Remember When: No. 1 Songs

Cis/ Simple Mind , in her never ending quest to provide relief from political posts, offers this wunnerful link to No. 1 songs from yesteryear on any given day here . Here’s some flashbacks to No. 1 songs on this date in …

1958: “Tom Dooley”/Kingston Trio
1968: “Hey Jude”/Beatles
1978: “MacArthur Park”/Donna Summer
1988: “Bad Medicine”/Bon Jovi
1998: “Doo Wop (That Thing)”/Lauryn Hill

Question: Which song was on the top of the charts on your birthday? (Me? “Mule Train”/Frankie Laine, Nov. 20, 1949)