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It's neither in NATO or the EU, if it was Vladimir Putin would have not attacked it as he'd have known the amount of resistance he would have faced would have been far greater than simple 'military aid', if we decide that Ukraine is NATO territory we're obliged to send western armies, are you prepared to risk thousands and thousands of young mens lives for the sake of a single country in a war that could last generations? I'm honestly scared by some people's almost enjoyment at the idea of this escalating into a full scale Russia-NATO war. The whole purpose of providing military assistance in Ukraine is to prevent the kind of ground war that many seem to be licking their lips at on here. Do you really want to send your son, your brother or your dad to die when Putin's not got enough troops on the ground to occupy the whole of Ukraine and will struggle to maintain the area east of the river? Of course should there be a genuine threat to a NATO country, I like many others will encourage the government to and personally do whatever I can to defend that territory (including should medical exemptions be relaxed as has happened in previous wars, go and fight) , but if NATO makes the first move in sending troops to Ukraine that would be a significant political miscalculation and play straight into Putin's hands - that's why it's not been done.

I mean the UK is refusing refugees on the same basis that these countrys have previously refused refugees 'first safe country'. Poland is the first safe country for many Ukranians, the UK is the other side of Europe.

Holding back is a large part of warfare - you need healthy armed forces to replace your inevitable losses. If they went in all guns blazing and took the place in a few days against the current level of insurgency the loss of life would be great, Russia probably wants to avoid drafting in people aren't already part of their military into this conflict to fight (as despite the claims to the outside world, they know many Russians feel its not worth it over a territorial dispute). And yes, they probably also have armed forces staged near NATO countries that border Russia as a buffer against NATO going too far in assisting Ukraine.

24th February 2022 - With their first new release in 7 years, Scorpions back with an album that is well worth waiting for. Promise shown from the lead single Rock Believer carries over into the whole album. Another long delayed album originally scheduled for around 2020/21 but pushed back due to the ongoing pandemic messing with recording sessions etc it's worth the wait. The opening track Gas in the Tank gives a mission statement for the entire album. "Let's play it louder, play it hard / Laid back and little dark / Give me a dirty riff, my friend / There's gotta be more gas in the tank". Only downside is them pricing it at £14 for a CD as a more realistic price might have seen it chart. Tracklist 1. Gas in the Tank 2. Roots in My Boots 3. Knock Em Dead 4. Rock Believer 5. Shining of Your Soul 6. Seventh Son 7. Hot and Cold 8. When I Lay My Bones to Rest 9. Peacemaker 10. Call of the Wild 11. When You Know (Where You Come From) Deluxe Tracks 12. Shoot for Your Heart 13. When Tomorrow Comes 14. Unleash the Beast 15. Crossing Borders 16. When You Know (Where You Come From)

There's absolutely no way in hell he'd nuke Ukraine, the bigger concern is that he nukes a western nation he perceives to be aiding the Ukranians.

Is anyone else getting really concerned that once he has Ukraine he'll invade a NATO country, at which point we could be looking at land war with British soldiers in Europe?

I think Gonna Make You A Star by David Essex but I'm awful at remembering. Think I wanted to avoid playing Barry White twice....

This guy was always pretty likely to die in prison, but good to know he managed four years. I'd like to think it was utter hell for him, but sadly it was probably a fairly easy ride in comparison to anything his victims went through. Hopefully the afterlife has something more suitable stored up for him.

If there was curable sterilisation treatment we should probably give it to people on their 12th birthday and take it off them on their 25th birthday. I'm not saying nobody young can be good parents, I've known some excellent teenage/young adult parents in my time, but some horrendous ones too.

Nothing bad, just a scheduling conflict. Looks like the decision is to skip, see you next week.

Your Grown Ups is a really bad term, too informal and almost belittling of the parents. However mum and dad/grandparent is a bad term. A couple of incidents in my childhood have always made me confirm if someones family are alive before referring to them in specificity. My sister was once sent a piece of homework asking her to speak to her grandparents about the war, this caused a few issues as all of our grandparents were deceased!! Another one was an incident where I made a typically benign 'your mum' joke to a classmate in secondary school after momentarily forgetting this classmate's mum had recently committed suicide and had just come back from time off due to mental health issues relating to the bereavement. Never have I wanted the ground to swallow me up so much in my life as the rest of that day. A genuine mistake, and the classmate was rightly furiously angry but eventually saw the funny side of it, eventually he'd joke about it himself, but that was certainly not the time and place to make that sort of joke. Poor f***er was told a few years later by a supply teacher he'd be ringing his mum!! 'Good luck with that' was essentially the response, made it slightly politer for BJ company. I think the best term is something ambiguous but formal like 'Your parental guardian' or To the Guardian/Carer of [Child]'. Anyone can be one of those, formally or informally so I can't see the need to go any further.

Gonna have another go at running my own chart, reduced it to a Top 20 to hopefully make it slightly easier to put together. Chartfridays Chart - 14th February - 20 February 2022 01. NE - Scorpions - Rock Believer 02. NE - Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Black Summer 03. NE - Liam Gallagher - Eveythings Electric 04. NE - Ed Sheeran / Bring Me the Horizon - Bad Habits 05. NE - Jax Jones ft MNEK - Where Did You Go? 06. NE - Frank Turner A Wave Across A Bay 07. NE - Tame Impala - The Boat I Row 08. NE - Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under 09. NE - Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift - The Joker and the Queen 10. NE - Slash ft Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators - The River is Rising 11. NE - Yard Act - Fixer Upper 12. NE - Tiesto and Ava Max - The Motto 13. NE - Lost Frequencies ft Calum Scott - Where Are You Now? 14. NE - Jamie Webster - Going Out 15. NE - Mimi Webb - House on Fire 16. NE - Dove Cameron - Boyfriend 17. NE - Jamie Webster - Knock at My Door 18. NE - Years and Years - Sweet Talker 19. NE - Eddie Vedder - Long Way 20. NE - Oliver Tree - Swing and A Miss Summary TllvFtkXMBE https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7wRgEQSVpno7Rq6NKlfKhB The big news on the opening week of the chart is Scorpions return with an absolutely anthemic rock classic that truly takes away my breath. The track plays to it's base a lot, aging rock fans who hang on to bands like Scorpion from their youth and just want a good concert to go to from them these days, but the vocals and music all sound as good as ever - which is remarkable for a band in there 60s and 70s - the lyrics perhaps the weakest section of the song, but easily beltable, it earns it's place atop this weeks chart purely for being such a good sing a long, fun and great song from an awesome band. The song captures the essence of allowing the world to move on from a cultural moment, but still holding it in your hearts - a sentiment held dear by many rock and roll fans, with great nods to the band about the service they've provided to fans over all the years. I'll be honest, it might not be dislodged for a little while. It's head and shoulders above anything else on this chart. The rock theme continues amongst most of the top five, with Liam Gallagher's latest song earning a top 3, despite lyrics so bad it feels unjust to question Scorpions attempt after putting this in the top 10, but again it's a fun enough listen and better than anything below it. RHCP Black Summer and BMTH's collaboration with Sheeran make it into Top 5, Jax Jones round off the top end. Not going to run down every new entry, with them all being such - but Jamie Webster, Frank Turner all make justified entries alongside the more poppy tracks like Lost Frequencies - Where Are You Now?, Dove Cameron's Boyfriend and absolute belter The Motto. 2022 Stats Number 1s - 20 February 2022 - Present - Scorpions - Rock Believer (1 week) Top 5s Scorpions, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Liam Gallagher, Ed Sheeran, Bring Me the Horizon, Jax Jones

It so close to be an absolute bop, but it's as you allude too it's about a minute too short and her voice still doesn't quite carry it well enough for me. Elsewhere, Dove Cameron's Boyfriend is definitely growing on me - despite suffering slightly from the same length issue. Can we introduce a 3:30 minimum limit on songs by law or something, i'm never going to get used to 2:30 being standard.

And on to another years data added in. Frankie Laine continues his mid-50s dominance and comfortably extends his lead having now racked up 17 top 40 hits in just over 3 chart years. *The number of hits required to make the list rises from 3 to 5, which means 1955 breakout stars Bill Haley and His Comets and Sammy Davis Jr will have to wait a bit longer to get into the list. Johnnie Ray returns after a short hiatus and Doris Day continues. I've also re-formated the list so that the joint positions are shown as such. *of course it not actually being a T40 at this point. Change Log 03 hits - Vera Lynn (14 November 1952) 03 hits - Vera Lynn, Bing Crosby (19 December 1953) 03 hits - Vera Lynn, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole (2 January 1953) 03 hits - Vera Lynn, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Tony Brent (23 January 1953) 03 hits - Vera Lynn, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Tony Brent, Al Martino (30 January 1953) 03 hits - Vera Lynn, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Tony Brent, Al Martino, Frankie Laine, Doris Day, Johnnie Ray (3 April 1953) 04 hits - Johnnie Ray (10 April 1953) 05 hits - Johnnie Ray (17 April 1953) 06 hits - Johnnie Ray (24 July 1953) 06 hits - Johnnie Ray, Nat King Cole (18 September 1953) 06 hits - Johnnie Ray, Nat King Cole, Frankie Laine (16 October 1953) 07 hits - Frankie Laine (30 October 1953) 08 hits - Frankie Laine (8 January 1954) 08 hits - Frankie Laine, Guy Mitchell (26 February 1954) 09 hits - Frankie Laine (26 March 1954) 10 hits - Frankie Laine (16 April 1954) 11 hits - Frankie Laine (13 August 1954) 12 hits - Frankie Laine (8 October 1954) 13 hits - Frankie Laine (22 October 1954) 14 hits - Frankie Laine (11 March 1955) 15 hits - Frankie Laine (24 June 1955) 16 hits - Frankie Laine (15 July 1955) 17 hits - Frankie Laine (11 November 1955) Top 25 - 14 Novembe 1952 - 31st December 1955 1. Frankie Laine - 17 hits High Noon [Do Not Forsake Me] (1952) / Sugarbush (1952) The Girl in the Wood (1953) I Believe (1953) Tell Me A Story (1953) Where the Wind Blows (1953) Hey Joe (1953) Answer Me (1953) Blowing Wild (1954) Granada (1954) The Kids Last Fight (1954) My Friend (1954) There Must Be A Reason (1954) Rain Rain Rain (1954) In the Beginning (1955) Cool Water (1955) Strange Lady in Town (1955) Hummingbird (1955) 2. Johnnie Ray - 13 hits Walkin My Baby Back Home (1952) Faith Can Move Mountains (1952) Ma Says Pa Says (1953) Somebody Stole My Gal (1953) Full Time Job (1953) Let's Walk That A-Way (1953) Such A Night (1954) If You Believe (1955) Paths of Paradise (1955) Hernandos Hideaway (1955) Hey There (1955) Song of the Dreamer (1955) 3. (=) Doris Day - 11 hits Sugarbush (1952) My Love and Devotion (1952) Ma Says Pa Says (1953) Full Time Job (1953) Lets Walk That A-Way (1953) Secret Love (1954) The Black Hills of Dakota (1954) If I Give My Heart to You (1954) Ready, Willing and Able (1955) Love Me Or Leave Me (1955) I'll Never Stop Loving You (1955) 3. (=) Nat King Cole - 11 hits Somewhere Along the Way (1952) Because You're Mine (1952) Faith Can Move Mountains (1953) Pretend (1953) Can't I? (1953) Mother Nature and Father Time (1953) Tenderley (1954) Smile (1954) Make Her Mine (1954) A Blossom Fell (1955) My One Sin (1955) 5. (=) David Whitfield - 10 hits. The Bridge of Sighs (1953) Answer Me (1953) Rags to Riches (1953) The Book (1954) Cara Mia (1954) Santo Natale (1954) Beyond the Stars (1955) Mama (1955) Ev'rywhere (1955) When You Lose the One You Love (1955) 5. (=) Dickie Valentine - 10 hits Broken Wings (1953) All the Time and Everywhere (1953) In A Golden Coach (There's A Heart of Gold (1953) Endless (1954) The Finger of Suspicion (1954) Mr Sandman (1954) A Blossom Fell (1955) I Wonder (1955) Christmas Alphabet (1955) The Old Piano Rag (1955) 7. Guy Mitchell - 9 hits. Feet Up [Pat Him on the Po Po] (1952) She Wears Red Feathers (1953) Pretty Little Black Eyed Susie (1953) Look At That Girl (1953) Chick-A-Boom (1953) Cloud Lucky Seven (1953) The Cuff of My Shirt (1954) Sippin Soda (1954) A Dime and A Dollar (1954) 8. (=) Alma Cogan - 8 hits Bell Bottom Blues (1954) Little Things Mean a Lot (1954) I Can't Tell A Waltz from A Tango (1954) Dreamboat (1955) The Banjos Back in Town (1955) Go On By (1955) Twenty Tiny Fingers (1955) Never Do A Tango With An Eskimo (1955) 8. (=) Dean Martin - 8 hits. Kiss (1953) That's Amore (1954) Sway (1954) How Do You Speak to An Angel (1954) The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane (1955) Mambo Italiano (1955) Let Me Go Lover (1955) Under the Bridges of Paris (1955) 8. (=) Eddie Fisher - 8 hits Outside of Heaven (1953) Everything I Have Is Yours (1953) Downhearted (1953) I'm Walking Behind You (1953) Wish You Were Here (1953) Oh! My Papa (1954) I Need You Now (1954) Wedding Bells (1955) 8. (=) The Stargazers - 8 hits Broken Wings (1953) I See The Moon (1954) Happy Wanderer (1954) The Finger of Suspicion (1954) Somebody (1955) The Crazy Otto Rag (1955) Close the Door (1955) Twenty Tiny Fingers (1955) 12. (=) Al Martino - 7 hits. Here in My Heart (1952) Take My Heart (1952) Now (1953) Rachel (1953) Wanted (1954) The Story of Tina (1954) The Man From Laramie (1955) 12. (=) Mantovani and his Orchestra White Christmas (1952) The Song From Moulin Rouge (1953) Swedish Rhapsody (1953) Cara Mia (1954) Beyond the Stars (1955) Lonely Ballerina (1955) When You Lose the One You Love (1955) 12. (=) Ruby Murray - 7 hits Heartbeat (1954) Softly Softly (1955) Happy Days and Lonely Nights (1955) Let Me Go Lover (1955) If Anyone Finds This I Love (1955) Evermore (1955) I''ll Come When You Call (1955) 12 (=) Winifred Atwell - 7 hits Britannia Rag (1952) Coronation Rag (1953) Flirtation Waltz (1953) Lets Have A Party (1953) Rachmmaninoff's 18th Variation on a Theme by Pagannini (The Story of Three Loves) (1954) Lets Have Another Party (1954) Lets Have A Ding Dong (1955) 16. (=) Bing Crosby - 6 hits The Isle of Innisfree (1952) Zing A Little Zong (1952) Silent Night, Holy Night (1952) Changing Partners (1954) Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep (1955) Stranger in Paradise (1955) 16. (=) Joan Regan - 6 hits Ricochet (1953) Someone Elses Roses (1954) If I Give My Heart to You (1954) Wait for Me Darling (1954) Prize of Gold (1955) Open Up Your Heart (1955) 16 (=) Rosemary Clooney - 6 hits. Half As Much (1952) Man/Woman (1954) This Ole House (1954) Mambo Italiano (1954) Where Will the Dimple Be? (1955) Hey There (1955) 19. (=) Frank Sinatra - 5 hits Young At Heart (1954) Three Coins in the Fountain (1954) You My Love (1955) Learning The Blues (1955) Not As A Stranger (1955) 19. (=) Jimmy Young - 5 hits Faith Can Move Mountains (1953) Eternally (1953) Unchained Melody (1955) The Man From Laramie (1955) Someone on Your Mind (1955) 19. (=) Johnston Brothers - 5 hits Oh Happy Day (1953) Wait for Me Darling (1954) Happy Days and Lonely Nights (1955) Hernandos Hideaway (1955) Join in and Sing Again (1955) 19. Max Bygraves - 5 hits Cowpunchers Cantata (1952) The Gang That Sang Heart of My Heart (1954) Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellan Bogen by the Sea (1954) Mr Sandman (1955) Meet Me on the Corner (1955) 19. Perry Como - 5 hits Don't Let the Stars Get In Your Eyes (1953) Wanted (1954) Idle Gossip (1954) Papa Loves Mambo (1954) Tina Marie (1955) 19. Ronnie Hilton - 5 hits I Still Believe (1954) Veni Vidi Vici (1954) A Blossom Fell (1955) Stars Shine in Your Eyes (1955) The Yellow Rose of Texas (1955) 19. Vera Lynn - 5 hits Forget Me Not (1952) The Homing Waltz (1952) Auf Wiedersehn Sweetheart (1952) The Windsor Waltz (1953) My Son My Son (1954)

Honestly wish Ed and been brave enough to release the BMTH as the leas

Just an early heads up that due to a last minute family commitment I can't do the session this Sunday. If someone else's wants to run it can send them the data otherwise I can pick things back up the week after. Sorry guys

This weeks synctube. https://sync-tube.de/rooms/v1uHxTH2s

Anyway, finished watching it. Dave is getting into a bit of a habit of steeling the show isn't he? An absolute stand out performance (and he's not really my type of music tbh) on a night where many artists seemed to be phoning it in/going through the motions.

I thought the awards were fan voted this year anyway? Regardless just watching it now and it honestly seems like it might be time to bin off the Brit awards and replace it with something new. Abominable ratings, a relatively boring show, too much faffing, bloated length, all making it less exciting by the new year. If they're telling artists they've won awards in advance anyway why not have a British showcase where the winners perform - it would be done under 90 minutes. Bin off the comedy rubbish, get a straight-presenter (Scott Mills or a aging pop/rock star who can treat it with reverence), move it to a weekend. I'm not against the gender neutral awards, but the 8-10 nominations for half the awards are far too many.

14 November 1952 - 31st December 1954 The back end of 1954 sees the first major expansion of the chart to a Top 20 allowing a few artists to claw in a good number of hits for the year but nobody can match Frankie Laine - aka the 1950s Ed Sheeran - who manages to score a number of supplementary hits in the follow on year to his mammoth I Believe - though no number 1s, it gives him a total of 13 hits. Change Log 03 hits - Vera Lynn (14 November 1952) 03 hits - Vera Lynn, Bing Crosby (19 December 1953) 03 hits - Vera Lynn, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole (2 January 1953) 03 hits - Vera Lynn, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Tony Brent (23 January 1953) 03 hits - Vera Lynn, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Tony Brent, Al Martino (30 January 1953) 03 hits - Vera Lynn, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Tony Brent, Al Martino, Frankie Laine, Doris Day, Johnnie Ray (3 April 1953) 04 hits - Johnnie Ray (10 April 1953) 05 hits - Johnnie Ray (17 April 1953) 06 hits - Johnnie Ray (24 July 1953) 06 hits - Johnnie Ray, Nat King Cole (18 September 1953) 06 hits - Johnnie Ray, Nat King Cole, Frankie Laine (16 October 1953) 07 hits - Frankie Laine (30 October 1953) 08 hits - Frankie Laine (8 January 1954) 08 hits - Frankie Laine, Guy Mitchell (26 February 1954) 09 hits - Frankie Laine (26 March 1954) 10 hits - Frankie Laine (16 April 1954) 11 hits - Frankie Laine (13 August 1954) 12 hits - Frankie Laine (8 October 1954) 13 hits - Frankie Laine (22 October 1954) Frankie Laine (13 hits) High Noon [Do Not Forsake Me] (1952) / Sugarbush (1952) The Girl in the Wood (1953) I Believe (1953) Tell Me A Story (1953) Where the Wind Blows (1953) Hey Joe (1953) Answer Me (1953) Blowing Wild (1954) Granada (1954) The Kids Last Fight (1954) My Friend (1954) There Must Be A Reason (1954) Rain Rain Rain (1954) Guy Mitchell (9 hits) Feet Up [Pat Him on the Po Po] (1952) She Wears Red Feathers (1953) Pretty Little Black Eyed Susie (1953) Look At That Girl (1953) Chick-A-Boom (1953) Cloud Lucky Seven (1953) The Cuff of My Shirt (1954) Sippin Soda (1954) A Dime and A Dollar (1954) Nat King Cole (9 hits) Somewhere Along the Way (1952) Because You're Mine (1952) Faith Can Move Mountains (1953) Pretend (1953) Can't I? (1953) Mother Nature and Father Time (1953) Tenderley (1954) Smile (1954) Make Her Mine (1954) Doris Day (8 hits) Sugarbush (1952) My Love and Devotion (1952) Ma Says Pa Says (1953) Full Time Job (1953) Lets Walk That A-Way (1953) Secret Love (1954) The Black Hills of Dakota (1954) If I Give My Heart to You (1954) Eddie Fisher (7 hits) Outside of Heaven (1953) Everything I Have Is Yours (1953) Downhearted (1953) I'm Walking Behind You (1953) Wish You Were Here (1953) Oh! My Papa (1954) I Need You Now (1954) Johnnie Ray (7 hits) Walkin My Baby Back Home (1952) Faith Can Move Mountains (1952) Ma Says Pa Says (1953) Somebody Stole My Gal (1953) Full Time Job (1953) Let's Walk That A-Way (1953) Such A Night (1954) Al Martino (6 hits) Here in My Heart (1952) Take My Heart (1952) Now (1953) Rachel (1953) Wanted (1954) The Story of Tina (1954) David Whitfield (6 hits) The Bridge of Sighs (1953) Answer Me (1953) Rags to Riches (1953) The Book (1954) Cara Mia (1954) Santo Natale (1954) Dickie Valentine (6 hits) Broken Wings (1953) All the Time and Everywhere (1953) In A Golden Coach (There's A Heart of Gold (1953) Endless (1954) The Finger of Suspicion (1954) Mr Sandman (1954) Winifred Atwell (6 hits) Britannia Rag (1952) Coronation Rag (1953) Flirtation Waltz (1953) Lets Have A Party (1953) Rachmmaninoff's 18th Variation on a Theme by Pagannini (The Story of Three Loves) (1954) Let's Have Another Party (1954) Vera Lynn (5 hits) Forget Me Not (1952) The Homing Waltz (1952) Auf Wiedersehn Sweetheart (1952) The Windsor Waltz (1953) My Son My Son (1954) Bing Crosby (4 hits) The Isle of Innisfree (1952) Zing A Little Zong (1952) Silent Night, Holy Night (1952) Changing Partners (1954) Dean Martin (4 hits) Kiss (1953) That's Amore (1954) Sway (1954) How Do You Speak to An Angel (1954) Joan Regan (4 hits) Ricochet (1953) Someone Elses Roses (1954) If I Give My Heart to You (1954) Wait for Me Darling (1954) Kay Starr (4 hits) Comes A Long A Love (1952) Side By Side (1953) Changing Partners (1954) Am I A Toy or A Treasure (1954) Mantovani and his Orchestra White Christmas (1952) The Song From Moulin Rouge (1953) Swedish Rhapsody (1953) Cara Mia (1954 Perry Como (4 hits) Don't Let the Stars Get In Your Eyes (1953) Wanted (1954) Idle Gossip (1954) Papa Loves Mambo (1954) Rosemary Clooney (4 hits) Half As Much (1952) Man/Woman (1954) This Ole House (1954) Mambo Italiano (1954) Stargazers (4 hits) Broken Wings (1953) I See The Moon (1954) Happy Wanderer (1954) The Finger of Suspicion (1954) Ted Heath and His Music (4 hits) Vanessa (1953) Hot Toddy (1953) Dragnet (1953) Skin Deep (1954) Alma Cogan (3 hits) Bell Bottom Blues (1954) Little Things Mean a Lot (1954) I Can't Tell A Waltz from A Tango (1954) Billy Cotton and His Band (3 hits) In A Golden Coach (There's A Heart of Gold) (1953) I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (1953) Friends and Neighbours (1954) Frank Chacksfield (3 hits) Little Red Monkey (1953) Terrys Theme From Limelight (1953) Ebb Tide (1954) Jo Stafford (3 hits) You Belong To Me (1952) Jambalaya (1952) Make Love to Me (1954) Max Bygraves (3 hits) Cowpunchers Cantata (1952) The Gang That Sang Heart of My Heart (1954) Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellan Bogen by the Sea (1954) *Tony Brent (3 hits) Walkin' to Missouri (1952) Make It Soon (1953) Got You On My Mind (1953)

By tearing up pieces of paper and banging my head against brick walls. In all seriousness I'd likely split the credits to 'Diana Ross' and the 'Supremes' which is the precedent set by the earlier years I have done - for example - i.e supremes before the rename = supremes / during rename one credit to Diana Ross one to Supremes - afterwards credit to supremes. Rosemary Clooney and the Mellomen has been split to Rosemary Clooney as one credit for the same song, with the Mellomen getting a separate credit. Examples from 1952 are - June Hutton with Axel Stordahl and the Boys Next Door which has been split to June Hutton / Axel Stordahl / The Boys Next Door - Johnnie Ray and the Four Lads - which I've given the Four Lads a band credit for and Johnnie Ray a solo credit for. - husband and wife duo Les Paul and Mary Ford which has been treat as duet with a solo credit each despite them only releasing husband and wife music. That should give and idea of the credit structure. It's not ideal but the alternatively is line up scouring every single new entry which I'm not keen on for blatantly obvious reasons.

An upfront warning this is an incomplete project I've been working on since the thread earlier this year about Top 40 hits and who has the most. If for some reason you're bored enough to go and work out future years update I'd appreciate you to refrain from discussing it until I post them as I'm actually quite enjoying working them out!! There was a thread here started by me some time back regarding who had the most UK Top 40 hits, obviously one of the issues with trying to quantify something like this is where lines are drawn but this is my attempt. Singles careers are separated from band careers if an artist has appeared in more than one, if a band member has appeared in more than one band the band is classed as the artist not the individual. Reissues of songs will be dealt with on an individual basis, but generally discounted. As such it’s possible and quite likely that an individual musician has accrued more than the number of hits that tops this list, one day I may try to work that out but given the sheer effort this is taking and the lack of available data to do such a thing I also might not. I’ve done a Top 25 up to the end of each year of the OCC records, however I rolled 1952 into 1953 because it’s only a few weeks of actual chart data for 1952 with it beginning in November and the new year stalemate. I’ve also provided a change log of the artist with the most hits for the entire duration of the chart. To be absolutely clear, I'll be adding the 1954 hits on top of the 1953 ones and the 1955 hits on top of the 53-54 ones etc etc until hopefully we have a completely log of who has the most Top 40 hits under the above parameters that can be updated as new charts come out. Change Log: 3 hits - Vera Lynn (14 November 1952) 3 hits - Vera Lynn, Bing Crosby (19 December 1952) 3 hits - Vera Lynn, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Tony Brent (23 January 1953) 3 hits - Vera Lynn, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Tony Brent, Al Martino (30 January 1953) 3 hits - Vera Lynn, BIng Crosby, Nat King Cole, Tony Brent, Al Martino, Frankie Laine, Johnnie Ray, Doris Day (3 April 1953) 4 hits - Johnnie Ray (10 April 1953) 5 hits - Johnnie Ray (17 April 1953) 6 hits - Johnnie Ray (24 July 1953) 6 hits - Johnnie Ray, Nat King Cole (18 September 1953) 6 hits - Johnnie Ray, Nat King Cole, Frankie Laine (16 October 1953) 7 hits - Frankie Laine (30 October 1953) 14 November 1952 - 31 December 1953 By the end of 1953 only 22 artists had achieved 2 or more Top 12 (as it was in those days) hits. By my calculations a further 35 artists are credited with a sole hit - and in joint 23rd place - I’ve not gone to the effort of listing them all. Frankie Laine - 7 hits High Noon [Do Not Forsake Me] (1952) / Sugarbush (1952) The Girl in the Wood (1953) I Believe (1953) Tell Me A Story (1953) Where the Wind Blows (1953) Hey Joe (1953) Answer Me (1953) Guy Mitchell - 6 hits Feet Up [Pat Him on the Po Po] (1952) She Wears Red Feathers (1953) Pretty Little Black Eyed Susie (1953) Look At That Girl (1953) Chick-A-Boom (1953) Cloud Lucky Seven (1953) Johnnie Ray - 6 hits Walkin My Baby Back Home (1952) Faith Can Move Mountains (1952) Ma Says Pa Says (1953) Somebody Stole My Gal (1953) Full Time Job (1953) Let's Walk That A-Way (1953) Nat King Cole - 6 hits Somewhere Along the Way (1952) Because You're Mine (1952) Faith Can Move Mountains (1953) Pretend (1953) Can't I? (1953) Mother Nature and Father Time (1953) Doris Day - 5 hits Sugarbush (1952) My Love and Devotion (1952) Ma Says Pa Says (1953) Full Time Job (1953) Lets Walk That A-Way (1953) Eddie Fisher - 5 hits Outside of Heaven (1953) Everything I Have Is Yours (1953) Downhearted (1953) I'm Walking Behind You (1953) Wish You Were Here (1953) Al Martino - 4 hits Here in My Heart (1952) Take My Heart (1952) Now (1953) Rachel (1953) Vera Lynn - 4 hits Forget Me Not (1952) The Homing Waltz (1952) Auf Wiedersehn Sweetheart (1952) The Windsor Waltz (1953) Winifred Atwell - 4 hits Britannia Rag (1952) Coronation Rag (1953) Flirtation Waltz (1953) Lets Have A Party (1953) Bing Crosby - 3 hits The Isle of Innisfree (1952) Zing A Little Zong (1952) Silent Night, Holy Night (1952) David Whitfield - 3 hits The Bridge of Sighs (1953) Answer Me (1953) Rags to Riches (1953) Dickie Valentine - 3 hits Broken Wings (1953) All the Time and Everywhere (1953) In A Golden Coach (There's A Heart of Gold (1953) Mantovani and His Orchestra - 3 hits White Christmas (1952) The Song From Moulin Rouge (1953) Swedish Rhapsody (1953) Ted Heath and His Music - 3 hits Vanessa (1953) Hot Toddy (1953) Dragnet (1953) Tony Brent - 3 hits Walkin' to Missouri (1952) Make It Soon (1953) Got You On My Mind (1953) Billy Cotton and His Band - 2 hits In A Golden Coach (There's A Heart of Gold) (1953) I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (1953) Frank Chacksfields Tunesmiths - 2 hits Little Red Monkey (1953) Terry’s Theme From Limelight (1953) Jimmy Boyd - 2 hits Tell Me A Story (1953) I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (1953) Jimmy Young - 2 hits Faith Can Move Mountains (1953) Eternally (1953) Jo Stafford - 2 hits You Belong To Me (1952) Jambalaya (1952) Kay Starr - 2 hits Comes A Long A Love (1952) Side By Side (1953) Ray Martin - 2 hits Blue Tango (1952) Swedish Rhapsody (1953)

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We're about 10 songs behind so Lonely This Christmas by Mud..... :rolleyes: It was planned to be 10cc I'm Not in Love for this session but...

Thanks for the thanks, these sessions are fast becoming one of the highlights of my week. Just looking at the list and there's some real 70s shit this week so be warned.