Lillian here, back in Boston, after two glorious weeks with the ocean at our door in Provincetown, Massachusetts, at the very tip of Cape Cod. And it’s September 28th. I’m hosting Poetics today so I was wondering…..anything special about September 28th?
* It’s the birthday of Confucius, Ed Sullivan, and Brigette Bardot.
* Miles Davis, Harpo Marx, Louis Pasteur, Herman Melville, and Pierre Trudeau died on this day.
* Eight members of the Chicago White Sox were indicted for accepting bribes to throw the World Series in 1920.
And then I came across the website mybirthdayhits.com. I plugged in the date September 28, 1947 for fun and voila! It showed me the top musical hits on September 28th from 1947 to 2021. So, if September 28, 1947 was my birthday (it’s not): 12th Street Rag by Pee Wee Hunt was the #1 hit on my first birthday; Goodnight Irene was #1 on my 3rd birthday; That’ll Be the Day by Buddy Holly was #1 on my 10th birthday; and Bobby Vinton was crooning Blue Velvet on my 16th birthday. AND, there’s a recording of each of the hits on the site as well. So fun!
SO WHEN’S YOUR BIRTHDAY? For today’s prompt I’d like you to go to the website https://mybirthdayhits.com and plug in your birthday. There’s a spot in the upper right-hand corner of the site for you to enter your birthdate. Have fun scrolling down the years, seeing what the #1 tune was on each of your birthdays. Pick at least one of the song titles that hit the charts at #1 on your birthday – one that resonates with you – and use it in its exact wording within your poem. Of course you’re free to choose more than 1 title and see where the muse takes you on putting them into one poem! Be sure to give credit to the song titles and the artist at the end of your post – and, if you’d like, share your birthdate with us too! Take a moment and listen to the songs as well! Have fun with this one, grooving down memory lane.
New to dVerse? Need to be refreshed on the rules?
Here’s what to do:
- Use the link provided above to find out the #1 hits for every year you’ve celebrated your birthday.
- Choose at least one #1 hit and include it, using the exact wording of the song’s title, in your poem. Be sure to credit the song(s) and artist(s) at the end of your poem. You may or may not choose to share the year of the song….but do share the date!
- Post the poem to your blog AND add the exact URL for your poem to Mr. Linky below.
- REMEMBER to either TAG dVerse in your post, or include a link at the end of your poem that leads readers back to dVerse (https://dversepoets.com).
- If there is no Tag or link back to dVerse, I will gently remind you to add it or remove your post from Mr. Linky. Sorry to be so harsh…..but this is just part of the requirements AND it will bring you more readers and lead more folks to dVerse so they can participate as well!
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Hello fellow dVersers! Hope you enjoy this prompt and finding out what songs were popular on each of your birthdays. I spent a good amount of time listening to alot of the older tunes…late 40s and early 50s.
So — no need to tell us the year you were born….just the day of the month will do.
Looking forward to seeing what you all do with the prompt!
Hello Lillian and All. If this is your birthday, Happy Birthday!!!! Stayed up late last night watching DVDs and so got a late start on poeming. Will link up once written. A nice hot cup of medium roast coffee with a shot of Baileys would be perfect to write by, please.
Oooh so glad to see you here! Your drink request sounds so good, I think I’ll make two and have one myself as well! Looking forward to seeing your post for this.
The good thing is we all have birthdays so everyone can just choose anyone of their birthdays, from the day they were born or maybe their 5th birthday, or 13th….whichever one has a #1 song hit that resonates with them for including in a poem! 🙂
Thanks so much, Lillian, Cheers!
My birthday obviously sat very close to Eurovision at one point – lots of Eurovision No 1s there. I was tempted. But I went wtih something different because I had no choice. Great prompt, Lill, lots of fun!
So glad you enjoyed the prompt, Sarah! Am hoping folks have fun with this one.
I couldn’t get the application to work but i browsed through my dates in Wikipedia instead until I found something.
Ohhhh, sorry Bjorn. But glad you found a way to get some song titles coinciding with your birthday….
I am having trouble accessing dVerse to post my replies here in this “chat” portion…so they’re all going to seem like regular comments. sigh.
Ah….just as I said that…now it’s working!
Ha… this one works…. and I figured out to work it all out.
🙂
Also having this problem–it just keeps defaulting to September 29, 2007 for some reason.
So sorry….it’s working for some and not for others. Perhaps you could google #1 song hits for (insert birthdate)….or insert date IE May 13th for insert span of years IE 1952 – 2021 and see what you get that way?
The site is a bit finicky. You have to select a country from the icons on the left and a date before hitting “Find Hits” to keep it from defaulting to today’s date in 2007.
hi Lillian and all dverse poets,
great prompt . the hugh selection of song available for us all to pck from will surely give us some mighty poems. hope i dont overdose on them.
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So glad you enjoyed the prompt and the site. I had such fun just scrolling through all the songs that hit the chart on May 13th…..I still remember my folks singing along with Goodnight Irene….but somehow that didn’t make it into my poem 🙂
Leaving the pub for the night…..but the key is under the potted plant to the right of the door. Let yourself in….pour yourself a beverage…..no charge or tip necessary, just the deposit of a post to the prompt!
See you all back in the morning!
This means the pub is serving birthday cake, right?
Of course! Made to order….chocolate or vanilla…..how many candles? 🙂
Vanilla cake, chocolate frosting, and I’m not admitting to how many candles!
My poem is inspired by pie, so I’ll take a slice of apple pie a la mode as well!
Coming right up!
Excellent! It is currently morning in my time zone. Nothing like starting the day with a nutritious virtual breakfast and poetry!
https://lssattitudeofgratitude.wordpress.com/2021/09/28/dverse-birthday-poetry-the-sweet-baby-girl/ This was fun. Thanks for the prompt.
LOVED your post. Hoping you put it in Mr. Linky….going there now to look. It’s always best to post to Mr. Linky and not include here in the chat. In the chat, the pub tender / person who gives the prompt, is usually the only one who reads here. That means you get far more readers posting in Mr. Linky rather than putting a link here.
I understand.
Pub is open again…..beautiful fall day so I have the windows open. Fresh hot coffee is brewed….or any other libations you’d care to sample. And yes….I did order in a few large birthday sheet cakes to celebrate this post 🙂
I’ll be dropping in and out today….so post away! 🙂
I shared a collection of musical memories from a couple of years ago which the prompt brought to mind, then I went and wrote a fresh one, lol. I’m really enjoying the prompts. Thanks
Nice to see you here and so glad you’re enjoying the prompt! I sure have had fun reading all the posts and remembering lots and lots of #1 song hits!
Damn!!! The Widget expired ten minutes before I could get this posted. Let’s see if this works: https://judydykstrabrown.com/2021/09/30/chi-baba-blues/