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  1. 19 points George Benson - In Your Eyes Perry Como - For The Good Times David Essex - Stardust Jess Glynne - All I Am Hermes House Band - Country Roads PYNnMNu8n34 David Essex is back again. Stardust came out just a year after Limelight and was the theme song to the film in which he starred. No one voted for Give Me The Night by George Benson but his other number 7, In Your Eyes, appears here. Perry Como had fourteen top 10 hits from 1953 to 1973 (including two number 1s) and For The Good Times was the last of them.
  2. 18 points Deepest Blue - Deepest Blue Damian - The Time Warp (remix) David Essex - Limelight Sonny Fodera with MK featuring Clementine Douglas - Asking Rita Ora - Your Song Diana Ross - Remember Me Don't Need The Sun To Shine (To Make Me Smile) by Gabrielle scored 18 points but is disqualified as it peaked at number 9. MyTiqxR05Gc This song goes back to the first Rocky Horror Show in 1973. Damian's cover version was a hit at the third attempt thanks to this remix in 1989. Elton John's 'Your Song' is still to come but Rita Ora's drops out here (not a cover). From 1973, Lamplight was David Essex's follow up to his first hit single, 'Rock On', which had reached the top 3.
  3. 17 points Aqua - Cartoon Heroes Sarah Brightman and Steve Harley – The Phantom of the Opera DJ Quicksilver - Free Jason Derulo - Take You Dancing Eminem featuring Beyonce - Walk On Water Robert Howard and Kym Mazelle - Wait Junior - Mama Used To Say KC and the Sunshine Band - Queen Of Clubs Lady Gaga - Disease Neil Sedaka - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Tchami featuring Kaleem Taylor – Promesses Paul Weller - The Changingman Xpansions – Move Your Body (Elevation) gAWnb1yxr5M From 1982, this was Junior's debut single. He went on to have one more top 10 hit, with help from Kim Wilde. Queen Of Clubs was the first hit single for KC and the Sunshine Band and going further back to 1962, Breaking Up Is Hard To Do was the last of seven top 10 hits for Neil Sedaka. The Changingman by Paul Weller interpolates the guitar riff from ELO's 10538 Overture which gets its second mention of the week from me.
  4. Round 1: 36 Round 2: 30 3 in 10: 3
  5. 16 points Sam Smith - How Do You Sleep? Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue – Whatta Man Gary Shearston - I Get A Kick Out Of You Ugly Kid Joe - Cats In The Cradle Slim Whitman - I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen gS8fcsf8asI This was a one hit wonder for the Australian singer who went on to be a priest. He looks a lot like Freddie Mercury here. I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen was the last of four top 10 hits for Slim Whitman. Originally going back to 1875, it has been sung in episodes of The Royle Family and the original series of Star Trek.
  6. Oh yes, I always forget about that one.
  7. 15 points Fine Young Cannibals - Good Thing Howard Jones - Pearl In The Shell Eartha Kitt - Under The Bridges Of Paris Madonna - What It Feels Like For A Girl Neon Jungle - Welcome To The Jungle Prince - Thieves In The Temple Tavares - More Than A Woman Tina Turner - I Don't Wanna Fight Wolfman featuring Pete Doherty – For Lovers Padam Padam by Kylie Minogue scored 15 points but is disqualified as it peaked at number 8. WnWKkxyx-qI This was the fourth single taken from Howard Jones' debut album 'Human's Lib'. A regular on these polls, Madonna has seven singles which reached number 7. The only one that was ignored was 'Another Suitcase In Another Hall'. What It Feels Like For A Girl is the first of the other six to drop out. Tavares' version of More Than A Woman from the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever is here and Prince quickly loses another of his songs.
  8. 14 points Billie Eilish - My Future Gabrielle - Walk On By Kula Shaker - Govinda Prince and the New Power Generation – My Name Is Prince Pussycat Dolls - I Don't Need A Man The Stranglers - Strange Little Girl Terence Trent D'Arby – If You Let Me Stay Yes - Wondrous Stories 9-BMlq_zyko Taken from their brilliant number 1 album 'Going For The One' this is the only UK top 20 single by Yes. Strange Little Girl was a fifth top 10 hit for The Stranglers while If You Let Me Stay was Terence Trent D'Arby's debut single. Prince has two more songs to come.
  9. 13 points Michael Crawford - The Music Of The Night / Sarah Brightman - Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again The Drifters - Like Sister And Brother The Dubliners - Seven Drunken Nights Leftfield and Bambaataa – Afrika Shox Meco - Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band The Saturdays - 30 Days Tin Tin Out featuring Shelley Nelson – Here's Where The Story Ends 0WLzvZzIE0g Disco and Star Wars were huge in 1977 so someone called Domenico Monardo decided to put them together and this was the result. The single went to the top of the Billboard chart. Here's Where The Story Ends by Tin Tin Out was much played on the radio in 1998. The Dubliners had two top 10 hits with a gap of 20 years between the first one, Seven Drunken Nights from 1967, and the second one, The Irish Rover.
  10. King Rollo posted a post in a topic in Sports and Fitness
    We always seem to get one late match and today's was it, finishing just before 3 in the morning, with Learner Tien beating Daniil Medvedev in just under five hours. Good to see another young player breaking through.
  11. Well done John on another double! Round 1: 21 Round 2: 36 One year out on the year, same as Jade 3 in 10: 3
  12. 12 points David Bowie - Boys Keep Swinging Bush - Swallowed Stephanie Beatrix, Olga Merediz and the cast of Encanto - The Family Madrigal Manic Street Preachers - Australia The Move - California Man Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons - The Night sBxZN7nJMEo So here we have Jeff Lynne, Roy Wood and Bev Bevan having a great time on Top Of The Pops. This was their last single as The Move. They had already released the first ELO album before this came out (going in a very different musical direction) and the first single from it, '10538 Overture', would hit the chart before California Man had left it. Australia was the last of four top 10 singles for Manic Street Preachers from their 'Everything Must Go' album. Also here, there is the excellent song The Night from 1975 by Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.
  13. 11 points Arcadia - Election Day Dexy's Midnight Runners - There There My Dear Flash And The Pan - Waiting For A Train Meat Loaf – Not A Dry Eye In The House North And South - I'm A Man Not A Boy UB40 - One In Ten Xuy_jIKN7Lw From 1983, this was the only top 40 hit for the Australian group. There There My Dear was Dexy's Midnight Runners' follow-up to their first number 1 single 'Geno'. From the following year is UB40's One In Ten, referring to the amount of unemployed people in their part of the country.
  14. 10 points Altered Images - I Could Be Happy Christopher Cross – Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) Herman's Hermits – There's A Kind Of Hush Karen Harding - Say Something Big Dee Irwin - Swinging On A Star Marillion - You're Gone The Ordinary Boys - I Luv U Olivia Rodrigo - Get Him Back! Shakespear's Sister - You're History Shalamar - I Can Make You Feel Good Stefflon Don featuring French Montana – Hurtin' Me ueBOQuRRSwA Not surprisingly, I was the only person to vote for Marillion. You're Gone, from 2004, was their first top 10 single since 1987's 'Incommunicado' and their biggest hit with Steve Hogarth as their lead singer. I Can Make You Feel Good was the first of four top 10 hits for Shalamar while You're History was the debut single by Shakespear's Sister. Altered Images and Herman's Hermits both have one more song to come.
  15. 9 points The Animals - It's My Life Bow Wow Wow - Go Wild In The Country The Bluetones - Marblehead Johnson Cynthia Erivo featuring Ariana Grande - Defying Gravity Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine – Can't Stay Away From You The Feeling - Sewn Michael Jackson - Off The Wall Kosheen - All In My Head Simply Red - You Make Me Feel Brand New Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life Lw6Ofi-oMCM This was Bow Wow Wow's breakthrough hit after their first five singles had all failed to reach the top 30. The Animals had three number 7 singles and It's My Life is the only one to get a vote. There are some big names in this batch with Gloria Estefan, Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson all appearing, the latter has two more songs left. Bringing things up to date, Defying Gravity is still in the top 10.
  16. 8 points 5 Seconds Of Summer - Amnesia The Four Tops - If I Were A Carpenter Genesis - I Can't Dance Hard-Fi - Suburban Knights Paffendorf - Be Cool Pet Shop Boys - Before Travis - Re-Offender hGI2d31M7Ns Primarily an albums band, Genesis still had eight top 10 singles with three of them reaching number 7. Two of those received votes with I Can't Dance dropping out first. Pet Shop Boys also have three number 7s, all of which scored points and Before is the first to appear. It was the lead single from their 1996 album 'Bilingual'.
  17. OK, I've put her on the 5 point list now, thanks.
  18. 7 points Gary Barlow - Open Road Bhangra Knights vs. Husan – Husan The Beat - Too Nice To Talk To Cassius - Cassius 1999 Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong Geri Halliwell - Calling Princess - Say I'm Your Number One Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Helms scored 7 points but is disqualified as it peaked at number 5. gqFVggBJGlc Another one I haven't heard for a long time. This was the fourth of five top 10 hits for The Beat from 1979 to 1983. Up Where We Belong has 345 million streams so will be seen to have underperformed here. Prince and Queen are still to come but for now we have Princess with her biggest hit from 1985.
  19. 6 points Curiosity Killed The Cat - Misfit Darius - Live Twice Tom Jones - Funny, Familiar, Forgotten Feelings Joe featuring Mystikal – Stutter Kesha - Die Young Swing Out Sister - Surrender 59M9ggdpFjQ Misfit was Curiosity Killed The Cat's debut single and was a flop but was re-issued after their next two singles were big hits. From the same year, we have another 'sophisti-pop' song by Swing Out Sister, their follow-up to 'Breakout'. The much missed Darius is here, he appeared on Pop Idol with Gareth Gates who had a stutter, which is the subject of Joe's song.
  20. 5 points All Saints - All Hooked Up The Beatles - Baby It's You Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen – Theme from 'Mission: Impossible' Driver 67 - Car 67 Evelyn King - Love Come Down Lolly - Viva La Radio Off-Shore - I Can't Take The Power Rooster - Come Get Some Marlon Roudette – When The Beat Drops Out cBs1-U0RQoE It's a long time since I've heard this one from 1979, revolving around an exchange between a taxi driver and the controller at the office. It would have charted higher but the record company hadn't pressed enough copies to keep up with the demand following the Top Of The Pops performance. The following year, the Queen Mother said it was her "favourite pop record". The Beatles song here is a 1995 release of a 'Live At The BBC' recording. Love Come Down is Evelyn King's best known song and her only top 20 hit.
  21. 14th - 20th January 1965 26. Come Tomorrow - Manfred Mann It's a ballad this time from Manfred Mann, a cover of a song from 1961 by Marie Knight. It was OK but I've preferred their more uptempo songs so far. 28. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - Cilla Black The chart battle commences with this version seven places higher but Cilla will eventually lose out, peaking at number 2. Her cover is vastly inferior so the record buying public got it right. 30. Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow The Sun) - Del Shannon This will be Del Shannon's biggest hit since 1962, reaching number 3. It's a good one, with a straightforward melody, some falsetto vocals and a short but effective organ solo. 32. I'm Lost Without You - Billy Fury A dramatic orchestral ballad with Billy in fine voice. He's still churning out the top 20 hits. 33. I'll Never Find Another You - The Seekers The Australian group's first single will go all the way to number 1 and it's a good folk/pop song with the male harmonies complementing Judith Durham's lead vocal. 34. Getting Mighty Crowded - Betty Everett A first hit for the American soul singer and she sings it with gusto but the song itself doesn't really stand out. 39. Going Out Of My Head - Dodie West I'll put this down as best new discovery of the week. She may not be the best singer but she puts plenty of personality into her vocal and I liked the bombastic production. The single by the British singer will go no higher than 39 and will be her only hit. The original version was by Little Anthony and the Imperials. Record of the week: 35. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - The Righteous Brothers This is not just record of the week, I think it's the best one so far since the start of the singles chart. The production by Phil Spector is magnificent and the vocals by these two have so much depth and emotion to them. After overtaking Cilla Black's cover version, the single will spend two weeks at number 1. It will return to the top 10 in 1969 and 1990. uOnYY9Mw2Fg
  22. Round 1: 24 Round 2: 33 3 in 10: 3
  23. Brentford 1-2 Manchester City Chelsea 2-1 AFC Bournemouth West Ham United 1-1 Fulham Nottingham Forest 0-1 Liverpool Everton 0-1 Aston Villa Leicester City 1-2 Crystal Palace Newcastle United 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Arsenal 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur Ipswich Town 2-2 Brighton & Hove Albion Manchester United 2-0 Southampton
  24. Well done Jade on Friday's 39 score and John who's scored 39 five days in a row now. Round 1: 36 Round 2: 36 3 in 10: 2
  25. 4 points Sailor - Girls Girls Girls f1YpKgx5e48 And there's only song on four points which is very unusual this low down in the results. Almost every voter's three and four point songs received at least one more vote. Girls Girls Girls was one of two top 10 hits in the mid 70s for Sailor. The other one, 'Glass Of Champagne', went as high as number 2.