HOME POPSTROLOGY 101 WHAT'S YOUR SIGN? THE ORIGINS OF POPSTROLOGY ABOUT THE AUTHOR CONTACT US Start        Birth Years        Birthstars        Constellations One might reasonably wonder what it says about Eisenhower-era America that it made a finger-snapping ode to a cold-blooded German murderer one of the biggest hit records in history, but popstrology's concern is what it says about the innocent babies born in the Year of Bobby Darin. Rest easy, though, children of 1959, for the Dominant Star in the year of your birth was more than just a glamorizer of violence. He was also a member of the constellation Shape-Shifter -- a complicated man who was as unwilling to be defined by Mack The Knife as he was by earlier hits like 1958's Splish Splash. It is directly from Bobby Darin that the children of 1959 derive their tendency to abhor and defy simplistic categorization schemes. It's an attribute that sets the children of the Bobby Darin generation apart from many others, though perhaps the same could be said of their sometimes slippery unwillingness to commit firmly to a single one of the many faces they show to the world. Birthdates Birthstar Birthsong Jan 1-Jan 18 The Chipmunks The Chipmunk Song Jan 19-Feb 8 The Platters Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Feb 9-Mar 8 Lloyd Price Stagger Lee Mar 9-Apr 12 Frankie Avalon Venus Apr 13-May 10 The Fleetwoods Come Softly To Me May 11-May 17 Dave "Baby" Cortez The Happy Organ May 18-May 31 Wilbert Harrison Kansas City Jun 1-Jul 12 Johnny Horton The Battle Of New Orleans Jul 13-Aug 9 Paul Anka Lonely Boy Aug 10-Aug 23 Elvis Presley Big Hunk O' Love Aug 24-Sep 20 The Browns The Three Bells Sep 21-Oct 4 Santo and Johnny Sleepwalk Oct 5-Nov 15 Bobby Darrin Mack The Knife Nov 16-Nov 22 The Fleetwoods Mr. Blue Nov 23-Dec 13 Bobby Darrin Mack The Knife Dec 14-Dec 27 Guy Mitchell Heartaches By The Number Dec 28-Dec 31 Frankie Avalon Why I was born in... 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 None of these years ©2004 All rights reserved. "Popstrology" is a trademark of Ian Van Tuyl. Buy the Book at...