Poking around for "on this day in..." sites, I found ThisDayInMusic.com, which has a Number 1 on the day you were born feature. The chart-toppers are available for the years 1955-2001. It being a slow news day, I wondered what the history of Dec 3 chart-toppers has been. Since this web app is also a web service waiting to be asked to do something, I asked and it answered. [Jon Udell]
I love it. Even in celebrating his birthday, Jon finds a way to expound on the virtues of the Web as an application interface. (Happy belated birthday Jon!)
The Number 1 chart-topper when Jon was born was "Love Me Tender" by Elvis Presley. I found out mine is "Maggie May" by Rod Stewart. I prefer Elvis over Rod any day. If it had to be Rod, I would have preferred "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" I guess Maggie May isn't bad though. Oh well.
