King Rollo

I wonder if Brer is our current leader as well as our host.

Thanks Wardy for the 7 points. That's my second highest score so far.

I like 'I Want To Be Alone' by 2wo Third3 a lot. It was their other top 40 hit.

I thought Jade might be Zager & Evans. That one must be Julian, then.

Ooh, a 12 point score! Thanks, gooddelta. 😃

I hope The Psychedelic Furs go on to win this. That Freheit album is very good all the way through so I picked the second best track from it (Keeping The Dream Alive being my favourite).

I know I was warned about this but I didn't want to change what I had intended to send for the Pet Shop Boys for this round. I didn't want to use one of their two most popular songs as early as round 4. (I think everyone has guessed by now that I am the one behind them). It looks like they will go out then. ☹️

No, as I said on Friday, I'm on holiday.

I wasn't sure if ELO would appear here as most of their biggest sellers were in the 1970s, I didn't expect them to be as high as 70th place. They split up in 1986, after the Balance Of Power album, not 1983. New Order are also one of the best 80s bands.

I've voted early as I'm on holiday next week. It was a good contest with songs from different decades and genres. I liked more than 10 songs so not all of them could be included in my vote.

Round 1; 30 Mercy, The Supremes Round 2: 21 Jimmy Somerville, the year, Stein, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Secret 3 in 10: 2 A Night To Remember, There It Is I'm on holiday next week so won't be doing this again until the 16th.

ABC and Genesis are my favourites from the last few days. Dire Straits also have some good singles from the 80s.

1st Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do 2nd Sasami featuring Clairo - In Love With A Memory 3rd Rina Sawayama - Send My Love to John 4th Avril Lavigne - When You’re Gone 5th Addison Rae - Fame is a Gun 6th Mary J. Blige - I’m Goin’ Down 7th Christina Aguilera featuring Lil’ Kim - Can’t Hold Us Down

1st James Blake - The Wilhelm Scream 2nd Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street 3rd Damiano David - The First Time 4th Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (Pnau Remix) 5th Charlie Puth featuring Kehlani - Done For Me 6th Enrique Iglesias - Tonight (smut)

1st Aha - Hunting High And Low 2nd Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing 3rd Chvrches - Final Girl 4th Walk The Moon - Tightrope 5th Fifth Harmony - The Life 6th The Saturdays - Work (Phil Tan Radio Mix)

Round 1: 33 Razorlight Round 2: 33 Smooth (I knew the group part of the question) 3 in 10: 3 The Road To Hell Part 2, Tell Me There's A Heaven, Stainsby Girls

Well done Mack, you led from November to the end of the season. Thanks for running this.

Round 1: 24 James Blunt, Partridge Family, Bee Gees (said Andy instead of Maurice) Round 2: 33 Deep Blue Something (couldn't think of their name) 3 in 10: 3 Rasputin, Ma Baker, Rivers Of Babylon

Round 1: 27 Alice Cooper, Hello Turn Your Radio On Round 2: 33 Hero, The Doobie Brothers 3 in 10: 1 Saturday Night At The Movies I always struggle with The Drifters and The Four Tops every time they come up.

3rd - 9th June 1965 23. I'm Alive - The Hollies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVJ0jGC_0tU The Hollies' eighth top 40 hit and they finally get a well deserved number 1. I don't think it's my favourite from them so far but it's a solid pop tune. 32. Colours - Donovan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoEle04qu_U A pleasant folk song about the early morning being his favourite part of the day and the colours he sees around him at that time. This will match the number 4 peak of his first single, 'Catch The Wind'. 35. It Ain't Me Babe - Johnny Cash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT4_jSUNzWw A first hit for Johnny Cash who has been recording music since 1955. It's a cover of a Bob Dylan song and some shadow vocals come from his future wife, June Carter. The harmonica and trumpet kept it interesting. 36. Engine Engine No.9 - Roger Miller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFjYrLxUiXo This follow-up to his number 1 will miss the top 30. The story here is that his girl gets on a train but doesn't arrive at the destination where he is waiting for her and he thinks she met someone else and got off at a previous stop. 39. No Regrets - Shirley Bassey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73SiwWXrxvo Shirley takes on the Edith Piaf song and gives it everything, especially at the end. She's been a chart regular but it will be more than two years before we hear from her again. Record of the week : 33. Help Me Rhonda - The Beach Boys I think this one will take the honours this week. It's a rare lead vocal from Al Jardine supported by some fine harmonies from the others. The guitars, drums and piano also help to make this a feel good song for the summer. It will spend ten weeks in the top 40 but not go any higher than number 27 while in the US, it will be the group's second chart topper.

Round 1: 24 Detroit Spinners, Average White Band, I've Had The Time Of My Life Round 2: 30 Running With The Night, the year 3 in 10: 3 Reap The Wild Wind, The Voice, We Came To Dance

Unfortunately, Norrie and Draper both knocked out today. A bit of a shock to see Lois Boisson, ranked at 361, going through to the quarter finals.

Dollar, The Stranglers and Gary Numan all had some great singles and I bought Nik Kershaw's albums well beyond his brief period of success. He continues to be a good songwriter.

I voted for A Whiter Shade Of Pale, Lily The Pink, Blackberry Way, Tie A Yellow Ribbon, Red Red Wine and 99 Red Balloons. There were some more good ones but those are the highlights.

Well done Leww, that was a great tune which I gave six points to. St Germain couldn't quite emulate what Paris St Germain did yesterday. I'm happy with 6th place for 'Strings Of Life', thanks to all who voted for it. Fantastic hosting job once again, Dan.