The first artist born in each year to have a UK no.1 single

[DemBones 36]

Not going to have time today to continue the methodical research I was doing before, but I did remember some potential candidates, including one that supersedes an existing list entry (sorry, Kate Bush fans!).

 

1948: Steve Winwood (The Spencer Davis Group) #1 in early 1966

1953: Jimmy McCulloch (Thunderclap Newman), #1 in 1969

1957: Stuart Wood (The Bay City Rollers) #1 in early 1975

1958: Michael Jackson (The Jacksons) #1 in 1977

1959: Terry Hall (The Specials) #1 in early 1980

1961: Randy Jackson (The Jacksons) #1 in 1977 (same song as Michael)

 

[Clorox Bleachman 2,422]

Done all of them up to 1969. @Ulitzer95's list on the first page of the UK chart thread was extremely helpful. You weirdos who like early 70s #1s can work the rest out.

 

1901 - Louis Armstrong, 1968

1902-04 - N/A

1905 - Mantovani, 1953

1906 - N/A

1907 - Syd Dean (with The Stargazers), 1954

1908 - Ray Heindorf (with Doris Day), 1954
1909 - Hugo Winterhalter (with Eddie Fisher), 1953
1910 - Winifred Atwell, 1954 [she may have been born in 1914]

1911 - Mitch Miller (with Guy Miller), 1953

1912 - Paul Weston (with Jo Stafford), 1953
1913 - Frankie Laine, 1953
1914 - Thurl Ravenscroft (The Mellomen) 1954
1915 - Frank Sinatra, 1954
1916 - Perez Prado, 1955
1917 - Jo Stafford, 1953

1918 - Ray Charles (no, not him) (with Perry Como), 1958

1919 - Don Cornell, 1954
1920 - Dick James (The Stargazers), 1953 [Captain Tom would become the last 1920-born #1 artist, 67 years later)
1921 - Ronnie Milne (The Stargazers), 1953
1922 - Kay Starr, 1953
1923 - Cliff Adams (The Stargazers), 1953
1924 - Alan Dean (Johnston Brothers), 1955
1925 - Fred Datchler (The Stargazers), 1953
1926 - Marie Benson (The Stargazers), 1953
1927 - Al Martino, 1952
1928 - Eddie Fisher, 1953
1929 - Dickie Valentine, 1955
1930 - Johnny Grande (The Comets), 1955
1931 - Tab Hunter, 1957
1932 - Alma Cogan, 1955
1933 - Marshall Lytle (The Comets), 1955
1934 - Joey Ambrose (The Comets), 1955
1935 - Ruby Murray, 1955
1936 - Tommy Steele, 1957
1937 - The Crickets, 1957
1938 - Connie Francis, 1957
1939 - Jerry Allison (The Crickets), 1957
1940 - The Teenagers, 1956
1941 - Herman Santiago (The Teenagers), 1956
1942 - Frankie Lymon, 1956 [the baby of this list]
1943 - Tony Meehan (The Shadows), 1959
1944 - Mike Maxfield (The Dakotas), 1963 [Mick Green was a member of both The Dakotas and The Pirates, but he wasn't on the latter's #1 in '62]
1945 - Gordon Waller (Peter and Gordon), 1964
1946 - Helen Shapiro, 1961
1947 - Dave Davies (The Kinks), 1964 [a month before Sandie Shaw]
1948 - Steve Winwood (The Spencer Davis Group), 1965
1949 - Bee Gees, 1967
1950 - Love Affair, 1968 [eight months before Mary Hopkin]
1951 - Lynton Guest (Love Affair), 1968 [two years before Dana]
1952 - Maurice Bacon (Love Affair), 1968
1953 - Jimmy McCulloch (Thunderclap Newman), 1969

 

Willow Smith (b. 2000) went to #2 with "Whip My Hair" aged just 10 years old. She could possibly get a #1 in the future. Jasmine Thompson also got all the way to #2 in 2015 with a Tropical House cover of "Ain't Nobody" by Chaka Khan. Lil Pump, Kanye West and their Roblox suits reached #3 in 2018.

 

I remember Tones and I's age causing a minor stir. Someone found a video from 2009 in which she was ~18. Very much not 9.

Edited November 6, 2022 by Clorox Bleachman

[RoverAndOut 4,746]

1 hour ago, DemBones said:

Not going to have time today to continue the methodical research I was doing before, but I did remember some potential candidates, including one that supersedes an existing list entry (sorry, Kate Bush fans!).

 

1948: Steve Winwood (The Spencer Davis Group) #1 in early 1966

1953: Jimmy McCulloch (Thunderclap Newman), #1 in 1969

1957: Stuart Wood (The Bay City Rollers) #1 in early 1975

1958: Michael Jackson (The Jacksons) #1 in 1977

1959: Terry Hall (The Specials) #1 in early 1980

1961: Randy Jackson (The Jacksons) #1 in 1977 (same song as Michael)

 

Just to credit my mate, who suggested the Jackson 5 this morning and I'd identified that Wacko beat Kate Bush to the 1958 title by a couple of years, but hadn't got around to posting it today. 

[DemBones 36]

1 hour ago, RoverAndOut said:

 

Just to credit my mate, who suggested the Jackson 5 this morning and I'd identified that Wacko beat Kate Bush to the 1958 title by a couple of years, but hadn't got around to posting it today. 

It interested me finding out out that the Jacksons had to wait until 1977 for their first UK #1, a full eight years after their first US #1. Though to be fair, they did have two UK top fives in 69/70, so they could’ve broken through much earlier with a bit more luck.

[RoverAndOut 4,746]

7 hours ago, DemBones said:

It interested me finding out out that the Jacksons had to wait until 1977 for their first UK #1, a full eight years after their first US #1. Though to be fair, they did have two UK top fives in 69/70, so they could’ve broken through much earlier with a bit more luck.

 

Likewise, my mate suggested Stevie Wonder, but he didn't have a UK #1 until the 1980s!

[Bibliogryphon 9,579]

Musical Youth spring to mind....

[Grim Up North 3,725]

46 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said:

Musical Youth spring to mind....

yep which bounces me to St Winifred’s School Choir

 

Edit - sorry Toast got there before me about a page back.

[Death Impends 7,974]

2 hours ago, RoverAndOut said:

 

Likewise, my mate suggested Stevie Wonder, but he didn't have a UK #1 until the 1980s!

 

In the US Wonder is the youngest #1 for a solo act to this day. He had his first charttopper aged 13 in 1963, 21 years before doing so in the UK!

 

A weird year on the US charts too. Besides Wonder, the Four Seasons, and Bobby Vinton, every other charttopper that year only did so once, and in many cases they had no more hits period.

[TheKeysOfMarinus 390]

16 hours ago, DemBones said:

1957: Stuart Wood (The Bay City Rollers) #1 in early 1975

 

 

Marcel King (born 4 January 1957) of Sweet Sensation beats him by a few months. They topped the chart with "Sad Sweet Dreamer" in October 1974.

[Hartnell 1999 89]

On 03/11/2022 at 19:53, Hartnell 1999 said:

An interesting piece of trivia in the music world is that Billie Eilish was the first person born in the 21st century to get to no.1 on the UK single charts. Since this forum has considerable knowledge of birth and death dates, I’d be fascinated to delve deeper and find out the first people born in each year and decade to score a no.1 single ever since the charts were first introduced in 1952. All the more poignant since the 14th of this month will mark 70 years to the date when it all began.
 

If any members could help me complete the list below, that would be much appreciated. I will make edits in due course.

 

First UK no.1 artists by year of birth
1900s (decade): Mantovani

1900: N/A

1901: Louis Armstrong (1968)

1902: N/A

1903: N/A

1904: N/A

1905: Mantovani (1953)

1906: N/A

1907: Syd Dean (Stargazers 1954)

1908: Ray Heindorf (with Doris Day 1954)

1909: Hugo Winterhalter (with Eddie Fisher 1953)

1910s (decade): Jo Stafford

1910: Winifred Atwell (1954) [might have been born in 1914]

1911: Mitch Miller (with Guy Miller 1953)

1912: Paul Weston (with Jo Stafford 1953)

1913: Frankie Laine (1953)

1914: Thurl Ravenscroft (The Mellomen 1954)

1915: Frank Sinatra (1954)

1916: Perez Prado (1955)

1917: Jo Stafford (1953)

1918: Ray Charles (with Perry Como 1953)

1919: Don Cornell (1954)
1920s (decade): Al Martino

1920: Dick James (Stargazers 1953)

1921: Ronnie Milne (Stargazers 1953)

1922: Kay Starr (1953)

1923: Cliff Adams (Stargazers 1953)

1924: Alan Dean (Johnston Brothers 1955)

1925: Fred Datchler (Stargazers 1953)

1926: Marie Benson (Stargazers 1953)

1927: Al Martino (1952)

1928: Eddie Fisher (1953)

1929: Dickie Valentine (1955)

1930s (decade): Ruby Murray

1930: Johnny Grande (Bill Haley & His Comets 1955)

1931: Tab Hunter (1957)

1932: Alma Cogan (1955)

1933: Marshall Lytle (Bill Haley & His Comets 1955)

1934: Joey Ambrose (Bill Haley & His Comets 1955)

1935: Ruby Murray (1955)

1936: Tommy Steele (1957)

1937: Niki Sullivan (The Crickets 1957)

1938: Connie Francis (1958)

1939: Jerry Allison (The Crickets 1957)

1940s (decade): Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers

1940: Sherman Garnes, Jimmy Merchant, & Joe Negroni (Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers 1956)

1941: Herman Santiago (Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers 1956)

1942: Frankie Lymon (Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers 1956)

1943: Tony Meehan (Cliff Richard & The Shadows 1959)

1944: Mike Maxfield (The Dakotas 1963)

1945: Gordon Waller (Peter and Gordon 1964)

1946: Helen Shapiro (1961)

1947: Dave Davies (The Kinks 1964)

1948: Steve Winwood (The Spencer Davis Group 1965)

1949: Maurice & Robin Gibb (Bee Gees 1967)

1950s (decade): Love Affair

1950: Steve Ellis, Morgan Fisher & Mick Jackson (Love Affair 1968)

1951: Lynton Guest (Love Affair 1968)

1952: Maurice Bacon (Love Affair 1968)

1953: Jimmy McCulloch (Thunderclap Newman 1969)

1954:

1955:

1956:

1957: Marcel King (Sweet Sensation 1974)

1958: Michael Jackson (The Jacksons 1977)

1959: Terry Hall (The Specials 1980)

1960s (decade): Jimmy Osmond

1960:

1961: Randy Jackson (The Jacksons 1977)

1962:

1963: Jimmy Osmond (1972)

1964: Nicole (1982)

1965:

1966:

1967:

1968:

1969:

1970s (decade): Tiffany

1970:

1971: Tiffany (1988)

1972:

1973:

1974: Robbie Williams (Take That 1993)

1975: Lauryn Hill (Fugees 1996)

1976: Emma Bunton (Spice Girls 1996)

1977: Ronan Keating (Boyzone 1996)

1978: Nicky Byrne (Westlife 1999)

1979: Dane Bowers (Another Level 1998)

1980s (decade): Hanson

1980: Isaac Hanson (Hanson 1997)

1981: Britney Spears (1999)

1982: Billie (1998)

1983: Taylor Hanson (Hanson 1997)

1984: Gareth Gates (2002)

1985: Zac Hanson (Hanson 1997)

1986: Danny Jones (McFly 2004)

1987: Dougie Poynter (McFly 2004)

1988: Rihanna (2007)

1989: Rebecca Creighton (X Factor Finalists 2010)

1990s (decade): Pixie Lott

1990: Geneva Lane (X Factor Finalists 2010)

1991: Pixie Lott (2009)

1992: Sam Smith (2013)

1993: Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Cher Lloyd (X Factor Finalists 2010)

1994: Harry Styles (X Factor Finalists 2010)

1995: Kieran Alleyne, Jordan Lee (Artists for Grenfell 2017)

1996: Lorde (2013)

1997: Jorja Smith, Raye (Artists for Grenfell 2017)

1998: Shawn Mendes (2016)

1999: Lil Nas X (2019)

2000s (decade): Billie Eilish

2000: N/A

2001: Billie Eilish (2020)

2002: Jawsh 685 (2020)

2003: Olivia Rodrigo (2021)

2004: Gayle (2022)

One week since starting this thread and I must say I am really amazed at how much progress has been made on the master list in this time. Thank you all for your contributions.

 

We still have a few years without any entries, so I will make another mini-list for artists born in those years who I would like to see some advances on. Hope this helps:

 

1954: Jermaine Jackson, Adam Ant, Annie Lennox (Eurythmics)

1960: Bono (U2), John Taylor (Duran Duran)

1966: Rick Astley, Janet Jackson

1967: Vanilla Ice

1968: Kylie Minogue, Will Smith, Celine Dion

1969: Mariah Carey, Bobby Brown

1972: Liam Gallagher (Oasis)

[Spade_Cooley 9,525]

Opening bids for the 70s spots that are unfilled:

 

1970 - Glenn Medeiros ("Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" 1988) - this did get to #1 after Tiffany so nothing changes for the decade record.
1972 - Joey McIntyre ("You Got It (The Right Stuff)" 1989)

1973 - Peter Andre ("Mysterious Girl" 1996)