bring your daughter to the slaughter’. I would also guess at The Who.

I'll keep you in suspenders till tonight

But all I can say is keep the faith

From that clue it’s gotta be Bon Jovi.

Dogger wrote: September 28th, 2022, 9:32 am ‘She’s Not You’ by Elvis Presley was mine.

Coincidentally, the website I used to find my number one song gave me the rather unwelcome news that "She's Not You" was number one the night my parents got jiggy leading to my conception.

Jailhouse rock by Elvis Presley.

And no idea as to the question.

Edit

Adam Faith?

The Wayward Wind by Frank Ifield

UPTHEPORT wrote: September 28th, 2022, 9:38 am I'll keep you in suspenders till tonight

But all I can say is keep the faith

Must be Bon Jovi then