Everything posted by King Rollo
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Buzzjack's Ultimate UK Number 8 Single - 1st Round Results
26 points Freemasons featuring Bailey Tzuke - Uninvited Inner City - Big Fun Michael Jackson with The Jackson Five - I Want You Back Love Inc. - Broken Bones Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly Mitski - My Love Mine All Mine Hazel O'Connor - Will You The Orb - Blue Room Holly Valance - State Of Mind Barry White - Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe Robbie Williams - Lazy Days In 1979, Judie Tzuke reached number 16 with the stunning ballad 'Stay With Me Till Dawn', one of my favourite songs from that year. Eight years later, she gave birth to Bailey who sung on this cover of the Alanis Morissette song in 2007. Another stunning ballad is Will You by Hazel O'Connor from 1981 with that long saxophone solo at the end. We've already had the group Big Fun on six points, now they appear as a song title for Inner City. Robbie Williams loses a second song but still has one left. With a length of 39 minutes and 58 seconds, Blue Room by The Orb is the longest ever chart single.
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Buzzjack's Ultimate UK Number 8 Single - 1st Round Results
25 points Ace Of Base - Cruel Summer Double - The Captain Of Her Heart Sabrina Johnston - Peace Johnny Keating - The Theme From 'Z Cars' (Johnny Todd) Ed Sheeran - Don't Owner Of A Lonely Heart by Max Graham vs. Yes scored 25 points but has been disqualified as it peaked at number 9 From 1986, this was the only top 40 hit for the Swiss duo. Ace Of Base's cover of Cruel Summer bows out but the original is still to come. The theme from Z Cars was a hit in 1962 but lives on at Everton FC.
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PopMaster & Ten To The Top II
I think we both picked Rent and Suburbia as they are part of the number 8 poll that's going on at the moment. Round 1: 30 The year, Barbara Ann Round 2: 39 💥 3 in 10: 3 Walk On By, Heartbreaker, Do You Know The Way To San Jose
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My record of the week 60 years ago
20th - 26th January 1966 30. Like A Baby - Len Barry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHtASr311eE This is OK, with good contributions from the brass section, but sounds too similar to 1-2-3. 31. Love's Just A Broken Heart - Cilla Black https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XObJClY7kc This builds up nicely and she delivers an accomplished vocal. There were several lines with words ending in 't' and she made sure she made the 't' heard clearly. After her last single only got to number 17, this one will return her to the top 5. 33. Girl - St. Louis Union https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8jPEieHVEQ This cover of a Beatles song will be their only hit. I don't know the original that well but I think it will be a lot better than this version. 35. Thunderball - Tom Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7SWNnGECjU One of the weaker James Bond themes despite Tom Jones' best efforts. It will go no higher than this position. 38. I Stand Accused - The Merseybeats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kauiPm1d4NI The lyrics reminded me of 'Love In The First Degree' by Bananarama. I liked the harpsicord and other instruments chugging away in the background. This will be the last of their seven top 40 hits, they are still going today. Record of the week : 40. Mirror Mirror - Pinkerton's Assorted Colours Nothing really stood out but I enjoyed this one more than the others and I think it would grow on me with a few more listens as it has the sort of chorus that will stick in my head. I liked the use of the autoharp and the orchestration. The single will reach a peak position of number 9 and be the only top 40 hit for the group from Rugby. They will split up in 1969.
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Buzzjack's Ultimate UK Number 8 Single - 1st Round Results
I've finally figured out what happened. When I'm adding each person's vote to the scoreboard, the songs are listed alphabetically by the artist name. I had Katy B under B and K so her 27 and 11 point scores were on different pages. That's a relief to me as I'm always careful to take enough time adding each person's vote to the scores to avoid any errors.
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PopMaster & Ten To The Top II
Round 1: 30 Aqua, Break My Heart, Eternal or Boyzone Round 2: 36 Steps (should have got that) 3 in 10: 3 Rent, Suburbia, West End Girls
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Buzzjack's Ultimate UK Number 8 Single - 1st Round Results
24 points Backstreet Boys - I'll Never Break Your Heart Lonnie Donegan - Rock Island Line Bobby Darin - La Mer (Beyond The Sea) James Morrison - Wonderful World Nelly - Just A Dream Ultravox - All Stood Still As mentioned earlier today, Midge Ure had top 10 hits with three different groups, the others being Slik and Visage whose Fade To Grey is part of this poll as well. All Stood Still was the follow-up to Vienna (if you don't count that re-issued single from their old label). Bobby Darin's single goes back to 1960 while Lonnie Donegan's Rock Island Line goes back even further, to 1956. It was the first of seventeen top 10 hits for him, including three number 1s.
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Buzzjack's Ultimate UK Number 8 Single - 1st Round Results
23 points Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street Mai Tai - History Vanity Fare - Early In The Morning This was the first hit for the Dutch based Guyanese group. The follow-up, 'Body And Soul' reached number 9 but they were soon history with no further top 40 hits. It's back to the sixties for Vanity Fare's biggest hit and the fourth of six top 10 singles by Bob Dylan.
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Buzzjack's Ultimate UK Number 8 Single - 1st Round Results
22 points Echo and The Bunnymen - The Cutter Gerry and The Pacemakers - Ferry 'Cross The Mersey The Game - Dreams Jermaine Jackson - Let's Get Serious Rizzle Kicks - Down With The Trumpets Louis Tomlinson featuring Bebe Rexha and Digital Farm Animals - Back To You From 1983, The Cutter was one of three top 10 hits for Echo and The Bunnymen. One of the others also reached number 8 and is still to come. They came from Liverpool, as did Gerry and The Pacemakers who are here with Ferry 'Cross The Mersey from 1964 which went onto be a number 1 in a new version by Gerry and other Liverpool musicians in 1989. Another member of the Jackson family loses a song while Louis Tomlinson is the second One Direction member to appear today.
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Buzzjack's Ultimate UK Number 8 Single - 1st Round Results
21 points Atomic Kitten - Someone Like Me / Right Now (2004 remix) Liam Payne and Rita Ora - For You Roy Wood - Forever Michael Zager Band - Let's All Chant With this single reaching number 8, Roy Wood had managed top 10 hits with three different groups (The Move, ELO and Wizzard) and as a solo artist. This is not a unique feat as I know Midge Ure did the same and there may be others but I doubt anyone did it as quickly as Roy with a gap of less than seven years from The Move's first hit 'Night Of Fear' to Forever. Also here is the disco classic from 1978, Let's All Chant, which was also a hit for Pat and Mick in 1988 and Gusto in 1996.
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Buzzjack's Ultimate UK Number 8 Single - 1st Round Results
That information won't be revealed at this point.
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Africa Cup of Nations 2025/26
Crazy that's it's almost three hours since the match started.
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Africa Cup of Nations 2025/26
And now he's missed the penalty!
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Africa Cup of Nations 2025/26
I haven't been watching the tournament until the final. This is quite unprecedented what's happening right now. They can't just walk off the pitch.
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The UK Top 40 singles of the 1980s: listening sessions + polls: next session 1 Nov
Duran Duran - Save A Prayer Dire Straits - Private Investigations ABC - All Of My Heart Thomas Dolby - Windpower Depeche Mode - Leave In Silence
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The UK Top 40 singles of the 1980s: listening sessions + polls: next session 1 Nov
Kenny Morris left the group in 1979 so he wouldn't have contributed to those ones.
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Buzzjack Premier League Prediction Competition 2025/26
Manchester United 1-2 Manchester City Chelsea 2-1 Brentford Leeds United 2-2 Fulham Liverpool 2-0 Burnley Sunderland 1-0 Crystal Palace Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 West Ham United Nottingham Forest 0-2 Arsenal Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-2 Newcastle United Aston Villa 2-0 Everton Brighton & Hove Albion 3-1 AFC Bournemouth
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PopMaster & Ten To The Top II
Round 1: 33 The year, The Who Round 2: 33 Shakatak 3 in 10: 3 Slave To Love, Let's Stick Together, A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
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Buzzjack's Ultimate UK Number 8 Single - 1st Round Results
20 points Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - Tha Crossroads Feist - 1234 M People - How Can I Love You More (remix) Puddle Of Mudd - Blurry The Saturdays - If This Is Love Dusty Springfield - In The Middle Of Nowhere How Can I Love You More was M People's first hit in 1991, reaching number 29. This remix by Sasha gave them their first top 10 single in 1993. From 1965, In The Middle Of Nowhere was a fourth top 10 hit for Dusty Springfield. The Saturdays, who have been mentioned in today's comments, lose the second of their two songs.
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Buzzjack's Ultimate UK Number 8 Single - 1st Round Results
19 points Shirley Bassey - Never, Never, Never (Grande, Grande, Grande) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band Chicago - Hard Habit To Break Electric Light Orchestra - The Diary Of Horace Wimp David Morales presents The Face - Needin' U Robbie Williams - Advertising Space Jeff Lynne has often championed the cause of ordinary, socially inept men in his songs, particularly with his first group, The Idle Race, maybe because he is one himself, despite his fame. In 1979, he gave us a week in the life of Horace Wimp, one of four top 10 hits from the Discovery album. Hard Habit To Break certainly deserves a youtube embed but has to settle for 2nd place out of this 19 point batch. It was the last of five top 10 singles for Chicago. Creedence Clearwater Revival still have a second song to come.
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Buzzjack's Ultimate UK Number 8 Single - 1st Round Results
18 points Sheryl Crow - A Change Would Do You Good Donovan - Mellow Yellow Jason Derulo featuring Snoop Dogg - Wiggle Far Corporation - Stairway To Heaven Fine Young Cannibals - Suspicious Minds Dannii Minogue - Love And Kisses Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram - Somewhere Out There Far Corporation were a project of Frank Farian who was the man behind Boney M and Milli Vanilli. I do think this cover is better than the original with the use of a choir and that heavy drum sound. I've never seen any visuals for it so this was a treat for me watching it. They even have the choir on stage with them. Apparently, Robert Plant was in the audience and loved it. I was the only one who gave it some points. Mellow Yellow was one of seven top 10 hits for Donovan from 1965 to 1968. Dannii Minogue appears for the second day in a row with her first hit single, Love And Kisses. Roll Away The Stone was the third and final top 10 hit for Mott The Hoople in 1973.
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Buzzjack's Ultimate UK Number 8 Single - 1st Round Results
17 points Alphaville - Big In Japan Selena Gomez - Come And Get It Lisa Stansfield - In All The Right Places Daz Sampson - Teenage Life Usher featuring Juicy J - I Don't Mind From 1984, this was a one hit wonder for Alphaville. In the streaming era, Forever Young is their most popular song with three times as many streams. The UK's 2006 Eurovision entry, Teenage Life, is here. Daz Sampson started out as a footballer and has returned to the sport as a manager of different clubs in Europe, Asia and the US.
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Voting: The Best Song Contest In The World... Ever! 12 – One Word, One Noun
Biscuit by Portishead was a pointless answer in the jackpot round of Pointless just now. The subject was Bristol Trip Hop which has been one of the four options for, I think, more than a year now. The finalists have always rejected it every time it came up. The man did really well, coming up with three pointless answers for tracks on the Massive Attack collection or tracks from any of the three Portishead albums they listed. His other two answers were Butterfly Caught and Five Man Army.
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PopMaster & Ten To The Top II
Wednesday's wasn't on there yesterday so moving onto Thursday: Round 1: 36 Sweet Round 2: 24 Is This The Way To Amarillo (couldn't think of it), David Gray, the year, Billy Ocean 3 in 10: 3 Tainted Love, Bedsitter, Say Hello Wave Goodbye
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Voting: The Best Song Contest In The World... Ever! 12 – One Word, One Noun
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