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December 24

what day of the week was taylor swift born on?

What day of the week was taylor swift born on? If i'm not mistaken, it's a friday, but i want to confirm. Marry Christmas. N.I.M. (talk) 05:42, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Taylor Swift was born on December 13, 1989. Since 1989 started on a Sunday, see Common year starting on Sunday to confirm that December 13 was a Wednesday. Sorry, you were mistaken. --Jayron32 05:49, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Okay but where did you get the Sunday? —Tamfang (talk) 02:10, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

I looked in the article 1989. You know, Wikipedia does have information in it. --Jayron32 02:36, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

You could also look it up by attempting to change your computer's clock and clicking back to 1989 to see the calendar. Y2Kcrazyjoker4 (talk • contributions) 06:12, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

If you know the date you can always just go to this website (http://www.dayofbirth.co.uk/) and it will tell you the day of the week along with some other info (what star sign, what chinese year of thing etc.) ny156uk (talk) 09:52, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

You (or at least I) can get a chart of the relevant month with the Unix command cal 12 1989. —Tamfang (talk) 02:10, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

That's not so convenient for the blind, though. —Tamfang (talk) 23:02, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

It worked, I thought she was a friday but it turned out i was wrong. N.I.M. (talk) 15:27, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Here's a nifty site that will give you a complete calendar for any year (within certain limits, I expect): [1] ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:00, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, it is a wednesday. boy, i know about a good few celebs who were born on a wednesday, like Judge Judy for instance. N.I.M. (talk) 04:38, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

What is this great Christmas song?

I have heared many times a very good Christmas song, but I don't know what it is.

This recording is quite short, about one and half minute. The sound tells me that the recording is from the sixties. Lyrics are in English. Song is quite fast and happy. The performer is a vocal group or a small choir. The sound of the singers are like Peter, Paul and Mary or The Seekers. In the lyrics they sing for example about what a boy and a girl (I don't remember their names) want to have to their Christmas presents. I think that the same performers have recorded also "We wish you a merry Christmas".

Can you help me?

80.186.193.2 (talk) 13:55, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

"Up on the House Top" sort of fits. (Will and Nell are the children), but I'm not sure which cover would be the one you mean. ---Sluzzelin talk 15:20, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Since that was written in 1864, the lyrics ought to be public domain by now, so hopefully I can provide a link to them without any men pouring out of black helicopters and breaking down my door: [2]. :-) StuRat (talk) 22:40, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

The Psychopaths (Band)

Has anyone heard of the Boston band, the Psychopaths, of the 1960's to the early 1980's? I wish to write an article about them and I am searching for "reputable sources" for verification Vactor1 (talk) 17:35, 24 December 2010 (UTC)Vactor1

Allmusic.com doesn't seem to know them, which isn't a good start. I tried Googling through the news archive, but I had a hard time getting the right mix of search terms - I either got a bunch of hits that just happened to have the word "psychopath" in them or nothing at all. Did they have any songs that got a lot of airplay or an album that seemed particularly popular? Were they signed to a recognized label? See WP:BAND for some info about the kinds of things we need to see for a band to be considered notable. Matt Deres (talk) 17:46, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

autotune

Would you say that I.D. uses autotune in their song Busted? N.I.M. (talk) 17:57, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

I guess you mean Identically Different? I've no idea if they use Auto-Tune though. Just thought I'd give links, in case others have ideas.  Chzz  ►  03:50, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

I would be surprised if a "teenage pop boy band" did not involve auto-tune processing in the studio these days. Does it matter? Pfly (talk) 11:06, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

A friend asked me that, i've never heard the song myself, so i am finding out for them if it is autotune that appears in the song. Heck, i had no idea who I.D. is anyway until i looked at the article. N.I.M. (talk) 04:36, 29 December 2010 (UTC)