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and properly credited to its creator too.

64 Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights + 57 Althea & Donna – Uptown Top Ranking 54 Blondie – Heart of Glass 53 Gary Numan – Cars 29 Blondie – Sunday Girl +4 -5 Bee Gees – Tragedy -6 My pleasure.

Ok people, since October 20th we killed and we saved the UK-No. 1 songs of the 70s. It has been a fun time so far with lots of discussions, little fights, declarations of love and a common passion: music. What we now have in front of us are the 25 winners of the preliminary rounds. You might not call them the best or the most popular songs - but they each prevailed. Almost every one of these songs has been loved and commented upon, somehow earning its place in the last 25. But it is how it is: Here are the 25 songs of our Grand Final and we'll just see who wins the race! Let's kill and let's save! and The Grand Final: 20 ABBA – Fernando 20 ABBA – Knowing me, knowing you 20 ABBA – The name of the game 20 ABBA – Waterloo 20 Alice Cooper – School´s out 20 Althea & Donna – Up Town Top Ranking 20 Baccara – Yes Sir, I can boogie 20 Bay City Rollers – Bye bye baby 20 Blondie – Heart of glass 20 Blondie – Sunday Girl 20 David Bowie – Space Oddity 20 Don McLean – Vincent 20 Donna Summer – I feel love 20 Gary Numan – Cars 20 Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights 20 Nilsson – Without you 20 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody 20 Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over troubled water 20 Slade – Coz I luv you 20 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears of a clown 20 Suzi Quatro – Can the can 20 Suzi Quatro – Devil Gate Drive 20 10CC – I´m not in love 20 The Sweet – Blockbuster 20 T.Rex – Get it on Everyone can vote again today because it's a new round. Enjoy!

Times death notice for Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater of Butterstone (wiki), aged 79. Lib Dem member of the House of Lords (1997–2016).

64 Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights +1 57 Althea & Donna – Uptown Top Ranking 54 Blondie – Heart of Glass +1 53 Gary Numan – Cars +1 25 Blondie – Sunday Girl +1 1 Bee Gees – Tragedy -3 0 Bee Gees - Night Fever -3 Yeah, let's wrap this up

Doreen Brownstone, who was a legendary figure on the Winnipeg stage, has died. She was 100. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2022/12/16/winnipeg-theatre-stage-legend-brownstone-dies-at-100

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammed/Muhammad Sadiq Rohani/Rouhani dead at 96. Seems like he had been ill for a longer time. EDIT: was a DDP pick last year.

I'd say some of the best stuff didn't get to No.1. Still some bangers though. (And some stinkers)

Armin Mueller-Stahl, the extraordinary German actor who began his career in East Germany, who made his American film debut as Jessica Lange's father in "Music Box", and best known for his roles in "Eastern Promises" and "Shine", is 92 today. Paula Radcliffe, the noted long-distance runner, one of the most well-known British athletes in history, who is a three-time champion of the London, and New York marathon, and was born in Davenham near Northwich, Cheshire, England, is 49 today. She won gold medals at both the Commonwealth and European championships. Paula Radcliffe also received numerous accolades, including an OBE and being crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2002. Her remarkable career is fully chronicled in her inspiring and interesting autobiography: "Paula: My Story So Far".

Leopold II of Belgium died on this day 113 years ago, aged 74. Leopold's reign began following the death of his father Leopold I in 1865. Domestically, Leopold was known for commissioning many buildings throughout Belgium, earning him the nickname of "The Builder King". Today, however, Leopold has been viewed as one of the most vile human beings to have lived. In 1879, Leopold commissioned Henry Morton Stanley to explore the basin of the Congo River. Stanley made treaties that effectively gave the native people's land to Leopold, and in 1885, once Europe recognized his claims, the king established the Congo Free State. Leopold used his new colony to increase his personal wealth with the export of rubber, and he would do anything to obtain the material. During this time period, all of the natives were effectively enslaved, with colonial officials beating the local populations into submission- men, women, children, they all harvested rubber. Officials would also take hostages to ensure that rubber quotas were being met. And if they weren't... the officials would cut off a hand (and maybe also a foot)- children as young as five were murdered this way. Estimates suggest that between one and a half to 13 million Congolese died; disease was also a factor. People were indeed made aware of Leopold's actions, and he was criticized in contemporary media. Protesters would also boo at his funeral. This, however, did not stop statues from being erected decades after his death, and it only took the George Floyd protests in 2020 to take many of them down.

Italian singer Ivana Spagna- known just as Spagna mainly , celebrates turning 68 today. She had a number of UK hits in the late 1980s, Call me and Every boy and girl. German track and field athlete Andreas Hofmann celebrates turning 31 today. He competes in javelin.

I don't believe Morgan Freeman will be troubling anytime soon ladyfiona but I do like your list overall

I am convinced this guy is a troll, I refuse to believe that anyone (who is not a practising member of the British Conservative party) can be this inept.

James Mangold, American film and television director, the new filmmaker behind the camera for the next Indiana Jones film, who is best known as the director of the films "Heavy", "Cop Land", "Girl, Interrupted", "Kate & Leopold", "Identity", "Walk the Line", "3:10 to Yuma", "The Wolverine", "Logan", and "Ford v Ferrari", is 59 today. Miranda Otto, Australian actress who is best known for playing Eowyn, the undaunted warrior maiden of Rohan, in the famed films "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", is 55 today.

Paul Kitching, Michelin-winning scottish chef dies suddenly: https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/paul-kitching-edinburgh-chef-behind-one-of-capitals-best-restaurants-21212-dies-suddenly-3955881

As per this her real name was Thelma Cooper. Several blues books on Google reveal she was from Philadelphia. A comment on this YouTube link with somebody of the surname Cooper says "she was my grandmother. She died of an asthma attack shortly after my father was born".

A unique 'hit' for me in my Blueberry Crumble team in the DDP.

Mary and Lofty too. I'm half expecting Dirty Den to come through the doors "awright princess!"

Thank you for your service @Grim Up North! I'm so glad we got to share the duties and it was such a huge contribution of you to cover that Decembre period in that critical time. I also expect to pass eventually into the DDP afterlife, but I'm still here to welcome @Banana and look forward to our mutual work on next year's competition. To All: Yes, the Excel spreadsheet helps a ton! Please use it, even if you've never used excel before. You really just have to write in names into the "box", or cell, as these spaces to be filled are called.

Pele & Pope Francis

I reckon when he does die someone will notice. Might be worth restoring him as a wildcard.

Actor Peter Iasillo Jr died back in February, aged 63. http://portchester.dailyvoice.com/obituaries/peter-iasillo-jr-63-port-chester-actor-community-theater-director/701654/ IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0406367/ Gives me an opportunity to post his death scene from Spookies:

I'm going out on a limb to suggest there never was before or since a couple named Lawton & Rhea. SC

Crapping yourself in a space suit must have some real down sides.... Urgh.... Better inside the suit than out. I don't really want to even start to begin to envision what a mess it would be on the outside of the body glove.

I see they've suspended the Space Shuttle programme while they sort out the tile problem... Doesn't really address the immediate issue though, does it?