August 12, 20222 yr Author The oldest Top 20 Singles artists still alive: 1. Ray Anthony - born 20th January 1922 - age 100 - first charted "Dragnet" for 1 week December 1953 / re-entered for 1 week in January 1954 - only hit. 2. Jane Morgan - born 3rd May 1924 - age 98 - first charted "Day that the Rains Came" December 1958 - reached No 1 in January 1959 for 1 week - only hit. 3. Bill Hayes - born 5th June 1925 - age 97 - first charted "Ballad of Davy Crockett" January 1956 - only hit. 4. Mel Brooks - born 28th June 1926 - age 96 - first charted "To Be or not to Be (the Hitler Rap) March 1984 - only hit 5. Tony Bennett - born 3rd August 1926 - age 96 - first charted "Stranger in Paradise" April 1955, reached No 1 for 2 weeks in May 1955 - 1 other hit for 1 week in September 1955. 6. Robert Earl - born 17th November 1926 - age 95 - first charted "I may never Pass this Way again" May 1958 - one more hit in 1959. 7. Laurie Johnson - born 7th February 1927 - age 95 - first charted "Sucu Sucu" October 1961 - only hit. 8. Harry Belafonte - born 1st March 1927 - age 95 - first charted "Banana Boat Song" March 1957 - charted 3 consecutive years with 6 Top 20 singles / 0 Top 20 Albums. 9. Dick Hyman - born 8th March 1927 - age 95 - first charted "Theme from 'Threepenny Opera'" March 1956 - only hit. 10. Cleo Laine - born 28th October 1927 - age 94 - first charted "You'll answer to me" September 1961 - only hit. Burt Bacharach is next... or is that Ronnie Harris if born before 12th May 1928? Dooley Wilson is the earliest born entrant to the UK Top 20 Singles chart: 1886-1953 - he charted posthumously at the age of 92 in 1978. Charlie Kunz - 1896 -1958- is the earliest born artist to still be alive when he charted "Piano Medley No 114" in December 1954.
August 12, 20222 yr Tony Bennett had a top 40 hit as recently as 2011 (although I take it the stats above are only considering top 20 hits).
August 12, 20222 yr Author Tony Bennett had a top 40 hit as recently as 2011 (although I take it the stats above are only considering top 20 hits). Indeed, something to do with Lady Gaga - I saw them at the Montreux Jazz Festival, amazing synergy between them.
August 12, 20222 yr It was actually a posthumous Amy Winehouse collab! (But yes he has appeared in the album chart even more recently with a couple of albums with Gaga)
August 12, 20222 yr Author It was actually a posthumous Amy Winehouse collab! (But yes he has appeared in the album chart even more recently with a couple of albums with Gaga) Thank you.
August 13, 20222 yr Author Benzz is born 27th April 1999. Only have Ilyas as one of his names, Moroccan family. 107 to go...
August 14, 20222 yr Author I can add under the oldest artists thread these 2 Bands, 1 Orchestra and 1 Royal Society - not solo artists of course: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1842 and had one hit in January 1972 - "Theme from 'The Onedin Line'" Band of the Black Watch was founded in 1881 in Scotland; one hit in October 1975 - "Scotch on the Rocks" Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band was also founded in 1881 in England; "Floral Dance" was No 2 for 6 weeks around Christmas and New Year 1977 (McCartney's "Mull of Kintyre" was to blame...) Royal Society for the Protection of Birds [RSPB] was founded in 1889 in Manchester; "Let Nature Sing" was a hit for 1 Top 20 week in May 2019.
August 15, 20222 yr Author 2nd December please. I know Britney Spears shares my birthday with me. 2nd December: Sydney Youngblood 1960 Britney Spears 1981 Nelly Furtado 1978 Fuse ODG 1988 Charlie Puth 1991 Juice Wrld 1998-2019 Have a good week.
August 15, 20222 yr I Mainly share my birthday with actors such as Johnny Depp (Why?:angry:), Michael J Fox & Natalie Portman. For music it is really only Matthew Bellamy, who is the frontman of Muse.
August 15, 20222 yr Author I Mainly share my birthday with actors such as Johnny Depp (Why?:angry:), Michael J Fox & Natalie Portman. For music it is really only Matthew Bellamy, who is the frontman of Muse. Four more musicians for you on 9th June: Jackie Wilson 1934-1984 Frankee 1983 D'banj 1980 James Newton Howard 1951
August 21, 20222 yr Author New Birthdays: Steve Lacy / USA: 23rd May 1998; the same day as: Rosemary Clooney 1928-2002, Humphrey Lyttleton 1921-2008, Anne-Marie David 1952 and Fred Wedlock 1942-2010.
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