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marcus  writes
>On Apr 28, 10:31.pm, Edvado  wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> . I recently came across a website where you could look up what the
>> . number one song on the American charts on any particular date. .It was
>> . fun looking at what topped the chart when I was born, and my siblings
>> . and others. .It soon dawned on me that it might be fun to see what was
>> . number one on the birthdate of each of the four Beatles.
>>
>> So here they are:
>> --------------------------------------------------------
>> Ringo Starr
>> "The Woodpecker Song" by Glenn Miller
>>---------------------------------------------
>> George Harrison
>> "There Are Such Things" by Tommy Dorsey
>> -Vocal by Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers
>> --------------------------------------------------------
>> Paul McCartney
>> "Sleepy Lagoon" by Harry James
>> --------------------------------------------------------
>> John
>> "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey
>> --
>>
>Just like some people can see something for themselves in the mass
>media daily horoscopes, one can pobably stretch it to see themselves
>in the song that was Number One on the day they were born.
>
>However, The Beatles' number ones on their individual birthdays is
>ironic.
>
>Ringo--about a woodpecker pecking on a tree...him hitting things with
>drum sticks
>
>George-- a song with a "spiritual" lyric, "Not caring
what you own,
>but just what you are"
>
>Paul--a dreamy romantic song
>
>John--a bittersweet number

I suppose if you're bored, such an exercise might be a slight diversion. 
It does seem irrelevant to quote American chart listings though. I'd 
suspect that an "astrology-like" reliance on lyrics from a chart 5000 
miles away is a bit of a pointless exercise - I wonder, is phrenology 
still in vogue in some places too?
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