If you were born on Wednesday 17th January, 1940 then Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & His Comets was the UK #1 song on your 16th birthday. The song went to number one on January 7th 1956 and stayed at the top of the charts for 2 weeks. Rock Around the Clock has a 53% popularity rating on Spotify.
Since your birthday on there have been 71 UK number one songs.
The most popular number one song on your birthday according to Spotify has been Easy On Me by Adele with a Spotify popularity score of 100%.
The song that stayed at the number one slot for the longest single run was I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston which was at #1 for 10 weeks over your 53rd birthday.
These are all of the UK songs that were number 1 in January 1956, close to your 16th birthday
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#1 songs on my birthday - 17th January
13th birthday (1953): 'You Belong to Me' by Jo Stafford
14th birthday (1954): 'Oh Mein Papa' by Eddie Calvert
15th birthday (1955): 'Mambo Italiano' by Rosemary Clooney
16th birthday (1956): 'Rock Around the Clock' by Bill Haley & His Comets
17th birthday (1957): 'Singing the Blues' by Tommy Steele
18th birthday (1958): 'Great Balls of Fire' by Jerry Lee Lewis
19th birthday (1959): 'It's Only Make Believe' by Conway Twitty
20th birthday (1960): 'What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?' by Emile Ford and the Checkmates
21st birthday (1961): 'Poetry in Motion' by Johnny Tillotson
22nd birthday (1962): 'The Young Ones' by Cliff Richard and The Shadows
23rd birthday (1963): 'Bachelor Boy' by Cliff Richard and The Shadows
24th birthday (1964): 'I Want to Hold Your Hand' by The Beatles
25th birthday (1965): 'Yeh Yeh' by Georgie Fame
26th birthday (1966): 'We Can Work It Out' by The Beatles
27th birthday (1967): 'Green, Green Grass of Home' by Tom Jones
28th birthday (1968): 'Hello, Goodbye' by The Beatles
29th birthday (1969): 'Lily the Pink' by The Scaffold
30th birthday (1970): 'Two Little Boys' by Rolf Harris
31st birthday (1971): 'Grandad' by Clive Dunn
32nd birthday (1972): 'I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)' by The New Seekers
33rd birthday (1973): 'Long Haired Lover from Liverpool' by Little Jimmy Osmond
34th birthday (1974): 'Merry Xmas Everybody' by Slade
35th birthday (1975): 'Lonely This Christmas' by Mud
36th birthday (1976): 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen
37th birthday (1977): 'Don't Give Up on Us' by David Soul
38th birthday (1978): 'Mull of Kintyre' by Wings
39th birthday (1979): 'Y.M.C.A.' by Village People
40th birthday (1980): 'Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)' by Pink Floyd
41st birthday (1981): 'Imagine' by John Lennon
42nd birthday (1982): 'The Land of Make Believe' by Bucks Fizz
43rd birthday (1983): 'You Can't Hurry Love' by Phil Collins
44th birthday (1984): 'Pipes of Peace' by Paul McCartney
45th birthday (1985): 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' by Band Aid
46th birthday (1986): 'West End Girls' by Pet Shop Boys
47th birthday (1987): 'Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl in Town)' by Jackie Wilson
48th birthday (1988): 'Heaven Is a Place on Earth' by Belinda Carlisle
49th birthday (1989): 'Especially for You' by Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan
50th birthday (1990): 'Hangin' Tough' by New Kids on the Block
51st birthday (1991): 'Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter' by Iron Maiden
52nd birthday (1992): 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen
53rd birthday (1993): 'I Will Always Love You' by Whitney Houston
54th birthday (1994): 'Twist and Shout' by Chaka Demus & Pliers
55th birthday (1995): 'Cotton Eye Joe' by Rednex
56th birthday (1996): 'Earth Song' by Michael Jackson
57th birthday (1997): '2 Become 1' by Spice Girls
58th birthday (1998): 'Never Ever' by All Saints
59th birthday (1999): 'Praise You' by Fatboy Slim
60th birthday (2000): 'I Have a Dream / Seasons in the Sun' by Westlife
61st birthday (2001): 'Touch Me' by Rui da Silva
62nd birthday (2002): 'Gotta Get Thru This' by Daniel Bedingfield
63rd birthday (2003): 'Sound of the Underground' by Girls Aloud
64th birthday (2004): 'All This Time' by Michelle McManus
65th birthday (2005): 'Jailhouse Rock' by Elvis Presley
66th birthday (2006): 'That's My Goal' by Shayne Ward
67th birthday (2007): 'A Moment Like This' by Leona Lewis
68th birthday (2008): 'When You Believe' by Leon Jackson
69th birthday (2009): 'Just Dance' by Lady Gaga
70th birthday (2010): 'Replay' by Iyaz
71st birthday (2011): 'What's My Name?' by Rihanna
72nd birthday (2012): 'Good Feeling' by Flo Rida
73rd birthday (2013): 'Impossible' by James Arthur
74th birthday (2014): 'Timber' by Pitbull
75th birthday (2015): 'Uptown Funk' by Mark Ronson
76th birthday (2016): 'Love Yourself' by Justin Bieber
77th birthday (2017): 'Rockabye' by Clean Bandit
78th birthday (2018): 'Perfect' by Ed Sheeran
79th birthday (2019): 'Sweet but Psycho' by Ava Max
80th birthday (2020): 'Own It' by Stormzy
81st birthday (2021): 'Sweet Melody' by Little Mix
82nd birthday (2022): 'Easy On Me' by Adele
83rd birthday (2023): 'Escapism' by Raye featuring 070 Shake
84th birthday (2024): 'Lovin On Me' by Jack Harlow
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