On 27th Jan 1969 ...
The Number 1 single was:
Marmalade - "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da"
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The Number 1 album was:
Beatles - "The Beatles (The White Album)"
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Born on 27th Jan:
1930 - Bobby Bland
1945 - Nick Mason ( drummer, Pink Floyd )
1961 - Gillian Gilbert ( keyboard player, The Inadequates / New Order / The Other Two )
1968 - Adrian Thawes ( better known as Tricky )
1974 - Mark Owen ( vocalist, Take That )
Crap, saw Marmalade in concert who sang that rip off from the Beatles.
Top Single on my Birthday:
Tennessee Ernie Ford: Give Me Your Word.
The best selling album of the year was the music from the film, "Oklahoma".
Bill Haley's, Rock Around the fucking Clock hadn't been released yet when I was born.