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1. When I was born this hit by Eddie Cochrane may have been playing. A number one for Eddie on my birthday, I saw Showaddywaddy perform it over 15 years later. What journey to Paradise was this?
2. Some significant events for my first birth year include Yuri Gagarin becoming the first man in space and the Berlin wall being built. The number one on my birthday was this Michigan-born singer's first hit. He followed it up with 'Hats Off to Larry', 'Little Town Flirt' and his last big hit in 1965, 'Keep Searchin'. Both John Frusciante and Rooney have covered this hit. As you walk alone, can you give me the title?
3. Four years old, and probably my last carefree birthday before I was sent to school and thence to work. On my fourth birthday, a Roy Orbison hit was topping the charts. This song was also recorded by Bonnie Tyler and Billy Mackenzie and was sung by Michael Caine in the film 'Little Voice'. Which Roy Orbison hit was this?
4. I loved being a teenager! Number one when I became 13 was the fifth number one of a string of badly spelled hits by Slade. Which one was this?
5. Surely everyone's 16th birthday was momentous? I celebrated mine by doing a parachute jump at 10 in the morning. The number one that day was by The Real Thing, a Liverpool band, and was their only number one. What was this romantic ditty, the 'the sweetest song'?
6. My eighteenth birthday and I became an adult (officially!) The number one on my birthday was a duet. It was from a musical film. It was the first of two songs by this duo to reach number one during this year and it was covered by the unlikely pair of British comedians Arthur Mullard and Hylda Baker. What was the song?
7. I told you I loved being a teenager, so my 20th birthday was a real trauma. I may have spent the whole day doing the title of the Don McLean hit that was number one on my birthday. What song was this?
8. Life begins at 40, so they say. So what song, which was a hit for a tiny Australian diva, was number one on the day my 'life began'? I'll give you a clue, she might have got dizzy doing it?
9. I held a 'Life, the universe and everything' party for my 42nd birthday. Douglas Adams would have no doubt been delighted to learn that the number one that day was a posthumous hit for someone Vs JXL. The title?
10. Of course, a lady should never reveal her age, so I won't. The number one hit on my birthday in 2007 came in at number one on the 26th May and stayed there for ten weeks. Sung by Rihanna featuring Jay.Z, it is something that could be carried when you go out. The title?
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