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unusual facts about Number 17



Joseph Jefferson Farjeon

One of his best known works is the play Number 17 which has been adapted into a number of films including Number Seventeen (1932) directed by Alfred Hitchcock.


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Alan Jackson singles discography

His longest-lasting Number One country hit and biggest pop hit is "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere", a duet with Jimmy Buffett, which spent eight non-consecutive weeks at Number One in 2003 and peaked at number 17 on the pop charts.

Bill Deegan

Deegan wore uniform number 17 when the American League adopted them for its umpires in 1980, later worn by John Hirschbeck.

Break Even

The album, came in at number 17 on the ARIA album chart and reached number 7 on the national AIR chart.

Classics in the Key of G

It was released by Arista Records on June 28, 1999, and reached number 1 on the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, number 13 on the Internet Albums chart, number 17 on the Billboard 200 and number 27 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Definition of a Band

The first single "What Kind of Man Would I Be" (charted at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 2 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks) was directed by art director Frank Kozik.

Get Ur Freak On

In 2011, NME placed it at number 17 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".

Honey to the B

The single "Honey to the Bee" re-entered at number 17 in the official UK Singles Chart on 21 January 2007, 8 years after initial release, thanks to efforts by BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles.

Honey to the Bee

In January 2007, the song was championed by Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles as part of an experiment to test out the new UK Singles Chart rules that came into effect that month, which prompted the song to reach number 17 in the UK Singles Chart on 21 January 2007 and number 11 in the UK Download Chart.

Lucia Evans

In 2007, Evans released one of her own penned tracks herself MDM Records and in June released "The Other Man", which was written by Evans and produced by Chris O'Brien and Graham Murphy; this peaked at number 17 on the Irish Singles Chart.

Phil Hamer

Hamer initially chose shirt number 17 but after the signing of veteran defenceman Dwight Parrish in May 2008, he would voluntarily change to become number 76.

White Silence

White Silence ranked at number 17 on the US Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.