It was quite poignant that Les McKeown, lead singer of the Bay City Rollers died my birthday week this April. “Bye Bye Baby” was number one when I was born. (You can work it out, I am not going to make it easy for you.)
Another lifetime ago I was out for a rare night out with my aunt Sheila and late Uncle Alan in the Oriel Park lounge. Again, it was my birthday, but I was only in my early twenties. When I told Alan about this hit, the next thing said tune was played by the Deejay. It was very thoughtful of him.
Not everyone knows what was the biggest hit at the time of their birth, but it can be fun to find out. Happily I love “my” song. It was “played” on hospital radio as a request for a fourteen-year-old – in for “a termination” – in an episode of The League of Gentlemen! I am pro-life and found it very amusing.