Posted Monday at 11:183 days I got this idea from a comment @Jade made on the most recent Friday Chart Show thread, asking if Sienna Spiro's birth year of 2005 was the most recent birth year for a UK charttopper. It got me wondering who the previous holders of this distinction were over time, so I've had a stab at compiling the list. Please feel free to offer any corrections, or any suggestions of who I may have overlooked etc. For the charttoppers of the 50s, 60s and 70s I'm indebted to the reasearch of a deathlist forum contributer called Ulitzer95 who has a very informative thread on there called UK Singles Chart.1924 October 7th Al Martino #1 19521928 August 10th Eddie Fisher #4 19531931 January 15th June Marlow [Stargazers] #7 19531935 March 29th Ruby Murray #29 19551936 November 22nd Lee Turner [Dreamweavers] 1956 [NB: Fellow Dreamweaver Eddie Newson was born the same year, but I couldn't find a full birthdate, so he could be very slightly younger]1942 September 30th Frankie Lymon #48 1956[NB I couldn't find birthdates for some members of Lord Rockingham's XI, so potentially someone could be younger]1943 March 2nd Tony Meehan [Drifters/Shadows] #88 1959[NB I couldn't find birthdates for all members of The Pirate or of Temperance Seven, so there could be a younger person]1946 September 28th Helen Shapiro #123 19611947 February 3rd Dave Davies [Kinks] #177 19641947 November 5th Peter Noone [Herman's Hermits] #178 19641948 May 12th Steve Winwood [Spencer Davis Group] #208 19661948 September 16th Kenney Jones [Small Faces] #223 19661949 December 22nd Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb [Bee Gees] #238 19671952 January 26th Maurice Bacon [Love Affair] #243 19681953 June 4th Jimmy McCulloch [Thunderclap Newman] #273 1969[NB: I couldn't find birthdates for all members of Edison Lighthouse or of Matthews' Southern Comfort, so their could be someone younger there]1957 December 9th Donny Osmond #316 1972[NB: I had no real chance of finding names and birthdates for the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, so ther could be a younger person amongst them maybe]1963 April 16th Little Jimmy Osmond #324 19721973 July 8th Sally Lindsey [St Winifred's School Choir] #472 1980 [NB: I could only find names and birthdates for two members of the choir, so there could very well be younger members than Sally]1974 February 13th Robbie Williams [Take That] #692 19931975 February 18th Gary Neville [Manchester United Football Squad] #708 [NB: Fellow squad members Chris Casper and David Beckham were slightly younger, but I couldn't confirm if they took part in the single or not]1975 May 26th Lauryn Hill [Fugees] #741 19961976 January 21st Emma Bunton [Spice Girls] #743 19961977 March 3rd Ronan Keating [Boyzone] #738 1996ca 1985 Mark Littlewood [Dunblane] #754 1996 [NB: Mark was the only Dunblane child on this single that I could find an age for in contemporary newspapers. There may very well have been a younger child amongst them]1985 October 22nd Zac Hanson [Hanson] #769 19971986 March 20th Tommy-B [Blazin Squad] #934 2002 [NB: I couldn't find birthdates for all of the many members of Blazin Squad, so someone else may have been younger]1986 March 21st Sam Nixon [Sam and Mark] #971 20041987 November 30th Douggie Poynter [McFly] #977 20051988 February 20th Rihanna #1058 20071990 February 3rd Sean Kingston #1062 20071992 July 12th Eoghan Quigg [X Factor Finalists 2008] #1082 20081992 December 14th Lloyd Daniels [X Factor Finalists 2009] #1114 20092001 December 13th Hayley Bird, as Peppa Pig [Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band] #1115 2009[NB: The Commonwealth Band and the Justice Collective both featured children's choirs amongst their number, but I couldn't find any information, so there could be younger people on either single]2001 Deecember 18th Billie Eillish #1366 20202002 November 4th Jawsh 685 #1373 20202003 February 20th Olivia Rodrigo #1383 20212004 June 10th Gayle #1394 20222005 September 28th Sienna Spiro #1458 2026 Edited Monday at 11:203 days by DanChartFan
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