King Rollo

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.

Good to see my entry is still in contention and my 12 point song is just behind it.

Thanks to all who have voted for Strings Of Life so far, especially Jim for the 12 and gooddelta for the 10. I didn't know about the 2000s hit that sampled it, the same as when I entered Ever So Lonely by Monsoon to the retro contest.

I should be able to make it for that, I do like a lot of the hit singles by the artists entered.

The mods are just looking at the list of entries now. If you send it now, I'm sure Brer can add it on when he comes online.

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We all got 39 on Round 1 today then. Round 1: 39 💥 Round 2: 36 Escape 3 in 10: 1 Reach Out I'll Be There

1st Chvrches - The Mother We Share 2nd Aha - Manhattan Skyline 3rd Pet Shop Boys - Heart 4th Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin’ 5th Walk The Moon - Shut Up And Dance 6th Elton John - Bennie And The Jets 7th Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi 8th Ellie Goulding - Lights 9th Rina Sawayama - Hold The Girl 10th James Blake featuring Rosalia - Barefoot In The Park 11th Sasami - Smuggler 12th Addison Rae - Headphones On 13th Damiano David - Voices 14th Christina Aguilera - Hurt 15th Tom Aspaul - Cabin Fever 16th Enhypen - Drunk-Dazed 17th Enrique Iglesias featuring Nicole Scherzinger - Heartbeat 18th Charlie Puth featuring Selena Gomez - We Don’t Talk Anymore 19th The Saturdays - Issues 20th Disclosure featuring Mary J. Blige - F For You 21st Fifth Harmony - Sledgehammer

Round 1: 36 Right Places Round 2: 39 💥 3 in 10: 2 Dr Beat, Anything For You

Yes John, Simon Smith And His Amazing Dancing Bear was still being played well into the 1970s so I knew it. Round 1: 33 Bread, Fall In Love Round 2: 33 Lou Reed, the year 3 in 10: 1 Survivor

Thanks. Well done John on the double 39. Round 1: 33 Respectable (should have known that but only came up with 'Respect'), Sylvia (would have probably remembered but he was too quick with the answer) Round 2: 36 Back Home Again 3 in 10: Puppy Love, Young Love, The Twelfth Of Never We all picked the same three songs.

The songs by the eliminated artists all had some merit. None of them were in my bottom 2 for each category.

27th May - 2nd June 1965 24. Crying In The Chapel - Elvis Presley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkRLYcLseUg Elvis' first number 1 single for two years was recorded in 1960 and kept on a shelf for five years as he wasn't happy with it but it now becomes a big hit for him. There's just a piano and a quiet guitar on this cover of a song from 1953 so his vocal stands out along with the backing singers' contribution but overall, only average. 33. Come Home - The Dave Clark Five https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GPi5wHb2Gs There's quite a slow pace to this one with a hissing sound to the main beat of the song. It's not one I need to listen to again. 37. Set Me Free - The Kinks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXaVweUfvow The Kinks' fifth single will return them to the top 10 after the last one didn't do too well. It's reasonable but we're still in that part of their history between the impactful first few hits and the classics that are yet to come. 39. This Little Bird - The Nashville Teens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER8p6GBUYFw Another version of this follows the one by Marianne Faithfull we had a few weeks ago. It's not quite as good but I did like the piano and strings, it wouldn't sound out of place in a Wild West movie. This will be the group's last top 40 hit, they are still going, with only one survivor from this line-up. 40. If I Ruled The World - Tony Bennett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAv4JAfFauc Tony's version of a song from the 1963 musical 'Pickwick'. It's not my cup of tea but he does a good job with it. Record of the week : 35. Anyway Anyhow Anywhere - The Who I'm choosing The Who's second hit for its raw energy and an early use of guitar feedback. The drums and piano also play a big role here and the backing vocals are set high compared to Roger Daltrey's lower range lead vocal. The single will reach a peak of number 10.

That's a big upset, Cameron Norrie beating Medvedev in the first round. It looked unlikely when he lost the third and fourth sets and went a break down in the final set but he kept going.

Round 1: 39 💥 Round 2: 24 Quit Playing Games, Stealer's Wheel, the year, Alessi Brothers Tie-break : 10 out of 10 3 in 10: 3 Elected, Poison, School's Out

Congratulations Rooney on the title and thanks to Houdini for running this throughout the season. I'm happy with 3rd place considering I didn't win a single week, apart from that week six of us had the top score.

This is the top 10 I posted on this thread eight years ago. It's interesting that Tempted is Squeeze's most streamed song, well ahead of their two number 2 hit singles.