HOME POPSTROLOGY 101 WHAT'S YOUR SIGN? THE ORIGINS OF POPSTROLOGY ABOUT THE AUTHOR CONTACT US Start        Birth Years        Birthstars        Constellations Four score and seven years before the Gettysburg Address, the Founding Fathers brought forth a nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Two hundred years into the grand experiment, liberty was all the rage in the nation they had founded, but liberty from the burden of conceiving children was perhaps it most popular expression. "Don't you hesitate, my virgin child/Spread your wings and I'll come inside for a while." In Tonight's The Night, the year' s biggest hit, Rod Stewart the Lovelorn (think Maggie May) gave way officially to Rod Stewart the Lustful, cementing his membership in the constellation Shape-Shifter and marking those born in 1976 with his indelible love tattoo. But consider the interesting case of Barry Manilow, the year's Opposing Star and a man who could not have been created more unequal to Rod Stewart, but a man with his own animal charms. Perhaps it is his presence in the pop universe of 1976 that explains why the micro-generation born in that year may not necessarily express its rampant sexuality in the ways one normally expects. Particularly if they fall under the influence of the vehicular cryptosexuality of the year's Wildcard Star: the trucka-rap pioneer C. W. McCall. Birthdates Birthstar Birthsong Jan 1-Jan 3 Bay City Rollers Saturday Night Jan 4-Jan 10 C. W. McCall Convoy Jan 11-Jan 17 Barry Manilow I Write The Songs Jan 18-Jan 24 Diana Ross Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To) Jan 25-Jan 31 Ohio Players Love Rollercoaster Feb 1-Feb 21 Paul Simon 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover Feb 22-Feb 28 Rhythm Heritage Theme From S.W.A.T. Feb 29-Mar 6 The Miracles Love Machine (Part 1) Mar 7-Mar 27 The Four Seasons December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night) Mar 28-Apr 24 Johnnie Taylor Disco Lady Apr 25-May 1 The Bellamy Brothers Let Your Love Flow May 2-May 8 John Sebastian Welcome Back May 9-May 15 The Sylvers Boogie Fever May 16-May 22 Paul McCartney (and Wings) Silly Love Songs May 23-Jun 5 Diana Ross Love Hangover Jun 6-Jul 3 Paul McCartney (and Wings) Silly Love Songs Jul 4-Jul 17 Starland Vocal Band Afternoon Delight Jul 18-Jul 31 The Manhattans Kiss And Say Goodbye Aug 1-Aug 28 Elton John and Kiki Dee Don't Go Breaking My Heart Aug 29-Sep 4 The Bee Gees You Should Be Dancing Sep 5-Sep 11 KC and the Sunshine Band (Shake, Shake, Shake) Your Booty Sep 12-Oct 2 Wild Cherry Play That Funky Music Oct 3-Oct 9 Walter Murphy and The Big Apple Band A Fifth Of Beethoven Oct 10-Oct 16 Rick Dees and His Cast Of Idiots Disco Duck Oct 17-Oct 30 Chicago If You Leave Me Now Oct 31-Nov 6 Steve Miller Band Rock 'N Me Nov 7-Dec 31 Rod Stewart Tonight's The Night 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...