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March Cup masterlist: Keith “Sooty Man” Ainsworth - Fear Beag George Alagiah - John Key Juan Alderete - alt obits guy K Anbazhagan - Jiroemon, DDT*, Banana, Sir Creep Eileen Ash - maryport Frankie Banali - Engineer, Torva, maryport, Wormfarmer, John Key, Deadsox, Book, Deathray Susan Bayh - Joey, Wormfarmer, John Key, Chorizo, Grim, Skinny, Book, HDS Jason Becker - FixedBusiness Pope Benedict - Deathray Tim Bilton - HDS David Bissell - Clorox Steve Blackmore - Engineer* Abdelaziz Bouteflika - Bibliogryphon “Killer” Tim Brooks - Death Impends, Skinny, Book, Jiroemon*, HDS, Spade*, Banana*, Clorox Gary Burford - Death Impends, Banana Anne Buydens - oldlady, maryport, Quim, Book James Caan - DeathByArsenic John “Bam” Carney - Jiroemon Pat Carroll - Bibliogryphon Jimmy Carter - oldlady Bernadette Chirac - DeathByArsenic Beverly Cleary - Bibliogryphon Billy Connolly - Deathray Suzy Delair - DeathByArsenic Shannon Doherty - Etush Bob Dole - Engineer, Deathray John Downing - Joey Hugh Downs - Torva Judith Durham - YoungWilz Lone Dybkjaer - msc Massoumeh Ebtekar - Chorizo Larry Eckhardt - alt obits guy, Spade Asa Ellison - Spade, DDT, Banana, Clorox*, DeathByArsenic*, Sir Creep Roberta Flack - YoungWilz William Frankland - Death Impends Bill Freehan - Wormfarmer Rodion GA - Joey Zubeen Garg - Spade Jill Gascoine - Engineer Syed Ali Geelani - Fear Beag, alt obits guy Bob Gibson - Wormfarmer Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Deathray Manolis Glezos - grobler Jimmy Greaves - oldlady Juliette Greco - DeathByArsenic David Gulpilil - Torva, maryport, Quim, John Key, Grim, Etush, Book, DDT Jim Hagedorn - FixedBusiness, Etush David Hagen - Reptile Iraj Hairichi - msc, Chorizo George Hallett - Joey*, Reptile* Alcee Hastings - msc, Wormfarmer Ruth Heide - Spade Brian Henderson - DDT Nick Hitchon - maryport Stanley Ho - FixedBusiness Joan Hocquard - grobler Lars Hogh - Etush Ian Holm - Bibliogryphon Louis Horne - Chorizo Zizi Jeanmaire - DeathByArsenic Abu Bakar Juah - alt obits guy Willie K - msc, Chorizo, Death Impends, Skinny, Fear Beag, Spade, Sir Creep Katherine, Duchess of Kent - Bibliogryphon Lee Kerslake - YoungWilz, Bibliogryphon, Engineer, maryport, Wormfarmer, FixedBusiness, Deadsox, Etush* Alexander Khvan - DDT Herbert Kretzmer - Bibliogryphon Benjamin LaGuer - Reptile, Skinny, alt obits guy, DDT, Clorox John Lewis - Torva, Wormfarmer, FixedBusiness, Etush, Jiroemon Karen Lewis - Chorizo, Skinny, HDS Rush Limbaugh - Etush Jeanne Little - Quim Michael Lonsdale - DeathByArsenic Serena Liu - msc, Fear Beag, Banana Vera Lynn - YoungWilz, Bibliogryphon Vanessa Lyssarides - grobler Kenneth MacAlpine - Chorizo John Manners - grobler Josip Manolic - Bibliogryphon Jesse Matthew Jr - HDS Terrence Matthews - Grim Arthur Maud - Joey Roberta McCain - Oldlady, John Key, grobler Lee McCormack - DDT Bill McFadden - Fear Beag Michael McKevitt - Joey Mark McKneown - Fear Beag Aldo Moroni - Reptile Linda Nolan - YoungWilz John O’Donnell - msc, Death Impends, Spade Rip Oliver - Torva*, Reptile, msc, Chorizo*, Death Impends*, Skinny, Book*, Jiroemon, Fear Beag, HDS*, alt obits guy, Spade, Banana, Clorox, Sir Creep Ozzy Osbourne - YoungWilz Trikoli Nath Pandey - Clorox Hau Pei-Tsun - YoungWilz*, FixedBusiness Prince Philip - oldlady, Reptile, Grim, Death Impends, Etush, grobler, Book, Deathray*, Clorox Michel Picoli - DeathByArsenic Sidney Poitier - YoungWilz Genesis P-Orridge - Joey, Engineer, oldlady, Torva, maryport, msc, Quim, John Key, Grim, Deadsox, Death Impends, Book, Jiroemon, HDS, Clorox Patil Puthappa - Jiroemon Muthappa Rai - Reptile Sumner Redstone - YoungWilz, Bibliogryphon Harry Reid - FixedBusiness Mohamed Reza-Shanjarian - Reptile, Death Impends, Jiroemon, Fear Beag, alt obits guy, Banana Yoo Sang-chul - Wormfarmer*, Quim, John Key, Etush, Jiroemon, alt obits guy, DDT Prunella Scales - Deathray Peter Schjeldahl - Grim Vic Seixas - Chorizo ATM Shamsuzzaman - DeathByArsenic Renee Simonot - Torva Amar Singh - alt obits guy Robert Sirko - Skinny*, Banana, Sir Creep Dennis Skinner - Quim Laura Smith - Joey, oldlady, Torva, Reptile, msc, Wormfarmer, Quim, Grim*, FixedBusiness, Deadsox, Skinny, Fear Beag, Banana, Clorox, Sir Creep Neddy Smith - Deadsox*, Skinny Tom Smith - Engineer, oldlady, Torva, maryport, Wormfarmer, Quim*, John Key*, Skinny, Book, Jiroemon, HDS, DeathByArsenic Hans Sommer - Maryport Nobby Stiles - YoungWilz, Engineer, oldlady, maryport, FixedBusiness, Deathray Ged Stokes - John Key Julie Strain - DeathByArsenic Peter Sutcliffe - oldlady Deane Sutherland - Reptile, Grim, grobler, Sir Creep Belinda Sykes - Deadsox Kane Tanaka - Engineer, Deadsox Bernard Tapie - Grim, Deadsox Mohammad Hussein Tatawi - Spade Lee Teng-Hui - Wormfarmer, FixedBusiness, grobler, HDS, Spade, Sir Creep Ruthie Thompson - grobler, Book Peter Tobin - Joey, oldlady*, Torva, maryport, msc*, Quim, Grim, Deadsox, Death Impends, grobler, Skinny, Book, Fear Beag, HDS, alt obits guy, DDT, Clorox, Sir Creep Alex Trebek - Joey, YoungWilz, Engineer, Torva, Quim, John Key, FixedBusiness, Deadsox, Death Impends, Etush, HDS, Deathray, DDT Ignacio Trelles - Chorizo Jean Louis Trintignant - Engineer Chelato Ucles - DDT, Banana, Clorox, Sir Creep Gianluca Vialli - Etush James Watson - Bibliogryphon* Bob Weighton - Deadsox, grobler* Harvey Weinstein - Quim Betty White - Deathray Ken Wilkinson - Grim Barbara Windsor - Deathray Anastasia Zavorotnyuk - John Key Michael Ziegler - Joey, Reptile, msc, Jiroemon, Fear Beag*, alt obits guy*, Spade, Banana, Sir Creep* Mojtaba Zolnour - Chorizo

I've listened to all the regular songs on my radio's 50s on 5 station and so am used to how erratic the decade gets... Chuck Berry and co who still hold up well one song and then some mediocre early country song the next. I have the endurance

Time to do some extensive manual YouTubing then

If you want to fork out £10,000 for a jukebox from Sound Leisure, it has every chart hit on there and you can browse by time. Otherwise, no. Sorry

Ruth Madoc is on Pointless Celebrities tonight and one for the "folk needing a seat" list previously inhabited by Paul Darrow and Heather Couper. She doesn't look near death, but just saying, just in case...

Let's do another update after last week's flurry of hits... New hits are: Hosni Mubarak, Pearl Carr, Diana Serra Cary, Sonny Franzese and Katherine Johnson. All of them picked here and there... My pick Pete Felton is likely not going to get a QO, unless his chemo pal Reice Reilly aka "Patient Zero" delivers an indirect QO (he's still alive and posted a Pete Felton picture just last week). Ironically, the most popular name of all the relevant ones for this update, Henry Gray, is also missing a QO. One would have suspected that NYT obit at least... I hope I didn't miss anything - if so, inform me. The new scoreboard looks like this: Rank Team Points 1 Death Impends 381 2 gcreptile 350 3 RadGuy 342 4 Banana 341 5 Cpt. Chorizo 327 6 Clorox Bleachman 319 6 Joey Russ 319 8 Grave Danger 296 9 The Quim Reaper 294 10 Torva Messor 289 11 Deadsox 287 12 John Key 283 13 Skinny Kiltrunner 273 14 msc 269 15 drol 256 16 The Mad Hatter 241 17 JiroemonKimura 237 18 Book 236 19 The Unknown Man 234 20 Sir Creep 212 21 DevonDeathTrip 208 22 Etushispushingupdaisies 189 22 Toast 189 24 theoldlady 175 25 YoungWillz 170 26 Sean 166 27 Kenny 149 28 The Old Crem 144 29 Great Uncle Bulgaria 101 30 markb4 81 31 Chilean Way 68 32 ThePrematureBurial 58 33 Bibliogryphon 42 34 Pedro67 40 35 Gooseberry Crumble 0

Perhaps to make this a little easier to keep track of next time, perhaps we should use DATES - like within a two month period. So we could have said, for example, 16. March. 3.April, etc. That said, I choose the number 31.

Okay, so here it is. Every artist to have a hit on the UK Singles Chart during the 1950s and 1960s. I may later do the 1970s if this thread is successful. In the meantime, I will post letter by letter and I invite all users and guests to collaborate on any information you have/find. Rules: 1) Artist must have had a hit single within the UK top 75 to be included (though the chart didn't go as high as 75 until 1978). 2) I appreciate that before February 1969, there was no official chart and that NME, Record Mirror etc. had their own charts. As such, I am using the preferred data of The Official Charts Company prior to '69. 3) As far as bands go, the members I've included appeared on the hit singles themselves, to the best of my knowledge. This is where it gets tricky - some bands had many members over the course of their history and information isn't always available for it to be clear who recorded on which hit. I will mark the acts where I'm unsure if the members I've listed are correct. 4) Orchestras, choirs and backing bands etc. won't be included - this is impractical as the research will become exhaustive and the individuals concerned are often so trivial that no information on them exists. So for an act like Ray Anthony and his Orchestra, I'll only cover Ray Anthony. 5) For bio info, same rules apply as Wikipedia. Individuals who are younger than 90 are by default listed as living if no death information is available. Acts who are dead (including groups with no living members) are highlighted in red. I've also hyperlinked all hit singles to their YouTube pages so people can enjoy the music too! A Cliff Adams 21 Aug 1923 – 22 Oct 2001 (78) Guardian obit Wiki UK orchestra leader from Southwark, London, also a member of The Stargazers 28/04/1960 The Lonely Man Theme #39 Used in television commercials for Strand cigarettes Marie Adams 19 Oct 1925 – 23 Feb 1998 (72) Mention of death Wiki American gospel and R&B singer from Linden, Texas, born as Ollie Marie Givens, known for her work with Johnny Otis 22/11/1957 Ma (He's Making Eyes at Me) #2 Released as Johnny Otis and his Orchestra with Marie Adams and The Three Tons of Joy 10/01/1958 Bye Bye Baby #20 Released as The Johnny Otis Show, vocals by Marie Adams and Johnny Otis Jewel Akens 12 Sep 1933 – 01 Mar 2013 (79) LA Times obit Wiki American singer from Houston, Texas, one of ten children and called "Jewel" because his mother wanted a daughter and liked the name 25/03/1965 The Birds and the Bees #29 Alfi and Harry (aka David Seville) 27 Jan 1919 – 16 Jan 1972 (52) NY Times obit Wiki American singer from Fresno, California, real name Ross Bagdasarian Sr., created Alvin and the Chipmunks 23/03/1956 The Trouble with Harry #15 Inspired by the 1955 Alfred Hitchcock film The Trouble with Harry The Allisons Wiki UK pop duo who met as part of a church choir, not real brothers despite being publicised as such John Alford 31 Dec 1939 – Living Bob Day 02 Feb 1941 – 25 Nov 2013 (72) The Stage obit 23/02/1961 Are You Sure #2 The UK's 1961 Eurovision entry (came in 2nd place behind Luxembourg) 18/05/1961 Words #34 15/02/1962 Lessons in Love #30 Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass 31 Mar 1935 – Living Wiki American trumpeter from Los Angeles, California, started playing at 8 years old, and began his career by penning hits for Sam Cooke, formed various record companies and won eight Grammys, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006 as a non-performer 13/01/1963 The Lonely Bull #22 09/12/1965 Spanish Flea #3 Theme to U.S. television show The Dating Game 24/03/1966 Tijuana Taxi #37 27/04/1967 Casino Royale #27 Featured in 1967 James Bond spoof film Casino Royale 03/07/1968 This Guy's in Love with You #3 Released simply as Herb Alpert 18/06/1969 Without Her #36 Released simply as Herb Alpert Amen Corner Wiki UK rock band from Cardiff, Wales Dennis Bryon 14 Apr 1949 – 14 Nov 2024 (75) Obit Andy Fairweather Low 02 Aug 1948 – Living Allan Jones 06 Feb 1947 – Living Neil Jones 25 Mar 1949 – 08 Jun 2018 (69) BBC obit Mike Smith 04 Nov 1947 – Living Clive Taylor 27 Apr 1948 – Living Blue Weaver 11 Mar 1947 – Living 26/07/1967 Gin House Blues #12 11/10/1967 The World of Broken Hearts #24 17/01/1968 Bend Me Shape Me #3 Cover of single by The American Breed 31/07/1968 High in the Sky #6 29/01/1969 (If Paradise is) Half as Nice #1 25/06/1969 Hello Susie #4 The American Breed Wiki American rock group from Brookfield, Illinois, formed in 1958 and disbanded in 1970 when it evolved into funk band Rufus Al Ciner 14 May 1947 – Living Charles Colbert 39 Aug 1939 – Living Lee Graziano 09 Nov 1943 – Living Gary Loizzo 16 Aug 1945 – 16 Jan 2016 (70) Ultimate Classic Rock obit 07/02/1968 Bend Me Shape Me #24 Covered by UK rock band Amen Corner The Ames Brothers Wiki American family group from Malden, Massachusetts, Ed Ames later had a very successful solo career, Vic Ames died in a car accident in January 1978 Ed Ames 09 Jul 1927 – 21 May 2023 (95) Variety obit Gene Ames 13 Feb 1923 – 26 Apr 1997 (74) Variety obit Joe Ames 03 May 1921 – 22 Dec 2007 (86) NY Times obit Vic Ames 20 May 1925 – 23 Jan 1978 (52) NY Times obit 04/02/1955 The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane #6 Leroy Anderson and his Pops Concert Orchestra 29 Jun 1908 – 19 May 1975 (66) NY Times obit Wiki American orchestra leader from Cambridge, Massachusetts 28/06/1957 Forgotten Dreams #24 Moira Anderson 05 Jun 1938 – Living Wiki UK singer from Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, awarded an OBE in 1970, sang at the funeral of Norman Wisdom 27/12/1969 The Holy City #43 Chris Andrews 15 Oct 1942 – Living Wiki UK singer-songwriter from Romford, Essex, penned hits for Sandie Shaw and Adam Faith as a writer 07/10/1965 Yesterday Man #3 02/12/1965 To Whom it Concerns #13 14/04/1966 Something on my Mind #41 02/06/1966 Whatcha Gonna Do Now #40 25/08/1966 Stop that Girl #36 Eamonn Andrews 19 Dec 1922 – 05 Nov 1987 (64) RTE obit Wiki Irish radio and television presenter from Dublin who primarily worked in the UK, hosted This Is Your Life and Crackerjack!, awarded a CBE in 1970 20/01/1956 The Shifting Whispering Sands (Parts 1 & 2) #18 Released as Eamonn Andrews with Ron Goodwin and his Orchestra Bobby Angelo and The Tuxedos Discogs UK rockabilly group, later became The Outlaws and then The Innocents Bobby Angelo 24 Jul 1941 – Living Dave Brown c. 1943 – Living Roger Brown 1944 – Living Pete Cresswell Feb 1944 – 18 Jun 2024 (80) Obit Colin Giffin 1943 – Living Roger Groom (aka Roger Groome) 10 Nov 1939 – Living 10/08/1961 Baby Sittin' #30 Cover of a single by American singer Myron Lee NB: Angelo and Cresswell definitely appeared on the record, unsure about the others / rumours have it that Mick Avory (later of The Kinks) drummed on the record The Angels Wiki American vocal girl group from New Jersey Barbara Allbutt 24 Sep 1940 – 10 Jul 2021 (80) Obit Phyllis Allbutt 24 Sep 1942 – Living Peggy Santiglia 04 May 1944 – Living 03/10/1963 My Boyfriend's Back #50 NB: Phyllis Allbutt is now Phyllis Sirico, and Peggy Santiglia is now Peggy Ricker. The Animals Wiki UK rock and R&B band from Newcastle, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 Vic Briggs 14 Feb 1945 – 25 Jun 2021 (76) Mention of death Eric Burdon 11 May 1941 – Living Chas Chandler 18 Dec 1938 – 17 Jul 1996 (57) Independent obit Barry Jenkins 22 Dec 1944 – Living Danny McCulloch 18 Jul 1945 – 29 Jan 2015 (69) Ultimate Classic Rock obit Zoot Money 17 Jul 1942 – 08 Sep 2024 (82) Obit Alan Price 19 Apr 1942 – Living Dave Rowberry 04 Jul 1940 – 06 Jun 2003 (62) Guardian obit John Steel 04 Feb 1941 – Living Hilton Valentine 21 May 1943 – 29 Jan 2021 (77) Daily Mail obit John Weider 21 Apr 1947 – Living 16/04/1964 Baby Let Me Take You Home #21 25/06/1964 The House of the Rising Sun #1 17/09/1964 I'm Crying #8 04/02/1965 Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood #3 08/04/1965 Bring it on Home to Me #7 Cover of a single by Sam Cooke 15/07/1965 We Gotta Get Out of This Place #2 28/10/1965 It's My Life #7 17/02/1966 Inside – Looking Out #12 02/06/1966 Don't Bring me Down #6 27/10/1966 Help Me Girl #14 Released as Eric Burdon and The Animals 15/06/1967 When I Was Young #45 Released as Eric Burdon and The Animals 06/09/1967 Good Times #20 Released as Eric Burdon and The Animals 18/10/1967 San Franciscan Nights #7 Released as Eric Burdon and The Animals 14/02/1968 Sky Pilot #40 Released as Eric Burdon and The Animals 15/01/1969 Ring of Fire #35 Released as Eric Burdon and The Animals / Cover of a single by Johnny Cash NB: Not including Mick Gallagher (b. 1945, member in 1965) because it doesn't appear that he recorded on any of these singles Paul Anka 30 Jul 1941 – Living Wiki Canadian singer and actor from Ottawa, Ontario, debuted at the age of 10, wrote the English lyrics for My Way by Frank Sinatra 09/08/1957 Diana #1 Written about an infatuation with his babysitter 08/11/1957 I Love You Baby #3 08/11/1957 Tell Me that you Love Me #25 B-side to I Love You Baby 31/01/1958 You are My Destiny #6 30/05/1958 Crazy Love #26 26/09/1958 Midnight #26 30/01/1959 (All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings #10 10/07/1959 Lonely Boy #3 30/10/1959 Put Your Head on my Shoulder #7 26/02/1960 It's Time to Cry #28 21/04/1960 Puppy Love #33 15/09/1960 Hello Young Lovers #44 15/03/1962 Love Me Warm and Tender #19 26/07/1962 A Steel Guitar and a Glass of Wine #41 Billie Anthony 11 Oct 1932 – 05 Jan 1991 (58) Wiki UK singer, allegedly born in the dressing room of a theatre in Glasgow, Scotland, her godmother was Gracie Fields 15/10/1954 This Ole House #4 Released as Billie Anthony with Eric Jupp and his Orchestra / Cover of a hit by Rosemary Clooney Ray Anthony and his Orchestra 20 Jan 1922 – Living Wiki American bandleader and trumpeter from Bentleyville, Pennsylvania, last surviving member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra 04/12/1953 Dragnet #7 Theme to the American television series Dragnet Richard Anthony 13 Jan 1938 – 19 Apr 2015 (77) Le Monde obit Wiki Egyptian-born French singer from Cairo 12/12/1963 Walking Alone #37 23/04/1964 If I Loved You #18 Aphrodite's Child Wiki Greek progressive rock group, Demis Roussos and Vangelis both had successful solo careers, Vangelis died from COVID-19 in May 2022 Demis Roussos 15 Jun 1946 – 25 Jan 2015 (68) Guardian obit Loukas Sideras 05 Dec 1944 – Living Vangelis 29 Mar 1943 – 17 May 2022 (79) Guardian obit 06/11/1968 Rain and Tears #29 The Applejacks Wiki UK beat band from Solihull, Warwickshire, Megan is the sister of Ray and Dave Davies of The Kinks Martin Baggott 20 Oct 1947 – Living Phil Cash 09 Oct 1947 – Living Megan Davies 25 Mar 1944 – Living Gerry Freeman 05 May 1943 – Living Don Gould 23 Mar 1947 – Living Al Jackson 21 Apr 1945 – Living 05/03/1964 Tell Me When #7 11/06/1964 Like Dreamers Do #20 Written by Lennon and McCartney and performed by The Beatles for their Decca Records audition 15/10/1964 Three Little Words #23 Charlie Applewhite 25 Nov 1932 – 27 Apr 2001 (68) FindAGrave memorial Wiki American singer from Fort Worth, Texas, discovered by Milton Berle for his 1950s television show 23/09/1955 Blue Star (The Medic Theme) #20 Released as Charlie Applewhite with Victor Young and his Orchestra and Chorus The Archies Wiki American fictional band based on the television series The Archie Show, keyboardist Ron Frangipane died from complications of COVID-19 in April 2020 Session musicians: Dave Appell 24 Mar 1922 – 18 Nov 2014 (92) Legacy obit Gary Chester 27 Oct 1924 – 17 Aug 1987 (62) FindAGrave memorial Ron Dante 22 Aug 1945 – Living Sal DiTroia 02 Jan 1941 – 22 Jun 2007 (66) Mention of death Ron Frangipane 26 Jul 1944 – 25 Apr 2020 (75) USA Today obit Joe Mack (aka Joey Macho) 02 Sep 1921 – 02 Oct 1977 (56) FindAGrave memorial Ray Stevens 24 Jan 1939 – Living Toni Wine 04 Jun 1947 – Living 11/10/1969 Sugar, Sugar #1 Louis Armstrong 04 Aug 1901 – 06 Jul 1971 (69) NY Times obit American trumpeter and vocalist from New Orleans, Louisiana, by 1930 he was the most successful black musician in the world, known as "Satchmo" or "Pops", inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 19/12/1952 Takes Two to Tango #6 13/04/1956 Theme From the Threepenny Opera #8 Released as Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars 15/06/1956 Take it Satch (EP) #29 Released as Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars 13/07/1956 The Faithful Hussar #27 Released as Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars 06/11/1959 Mack the Knife #24 Released as Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars / This single is the above Theme From the Threepenny Opera under a different name 04/06/1964 Hello Dolly #4 07/02/1968 What a Wonderful World / Cabaret #1 26/06/1968 Sunshine of Love #41 Eddy Arnold 15 May 1918 – 08 May 2008 (89) Guardian obit Wiki American country singer from Henderson, Tennessee, known as "The Tennessee Plowboy", a member of the Grand Ole Opry and the Country Music Hall of Fame 17/02/1966 Make the World Go Away #8 26/05/1966 I Want to Go with You #46 28/07/1966 If You Were Mine Mary #49 P. P. Arnold 03 Oct 1946 – Living Wiki American singer from Los Angeles, California who moved to the UK in 1966 after touring as part of Ike and Tina Turner's group The Ikettes 04/05/1967 The First Cut is the Deepest #18 Cover of a single by Cat Stevens and later popularised by Rod Stewart 02/08/1967 The Time has Come #47 24/01/1968 (If You Think You're) Groovy #41 10/07/1968 Angel of the Morning #29 Cover of a single by Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts and later popularised by Juice Newton Johnny Arthey and his Orchestra and Chorus 24 Sep 1930 – 27 Oct 2007 (77) Mention of death Wiki UK bandleader and composer from Merseyside 13/08/1964 The Wedding #3 Released as Julie Rogers with Johnny Arthey and his Orchestra and Chorus The Association Wiki American sunshine pop group from California Ted Bluechel 02 Dec 1942 – Living Brian Cole 08 Sep 1942 – 02 Aug 1972 (29) FindAGrave memorial Russ Giguere 18 Oct 1943 – Living Terry Kirkman 12 Dec 1939 – 23 Sep 2023 (83) Obit Larry Ramos 19 Apr 1942 – 30 Apr 2014 (72) Ultimate Classic Rock obit Jim Yester 24 Nov 1939 – Living 22/05/1968 Time For Livin' #23 NB: Haven't included Gary Alexander as it looks like he had temporarily departed from the band when they had this hit Chet Atkins 20 Jun 1924 – 30 Jun 2001 (77) Rolling Stone obit Wiki American guitarist from Luttrell, Tennessee, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002 17/03/1960 Teensville #46 Winifred Atwell 27 Feb 1914 – 28 Feb 1983 (69) FindAGrave memorial Wiki Trinidad-born UK pianist, wanted to have a career in classical music but ended up penning boogie style hits, owed much of her success to the tinny sound of a piano that cost 50 shillings (£2.50), later moved to Australia and died following an electrical fire at her home, first black person to have a UK #1 12/12/1952 Britannia Rag #5 15/05/1953 Coronation Rag #5 25/09/1953 Flirtation Waltz #10 04/12/1953 Let's Have a Party #2 23/07/1954 Rachmaninoff's 18th Variation on a Theme by Paganini (The Story of Three Loves) #9 26/11/1954 Let's Have Another Party #1 Released as Winifred Atwell and her "Other" Piano with Rhythm Accompaniment 05/11/1955 Let's Have a Ding Dong #3 16/03/1956 The Poor People of Paris #1 Released as Winifred Atwell and her Other Piano 18/05/1956 Port-au-Prince #18 Released as Winifred Atwell and Frank Chacksfield 20/07/1956 The Left Bank #14 26/10/1956 Make it a Party #7 22/02/1957 Let's Rock n Roll #24 06/12/1957 Let's Have a Ball #4 07/08/1959 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll #24 27/11/1959 Piano Party #10 Brian Auger and The Trinity Wiki UK progressive rock band, formed in 1966 and dissolved in 1970 Brian Auger 18 Jul 1939 – Living Phil Kinorra 20 Oct 1940 – Living Rick Laird 05 Feb 1941 – 04 Jul 2021 (80) Obit 17/04/1968 This Wheel's on Fire #5 Released as Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and The Trinity / Cover of a song by Bob Dylan and The Band Frankie Avalon 18 Sep 1940 – Living Wiki American singer and actor from Philadelphia, Pennyslvania, appeared in a series of beach/bikini movies as well as Grease (1978) 10/10/1958 Gingerbread #30 24/04/1959 Venus #16 22/01/1960 Why #20 28/04/1960 Don't Throw Away All Those Teardrops #37 The Avons Wiki UK pop vocal trio, Elaine and Valerie are sisters-in-law Ray Adams 1938 – Living Elaine Murtagh 1940 – Living Valerie Murtagh 1936 – Living 13/11/1959 Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Back Seat #3 07/07/1960 We're Only Young Once #45 27/10/1960 Four Little Heels #45 26/01/1961 Rubber Ball #30 Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra 24 Dec 1909 – 05 Sep 1969 (59) FindAGrave memorial Wiki American orchestra leader and composer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin 07/02/1958 Magic Moments #1 Released as Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra & The Ray Charles Singers Bob Azzam and his Orchestra and Chorus 24 Oct 1925 – 24 Jul 2004 (78) Wiki Egyptian orchestra leader from Cairo 26/05/1960 Mustapha #23

Oh crumbs... Anyhow, good luck Biblio - I think it'll be a close match.

Quote from Sir Creep in another post: I can confirm my Joker will be unique. To be fair, though, I thought Rip Oliver was a sneaky one too, and I think everyone has him? Level of competition is insane.

Well, seeing as it's Y-Dub vs Dub-F this round, here's my entrance music:

Be wary, there's a lot of rubbish lifted by brief appearances by a Doris Day, Lonnie Donegan or Bill Haley for years before Elvis and co show up. If I ever need to hear Al Martino again it'll be too soon... Great thread idea, btw.

Well, I gave Yorkshire multiple warnings to get in his team at all, and he ends up being a no show. So as per rules, he has now been disqualified from the competition, and the highest ranking loser takes his place. Which is really good news for Sir Creep, who would’ve beaten every other team in the round. So he lives another days and faces me. I’m gonna add his team to the masterlist now and prepare my squonking. It will be up in a bit In the mean time, commiserations to Old Crem, LizLemon, Unknown Man, Annami, Great Uncle Bulgaria, Markb4, Sean, Joemoneypenny, Djemba Djemba, and Yorkshire Banker (DQ). Better luck next year?

Wonder - is there any easy way of listening to everything that's charted in chronological order (ie, all the songs that debuted one week, then all the songs that debuted the next week, etc, rather than the typical countdowns of a specific week), via playlists or whatnot? Also looking to see if anyone has done such with US Billboard charts.

I hope this will serve as an antidote. The original version of "Poor People Of Paris". Enjoy!

@YoungWillz Thanks! I've updated the info for Bobby Angelo and The Tuxedos! Cerberus & Clorox Bleachman - Thank you, I will refer to these if I get stuck in case there are any names on your list I can't find elsewhere. Thats's A completed! I nearly lost the will to live listening to all of those Winifred Atwell records in the background as I was adding them. My late gran was very fond of her. My mum, not so much, who would refer to her as "that fucking woman with that fucking piano". Kind of see her point... EDIT: Another stumbling point - The Avons. If anyone can find full birth details and their fates (I'm unsure if they're all still about), please do say!

My list of death dates, not as polished as yours: Posthumous releases 15/12/1944 Glenn Miller 17/06/1954 Danny Cedrone Complete DD/MM/YYYY death dates 16/03/1958 Charlie Kunz 07/10/1959 Mario Lanza 02/04/1960 Gene Alford 25/02/1961 Lee Lawrence 30/08/1963 Axel Stordahl 15/02/1965 Nat King Cole 26/10/1966 Alma Cogan 25/03/1969 Billy Cotton 18/11/1969 Ted Heath 06/05/1971 Dickie Valentine 06/07/1971 Louis Armstrong 02/05/1973 June Hutton 24/05/1974 Duke Ellington 30/09/1977 Mary Ford 14/10/1977 Bing Crosby 23/01/1978 Vic Ames 02/03/1978 Johnny Wallace 07/08/1978 Eddie Calvert 09/09/1979 Norrie Paramor 15/01/1980 David Whitfield 15/11/1980 Bill Lee 29/03/1980 Mantovani 09/02/1981 Bill Haley 13/05/1981 Joan Weber 28/06/1982 Harry Mills 28/02/1983 Winifred Atwell 13/09/1985 Muriel Smith 24/11/1985 Big Joe Turner 29/06/1986 Cliff Townshend 03/03/1987 Danny Kaye 07/02/1988 Ray Martin 22/11/1988 Janet Ertel 20/03/1989 Archie Bleyer 12/04/1989 Herbert Mills 24/02/1990 Johnnie Ray 05/01/1991 Billie Anthony 17/10/1991 Tennessee Ernie Ford 10/01/1992 Babette DeCastro 25/01/1992 Clarence Dixon 26/01/1992 José Ferrer 08/03/1993 Billy Eckstine 19/06/1993 Tony Brent 30/09/1993 Ronnie Aldrich 26/03/1994 Stan Roderick 09/06/1995 Frank Chacksfield 09/12/1995 Vivian Blaine 25/12/1995 Dean Martin 22/03/1996 Billy Williamson 17/12/1996 Ruby Murray 26/04/1997 Gene Ames 06/12/1997 George Chisholm 14/04/1998 Dorothy Squires 14/05/1998 Frank Sinatra 10/06/1998 Johnny Johnston 01/07/1999 Guy Mitchell 23/07/1999 Max Smith 17/09/1999 Frankie Vaughan 13/11/1999 Donald Mills 09/12/2000 Ray Burns 12/12/2000 Dotty Todd 21/02/2001 Ronnie Hilton 21/03/2001 Anthony Steel 12/05/2001 Perry Como 22/10/2001 Cliff Adams 13/11/2001 Panama Francis 29/06/2002 Rosemary Clooney 08/01/2003 Ron Goodwin 05/09/2003 Gisele MacKenzie 23/02/2004 Don Cornell 06/03/2004 Peggy DeCastro 09/03/2004 Ruby Wright 07/05/2004 Rudi Maugeri 15/06/2004 Jimmy Arnold 22/05/2005 Thurl Ravenscroft 22/11/2005 Ken Mackintosh 03/06/2006 Johnny Grande 14/09/2006 Norman Brooks 06/02/2007 Frankie Laine 10/09/2007 Jane Wyman 10/10/2007 Art Todd 17/10/2007 Teresa Brewer 22/12/2007 Joe Ames 20/01/2008 Tommy McQuater 16/07/2008 Jo Stafford 14/08/2008 Lita Roza 07/03/2009 Jimmy Boyd 12/08/2009 Les Paul 13/10/2009 Al Martino 27/11/2009 Al Alberts 14/03/2010 Cherie DeCastro 28/04/2010 Connie Codarini 18/07/2010 Bob Hamlin 22/09/2010 Eddie Fisher 27/09/2010 Buddy Morrow 04/10/2010 Norman Wisdom 12/07/2012 Dave Mahoney 31/08/2012 Max Bygraves 01/01/2013 Patti Page 27/01/2013 Lou Silvestri 05/04/2013 Rosario Vaccaro 25/05/2013 Marshal Lytle 12/09/2013 Joan Regan 09/02/2014 Ronnie Milne 24/02/2014 Franny Beecher 08/02/2015 Sally Sweetland 07/04/2015 Stan Freberg 08/12/2015 Bonnie Lou 31/08/2015 Joy Beverley 07/01/2016 Kitty Kallen 27/07/2016 Pat Barrett 03/11/2016 Kay Starr 07/11/2016 Jimmy Young 28/10/2018 Babs Beverley 04/01/2019 Diana Decker 28/01/2019 Frank Busseri 13/05/2019 Doris Day 06/02/2020 Lynn Evans Living/unreported deaths by release year 1952: Vera Lynn 1953: Ray Anthony; Teddie Beverley; Joni James; Vera Lynn 1954: Joey Ambrose; Petula Clark; Vera Lynn; Margie Needham; John Perkins; Ray Perkins; Bernie Toorish 1955: Ed Ames; Bob Porter

You would have assume that all of the main news broadcasters are rehearsing like mad for THAT day, which is coming very soon. They will know things we don't.

Done... Hope you're now an insane winner.

Dutch musician Bob Fosko reportedly dead. Unfortunately, I can't get the link to translate to English. https://www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/acteur-muzikant-bob-fosko-op-64-jarige-leeftijd-overleden~b413db58/

Here ya go Mary: 1 Neddy Smith (Joker) 2 Laura Smith 3 Genesis P-Orridge 4 Robert Weighton 5 Kane Tanaka 6 Peter Tobin 7 Frankie Banali 8 Lee Kerslake 9 Bernard Tapie 10 Belinda Sykes 11 Alex Trebek Sub 1 Eddie Van Halen Sub 2 Eileen Ash Sub 3 Michael McKevitt

Further to my previous post here is John Heron Cole, father to John Edward Cole. Not sure of the date of the photo but he was born 1844 and died 1913 His mother, Dorothy Heron b1802, d1876, again unsure of the date of the photo.

This one is dated from about 1899, in the picture is my great x4 grandmother (my mum's dad's dad's mum's dad's mum). Harriet Summers (neé Lane) 1825-1912