Posted August 10, 20222 yr Random facts: Scott Walker and Freddie Starr were both born on 9th January 1943 and both died in 2019, Freddie Starr survived another 48 days. Dev, Nick Brewer and Tom Zanetti were all born on 2nd July 1989. Billy J Kramer, Edwin Hawkins and Don Fardon were all born on 19th August 1943. Jeannie C Riley, Sharon Redd and Divine were all born on 19th October 1945. Chip(munk) Rita Ora and Nevada were all born on 26th November 1990. No date has more than three artists born on the same day. There are another 71 occasions where two artists share the same birthday - day, month and year. Perhaps the most extraordinary: there are only two birthdays on 29th February and they are the same year for Deetah and Ja Rule in 1976. The three most popular dates to be born are all in January, 14 on the 17th and the 19th; 13 on the 9th. May is comfortably the most popular month to be born if you want to have a Top 20 single, followed by January. February has the least number of birthdays but on a per diem basis, July is the least popular; (28.25 days versus 31 days). Of the 2,260 solo artists to reach the UK Top 20 Singles chart since 1952, I am missing 108 confirmed birthdays, which is 4.8%. Only 5 dates miss an artist with a birthday: 21st March, 29th July, 11th and 16th November and 26th December. Is it appropriate to post the list of 108 artists for whom I miss their birthdays, in the hope some of you might know them? Requests for particular dates and the corresponding artists who have their birthdays that day readily answered...
August 10, 20222 yr Welcome Tutavilla (nice flag by the way) and thanks for this interesting research! Feel free to post your missing list though not sure anyone will know if you’ve already done the research. I know Lily Allen and I are born exactly 1 year apart - who else is on 2 May?
August 10, 20222 yr Author 23rd August: Vicky Leandros 1949; Edwyn Collins 1959; Tieks 1976. Sorry none in 1986 unless it's in the missing list which I'll post later...
August 10, 20222 yr Author 2nd May: Bing Crosby 1903-1977 Joe Henderson 1920-1980 Lesley Gore 1946-2015 Engelbert Humperdinck 1936 Judge Dread 1945-1998 Shannon 1958 and, yes, Lily Allen 1985. The order is when they entered the chart for the first time, not when they were born.
August 10, 20222 yr Author 4th August - same birthday as my daughter and her mother! Louis Armstrong 1901-1971 Ken Macintosh 1919-2005 Marques Houston 1981
August 10, 20222 yr The only singers I can think of who share a birthday with me (5th June) Mark Wahlberg 1971 He did release a song called "Good Vibrations" Troye Sivan 1995 Dave 1998
August 10, 20222 yr Author The only singers I can think of who share a birthday with me (5th June) Mark Wahlberg 1971 He did release a song called "Good Vibrations" Troye Sivan 1995 Dave 1998 Here are 4 more: Bill Hayes 1925 Keith Marshall 1956 Laurie Anderson 1947 Marky Mark 1971
August 10, 20222 yr Author The Missing Birthdays of solo Top 20 Singles artists 1952-date. I'll post them in 4 lots of 27 for convenience. They are roughly in order of appearance although a half dozen are out of place because I realised I didn't really have the right birthdays - many websites post 1st January as an arrival date just put something in there! Ronnie Harris 1928? (? = probable year of birth but I need the day and month as well please...) Jodie Sands 1919? - 1996? David MacBeth 1934? Horace Faith ???? - 2015 Barbara Kay (Piglets vocals) ???? Tony Kenny 1951 Michael Ward 1960 Sunny (Heather Wheatman) 1951? Peter Shelley 1942 Linda Carr 1944? Gary Benson 1946 John Asher ???? Billy Howard 1941 Paul Davidson ???? David Parton 1948 Brendon (Dunning) ???? Bill Lovelady 1945 Nick Straker 1952? Alton Edwards 1954 David Joseph 1954 Gary Byrd 1954 Lydia Murdock ???? Keith Rodgers (Break Machine) 1962 Terri Wells (King) ???? Eddy Conrad 1959 Audrey Hall 1948 Claire Usher 1977
August 10, 20222 yr Author 2/... (Sharon) Haywoode ???? Catherine Stock 1956-2002 Carey Johnson 1951? Karel Fialka 1947 Starturn on 45 (Steve O'Donnell) ????-1997 Tyree 1965? Mixmaster (Daniele Davoli) January 1964 Chad Jackson 1967 D-Shake (Aad de Mooy) 1968 Maureen (Walsh) ???? Dimples D (Crystal Smith) 1962 LaTour 1967 Isotonik (Chris Paul) 1968 Felix (Francis Wright) ???? Shara Nelson 1965 Sarah Washington ???? Lena Fiagbe 1972 DJ Duke (Ken Larsen) 1967 Motiv 8 (Steve Rodway) 1960 M-Beat (Marlon Hart) 1975 Berri (Rebecca Sleight) 1974 Ethics (Patrick Prins) ???? Mike Flowers Pops (Mike Roberts) 1960 Kadoc (José Montilla aka David Penn) 1972 Horace Brown 1971 Pianoman (James Sammon) 1970 H2O (Oliver Stumm) 1965?
August 10, 20222 yr Random facts: Scott Walker and Freddie Starr were both born on 9th January 1943 and both died in 2019, Freddie Starr survived another 48 days. Dev, Nick Brewer and Tom Zanetti were all born on 2nd July 1989. Billy J Kramer, Edwin Hawkins and Don Fardon were all born on 19th August 1943. Jeannie C Riley, Sharon Redd and Divine were all born on 19th October 1945. Chip(munk) Rita Ora and Nevada were all born on 26th November 1990. No date has more than three artists born on the same day. There are another 71 occasions where two artists share the same birthday - day, month and year. Perhaps the most extraordinary: there are only two birthdays on 29th February and they are the same year for Deetah and Ja Rule in 1976. The three most popular dates to be born are all in January, 14 on the 17th and the 19th; 13 on the 9th. May is comfortably the most popular month to be born if you want to have a Top 20 single, followed by January. February has the least number of birthdays but on a per diem basis, July is the least popular; (28.25 days versus 31 days). Of the 2,260 solo artists to reach the UK Top 20 Singles chart since 1952, I am missing 108 confirmed birthdays, which is 4.8%. Only 5 dates miss an artist with a birthday: 21st March, 29th July, 11th and 16th November and 26th December. Is it appropriate to post the list of 108 artists for whom I miss their birthdays, in the hope some of you might know them? Requests for particular dates and the corresponding artists who have their birthdays that day readily answered... Do you have the numbers by month? I want to compare it to the distribution of birthdays in the general population and see if there are any meaningful differences. 2,000 is a very good sample size for this kind of thing.
August 10, 20222 yr Who do we have for 19th November? Tyga is the only one I am aware of lol (although he's still marginally preferable to the person who is #1 on Famous Birthdays for that date which is -shudders- RiceGum) I'm quite surprised there are any dates which don't have anyone!
August 10, 20222 yr Ooh could I get 10th December please? x I know of Meg White and the lead singer from Placebo
August 10, 20222 yr I know Keith Moon was also born on 23 August but ofc he was part of The Who and not a solo artist haha. Thanks - really interesting :)
August 10, 20222 yr I know I have Dr. Dre, John Travolta and Yoko Ono for 18th February. Can't think of anybody else.
August 10, 20222 yr Could you tell me who shares my birthday of 24th May please? The only famous person I know who shares my birthday is Queen Victoria, though I'm pretty sure she didn't chart any top 20 singles :lol:
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