King Rollo

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.

Sikandar Raza was playing in that test match for Zimbabwe yesterday. He flew straight out to Lahore and has just hit the winning runs in the Pakistan Super League final, quite extraordinary. Obviously, if the test had gone to a fourth day, it would not have been possible.

I wonder where the tenth song will be needed. You would need 7 songs to win your category and then two more for when the three winners come together. Maybe the final will have two songs from each act?

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I have thought of a few songs and artists which fit this theme but haven't decided which one to send yet.

I only knew the Elton John song before I listened to these. 1st James Blake - Retrogade 2nd Elton John - Crocodile Rock 3rd Bob Dylan - Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right 4th Lemon Demon - Two Trucks 5th Damiano David - Zombie Lady 6th Enrique Iglesias - Bailamos 7th Tom Aspaul - Kiss It 8th Charlie Puth - Light Switch

Well done on three 39s, John! Round 1: 33 Turn Turn Turn Round 2: 27 Hudson Ford, the year, Dynamite Tie break: 9 out of 12 3 in 10: 3 Only The Lonely, Pretty Woman, You Got It

I only knew two of these songs. 1st Ellie Goulding - Burn 2nd Sasami - Honeycrash 3rd Avril Lavigne - Nobody's Home 4th Rina Sawayama - This Hell 5th Addison Rae - Aquamarine 6th Louise - Borderline 7th Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle 8th Mary J Blige - Be Without You (Louise was also Harry Redknapp's daughter in law for many years)

Well done Jade on another 39. Round 1: 36 Angel Round 2: 39 💥 3 in 10: 3 No Surprises, Paranoid Android, Street Spirit (Fade Out)

1st Chvrches - Clearest Blue 2nd Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind 3rd Aha - Cry Wolf 4th YVA - Grožio Fabrikas 5th Walk The Moon - Jenny 6th The Saturdays - Ego 7th Enhypen - Brought The Heat Back 8th Fifth Harmony - That’s My Girl