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paddywoo | 14:55 Sat 20th Nov 2004 | Music
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Who is the oldest person still alive to have had a number one single?

And this is a bit more morbid, which person died the soonest after having a number one single?

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I think Frankie Laine is the oldest surviving person to have had a UK number one hit. He was born 30 March 1913, so he's 91.

Soonest to die after a number one hit might be Freddie Mercury. He died ten months after Queen had a number one hit with "Innuendo".

Songwriter Jerry Ross died in 1955 *while* The Johnston Brothers' version of one of his songs, "Hernando's Hideaway", was number one.
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oh your good, where do you learn all this stuff?
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