If you were born on Sunday 16th December, 1956 then Tower of Strength by Frankie Vaughan was the UK #1 song on your 5th birthday. The song went to number one on December 9th 1961 and stayed at the top of the charts for 3 weeks. Tower of Strength has a 20% popularity rating on Spotify.
Since your birthday on there have been 67 UK number one songs.
The most popular number one song on your birthday according to Spotify has been Lovin On Me by Jack Harlow with a Spotify popularity score of 96%.
The song that stayed at the number one slot for the longest single run was Dance Monkey by Tones and I which was at #1 for 11 weeks over your 63rd birthday.
These are all of the UK songs that were number 1 in December 1961, close to your 5th birthday. Or, view every UK number one song in the year 1961.
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#1 songs on my birthday - 16th December
My birthday! (1956): 'Just Walking in the Rain' by Johnnie Ray
1st birthday (1957): 'Mary's Boy Child' by Harry Belafonte
2nd birthday (1958): 'Hoots Mon' by Lord Rockingham's XI
3rd birthday (1959): 'What Do You Want?' by Adam Faith
4th birthday (1960): 'It's Now or Never' by Elvis Presley
5th birthday (1961): 'Tower of Strength' by Frankie Vaughan
6th birthday (1962): 'Return to Sender' by Elvis Presley
7th birthday (1963): 'I Want to Hold Your Hand' by The Beatles
8th birthday (1964): 'I Feel Fine' by The Beatles
9th birthday (1965): 'The Carnival Is Over' by The Seekers
10th birthday (1966): 'Green, Green Grass of Home' by Tom Jones
11th birthday (1967): 'Hello, Goodbye' by The Beatles
12th birthday (1968): 'Lily the Pink' by The Scaffold
13th birthday (1969): 'Sugar, Sugar' by The Archies
14th birthday (1970): 'I Hear You Knocking' by Dave Edmunds's Rockpile
15th birthday (1971): 'Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)' by Benny Hill
16th birthday (1972): 'My Ding-a-Ling' by Chuck Berry
17th birthday (1973): 'Merry Xmas Everybody' by Slade
18th birthday (1974): 'You're the First, the Last, My Everything' by Barry White
19th birthday (1975): 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen
20th birthday (1976): 'Under the Moon of Love' by Showaddywaddy
21st birthday (1977): 'Mull of Kintyre' by Wings
22nd birthday (1978): 'Mary's Boy Child' by Boney M.
23rd birthday (1979): 'Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)' by Pink Floyd
24th birthday (1980): 'Super Trouper' by ABBA
25th birthday (1981): 'Don't You Want Me' by The Human League
26th birthday (1982): 'Beat Surrender' by The Jam
27th birthday (1983): 'Only You' by The Flying Pickets
28th birthday (1984): 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' by Band Aid
29th birthday (1985): 'Saving All My Love for You' by Whitney Houston
30th birthday (1986): 'The Final Countdown' by Europe
31st birthday (1987): 'China in Your Hand' by T'Pau
32nd birthday (1988): 'Mistletoe and Wine' by Cliff Richard
33rd birthday (1989): 'Let's Party' by Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
34th birthday (1990): 'Ice Ice Baby' by Vanilla Ice
35th birthday (1991): 'Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me' by George Michael & Elton John
36th birthday (1992): 'I Will Always Love You' by Whitney Houston
37th birthday (1993): 'Mr Blobby' by Mr Blobby
38th birthday (1994): 'Stay Another Day' by East 17
39th birthday (1995): 'Earth Song' by Michael Jackson
40th birthday (1996): 'A Different Beat' by Boyzone
41st birthday (1997): 'Teletubbies say Eh-oh!' by Teletubbies
42nd birthday (1998): 'Believe' by Cher
43rd birthday (1999): 'The Millennium Prayer' by Cliff Richard
44th birthday (2000): 'Stan' by Eminem
45th birthday (2001): 'Gotta Get Thru This' by Daniel Bedingfield
46th birthday (2002): 'Lose Yourself' by Eminem
47th birthday (2003): 'Leave Right Now' by Will Young
48th birthday (2004): 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' by Band Aid 20
49th birthday (2005): 'Stickwitu' by Pussycat Dolls
50th birthday (2006): 'Patience' by Take That
51st birthday (2007): 'Bleeding Love' by Leona Lewis
52nd birthday (2008): 'Run' by Leona Lewis
53rd birthday (2009): 'The Official BBC Children in Need Medley' by Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band
54th birthday (2010): 'Heroes' by The X Factor Finalists 2010
55th birthday (2011): 'Wishing on a Star' by The X Factor Finalists 2011
56th birthday (2012): 'The Power of Love' by Gabrielle Aplin
57th birthday (2013): 'Somewhere Only We Know' by Lily Allen
58th birthday (2014): 'Thinking Out Loud' by Ed Sheeran
59th birthday (2015): 'Love Yourself' by Justin Bieber
60th birthday (2016): 'Rockabye' by Clean Bandit
61st birthday (2017): 'Perfect' by Ed Sheeran
62nd birthday (2018): 'Thank U, Next' by Ariana Grande
63rd birthday (2019): 'Dance Monkey' by Tones and I
64th birthday (2020): 'Positions' by Ariana Grande
65th birthday (2021): 'Merry Christmas' by Ed Sheeran and Elton John
66th birthday (2022): 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' by Mariah Carey
67th birthday (2023): 'Lovin On Me' by Jack Harlow
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