King Rollo

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

They both put their own stamp on these songs and did something different with them but I voted for The Beautiful South as my favourite. Here's an ELO song which is appropriate for the 21st Century Forum:

Well done both of you on today's 39s. Round 1: 33 Disco Inferno, Nick Heyward Round 2: 36 Native New Yorker 3 in 10: 3 Don't Go, Nobody's Diary, Only You

Thanks, and well done John on today's 39. Round 1: 36 The Beautiful South Round 2: 36 The year 3 in 10: 3 A Winter's Tale, Hold Me Close, Silver Dream Machine

20th - 26th May 1965 26. We Shall Overcome - Joan Baez https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KRxH6lfZWY A first hit for the folk singer is a version of a widely used protest song, recorded live in Birmingham, Alabama. The audience joining in as unofficial backing singers gives it some added depth and beauty. 27. Trains And Boats And Planes - Burt Bacharach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e5xB2laA68 This will be Burt's only hit under his own name, going as high as number 4. I like the vocals here by The Breakaways and the orchestration, it's the second best song this week. 35. Trains And Boats And Planes - Billy J Kramer and The Dakotas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIEpKZLH1GY This version isn't as good but still enjoyable. They used some strings as well which helped to elevate it. It's the last of their six top 40 hits, including two number 1s. Billy is still working, releasing a single as recently as last year. 39. Marie - The Bachelors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tx_LUmpVr8 A country pop song with some brass instrumentation. As expected, I didn't like it. Record of the week : 29. The Price Of Love - The Everly Brothers Just two weeks after their cover of That'll Be The Day comes this self written song which is much better and more like what they should be putting out now to keep their relevance. It has a good, pacy rhythm to it and the earthy harmonica really stands out. The single will peak at number 2, the brothers' biggest hit since 1961. I also like Brian Ferry's 1976 cover version.

This evening would be good for me.

Great to see Doctor Who top this poll. My own vote for it was mainly based on the classic series which I grew up with but the new version can be very good now and then. Stranger Things would have finished in 2nd place if I had watched it before the voting took place. Thanks Calum for adding up the scores.

Brighton & Hove Albion 2-2 Liverpool Crystal Palace 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Manchester City 2-1 AFC Bournemouth

Thanks. Round 1: 36 The year Round 2: 39 💥 3 in 10: 3 The Shoop Shoop Song, Believe, If I Could Turn Back Time

Another good win for Emma Raducanu, beating a top 20 player, Kasatkina, 6-1 6-3 in Strasbourg.

I didn't expect Fawlty Towers to make the top 10. It's certainly my favourite sitcom. I would have probably put Stranger Things in my top 5 but only watched the 4 seasons this year, after voting had taken place, as I've only recently got Netflix.

Congratulations Houdini. Great to finish 2nd, thanks Pete for running this again.

I need Crystal Palace to win 13-0 then. 🤔

Round 1: 33 Diana Ross, the year Round 2: 39 💥 3 in 10: 3 Paradise City, November Rain, Sweet Child O' Mine

Two more new albums: Steve Hackett - The Lamb Stands Up Live At The Royal Albert Hall [11th July] Steve Rothery and Thorsten Quaeschning - Gento [22nd August] (a collaboration from members of Marillion and Tangerine Dream)

Aston Villa 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur Chelsea 2-0 Manchester United Everton 2-0 Southampton West Ham United 1-1 Nottingham Forest Brentford 2-1 Fulham Leicester City 2-1 Ipswich Town Arsenal 2-1 Newcastle United

What are the scores going into the final? I think I might have climbed to 2nd place but still a long way behind Houdini.

Well done John on two 39s. Round 1: 33 The year, King Round 2: 27 You're All That Matters To Me, Don't Ask Me Why 3 in 10: 3 Black Cat, Rhythm Nation, The Best Things In Life Are Free

Round 1: 36 Swan Round 2: 36 The year 3 in 10: 3 Lessons In Love, Children Say, Something About You

Well done John on the double. Round 1: 39 Round 2: 30 Mott The Hoople, How Soon Is Now (that's my favourite Smiths song but my mind went blank thinking what the title was) 3 in 10: 3 Wall Street Shuffle, The Dean And I, The Things We Do For Love

13th - 19th May 1965 28. Poor Man's Song - The Rockin' Berries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B47t6JKXiWw This will be the group's second top 5 hit. The production is kept simple and there are some good harmonies but not the most memorable song. 38. (You've) Never Been In Love Like This Before - Unit Four Plus Two https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMZzoRNjx54 The follow-up to their number 1 single has a strong chorus including some hand claps but won't do as well, peaking at number 14. They will release eight more singles but none of them will reach the top 40 and they will break up in 1970. 39. Iko Iko - The Dixie Cups https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5GzVZjd0iI Just a week after The Clapping Song comes another song covered by the Belle Stars in 1982. Natasha also did a version around the same time and had a bigger hit with it. The Dixie Cups' version started out as an impromptu jam in the studio using drumsticks for the beat and they are kept for the final recording. I like this one. It will be their second and last hit single. Record of the week : 33. Long Live Love - Sandie Shaw I've gone for this pop song which also has a Latin American style rhythm to it. "We meet every night at eight" is the line I always remember it for. It will be Sandie's second number 1 single, spending three weeks at the top of the chart.

Thanks, both of you. Round 1: 30 The year, So Cold The Night Round 2: 33 Fountains Of Wayne 3 in 10: 2 Sexual Healing, I Heard It Through The Grapevine. I said What's Going On as well but had a feeling it wasn't a hit single.

I have also confirmed something.

I remember watching Top Of The Pops as early as 1971 but I think it was 1974 before I would listen to Radio 1 playing the chart on Sunday evenings with my sister. At that time, I think it was just the top 20 that they played. I would sometimes write down the chart as they played each song.

Fulham 2-1 Everton Ipswich Town 1-3 Brentford Southampton 0-3 Manchester City Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-2 Brighton & Hove Albion AFC Bournemouth 1-1 Aston Villa Newcastle United 2-1 Chelsea Manchester United 2-1 West Ham United Nottingham Forest 2-0 Leicester City Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Crystal Palace Liverpool 2-1 Arsenal