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Clive Barker reportedly dead: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-12180499/Former-South-Africa-coach-Clive-Barker-dies.html The horror writer was picked for the DDP, rather than this guy.

10th June 39 The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown – Fire 34 Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising 34 Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World 34 Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine 26 Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg – Je T´aime... Moi Non Plus 24 Manfred Mann – Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) 24 The Beatles & Billy Preston – Get Back 24 The Archies – Sugar, Sugar 22 The Rolling Stones – Jumpin´ Jack Flash +4 22 The Love Affair – Everlasting Love 22 Tommy James & The Shondells – Mony, Mony 21 Peter Sarstedt – Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) 21 The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Women 21 Thunderclap Newman – Something In The Air +1 20 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – The Legend Of Xanadu 20 The Equals – Baby Come Back 20 The Beach Boys – Do It Again 20 Mary Hopkin – Those Were The Days 20 Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly 20 The Move – Blackberry Way 20 Amen Corner – (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice 20 Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Israelites 20 Tommy Roe – Dizzy 20 Bobbie Gentry – I´ll Never Fall In Love Again 19 Georgie Fame – The Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde 18 Gary Pucket & The Union Gap — Young Girl 16 The Scaffold – Lily The Pink 16 The Marmalade – Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 16 Fleetwood Mac – Albatross 15 Zager & Evans – In The Year 2525 14 Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends 14 The Beatles – Lady Madonna -1 12 The Bee Gees – I´ve Gotta Get A Message To You 00 The Beatles — Christ, You Know It Ain't Good -5

Saturday June 10 39 The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown – Fire 36 Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World 34 Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine 32 Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising +4 26 Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg – Je T´aime... Moi Non Plus 24 The Archies – Sugar, Sugar 22 The Beatles & Billy Preston – Get Back 22 The Love Affair – Everlasting Love 22 Tommy James & The Shondells – Mony, Mony 21 The Rolling Stones – Jumpin´ Jack Flash 21 Peter Sarstedt – Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) 21 The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Women 20 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – The Legend Of Xanadu 20 Manfred Mann – Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) 20 The Equals – Baby Come Back 20 The Beach Boys – Do It Again 20 Mary Hopkin – Those Were The Days 20 Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly 20 The Move – Blackberry Way 20 Amen Corner – (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice 20 Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Israelites 20 Tommy Roe – Dizzy 20 Thunderclap Newman – Something In The Air 20 Bobbie Gentry – I´ll Never Fall In Love Again 19 Georgie Fame – The Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde 18 Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends 18 Gary Pucket & The Union Gap — Young Girl 16 The Scaffold – Lily The Pink 16 The Marmalade – Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 16 Fleetwood Mac – Albatross 15 The Beatles – Lady Madonna 15 Zager & Evans – In The Year 2525 14 The Bee Gees – I´ve Gotta Get A Message To You 05 The Beatles — The Ballad of John & Yoko -3 04 Des O´Connor – I Pretend -3 I moved Gary Pucket up to his correct placement here. I am working on my song killing addiction. Pray for me.

39 The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown – Fire 36 Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World 34 Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine 28 Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising 26 Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg – Je T´aime... Moi Non Plus 24 The Archies – Sugar, Sugar 22 The Beatles & Billy Preston – Get Back 22 The Love Affair – Everlasting Love 22 Tommy James & The Shondells – Mony, Mony 21 The Rolling Stones – Jumpin´ Jack Flash 21 Peter Sarstedt – Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) 21 The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Women 20 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – The Legend Of Xanadu 20 Manfred Mann – Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) 20 The Equals – Baby Come Back 20 The Beach Boys – Do It Again 20 Mary Hopkin – Those Were The Days 20 Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly 20 The Move – Blackberry Way 20 Amen Corner – (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice 20 Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Israelites 20 Tommy Roe – Dizzy 20 Thunderclap Newman – Something In The Air 20 Bobbie Gentry – I´ll Never Fall In Love Again 19 Georgie Fame – The Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde 18 Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends 16 The Scaffold – Lily The Pink 16 The Marmalade – Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 16 Fleetwood Mac – Albatross 15 The Beatles – Lady Madonna 15 Zager & Evans – In The Year 2525 14 The Bee Gees – I´ve Gotta Get A Message To You 18 Gary Puckett & The Union Gap – Young Girl +4 08 The Beatles — The Ballad of John & Yoko -6 07 Des O´Connor – I Pretend  I'm simply voting for songs I like or dislike.

Sat 10 June 37 The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown – Fire 32 Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World 26 Creedence Clearwater Revival — Bad Moon Rising 26 Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine 23 The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Women +4 23 The Beatles – Lady Madonna -4 22 Beatles & Billy Preston – Get Back 22 The Archies – Sugar, Sugar 22 Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg – Je T´aime... Moi Non Plus 22 The Love Affair – Everlasting Love 21 Zager & Evans – In The Year 2525 21 The Rolling Stones – Jumpin´ Jack Flash 21 Peter Sarstedt – Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) 20 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – The Legend Of Xanadu 20 Manfred Mann – Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) 20 Gary Puckett & The Union Gap – Young Girl 20 The Equals – Baby Come Back 20 Tommy James & The Shondells – Mony, Mony 20 The Beach Boys – Do It Again 20 Mary Hopkin – Those Were The Days 20 Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends 20 Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly 20 The Move – Blackberry Way 20 Amen Corner – (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice 20 Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Israelites 20 Tommy Roe – Dizzy 20 The Beatles – The Ballad Of John & Yoko 20 Thunderclap Newman – Something In The Air 20 Bobbie Gentry – I´ll Never Fall In Love Again 19 Georgie Fame – The Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde 16 The Scaffold – Lily The Pink 16 The Marmalade – Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 16 Fleetwood Mac – Albatross 15 Des O´Connor – I Pretend 14 The Bee Gees – I´ve Gotta Get A Message To You 00 Cliff Richard – Commiserations -2

1923    Archduchess Yolanda of Austria    / David H. Murdoch 1924 Anne Vernon /  Richard Rohmer 1925 Lucine Amara / Leo Esaki  1926  Rowena Jackson / Robert McGinnis 1927 Genevieve Page  / Frank Sedgman  1928 Yvonne Furneaux / Joss Ackland    1929 Lady Pamela Hicks / Stuart Hall 1930 Sara Jane Moore  / Robert Wagner  1931 Eve Queler / Robert Duvall  1932 Shirley Conran / Dennis Skinner Corrected list to correct 1926 and 1931 Thanks Mari for being on the ball x

I see. Corrected.

Les Dawson died on this day 30 years ago, aged 62. - Initially, Dawson was a piano player- he entered comedy when he began joking to his audience when he played the wrong keys. - Dawson would appear on the talent show Opportunity Knocks in 1967, cementing him in British comedy. He would end up becoming the host of the show during its final season in 1990. - Opportunity Knocks wasn't the only show he hosted- he presented Blankety Blank from 1984 until its initial cancellation, also in 1990. - Among his most notable comedic routines were a drag performance as the elderly Ada Shufflebotham (in which he would be the vulgar foil to Roy Barraclough's Cissie Braithwaite), playing a song correctly before soon playing the wrong notes (in a similar vein to Victor Borge), and making a myriad of funny faces (credited to him breaking his jaw in a boxing match): - Dawson would be the star of several comedy shows, including Sez Les, Listen to Les, and The Les Dawson Show. - Dawson was known to drink a bottle of whiskey and smoke 50 cigarettes daily. This lifestyle led to his prostate failing in 1985, and he nearly died from the resulting sepsis. He had a heart attack in 1988, and died from a second one five years later. - Dawson was one of the inaugural DeathList names (#13 on the 1987 list). He would appear again in 1990 and 1993, being the fourth out of five deaths that year

Wish I’d seen this before I did my scores. Utterly scandalous.

Helmar Müller has died aged 85, he competed for West Germany at the 1968 Summer Olympics, held in Mexico City, Mexico, in the 4 × 400 meter relay, where he won a bronze medal with teammates Manfred Kinder, Gerhard Hennig and Martin Jellinghaus https://www.vfb.de/de/vfb/aktuell/neues/club/2023/trauer-um-helmar-mueller/

Breaking bad actor Mike Batayeh dead at 51.

Tactical voting is everything. Lab, Lib, Grn, Ind and whoever else, BACK THE MRLP.

She may not know, her head is probably stuck a long way up his a***.

10/Jun/2023 39 The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown – Fire 36 Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World +4 30 Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine 28 Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising 23 The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Women 22 Beatles & Billy Preston – Get Back 22 The Archies – Sugar, Sugar 22 Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg – Je T´aime... Moi Non Plus 22 The Love Affair – Everlasting Love 21 Zager & Evans – In The Year 2525 21 The Rolling Stones – Jumpin´ Jack Flash 21 Peter Sarstedt – Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) 20 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – The Legend Of Xanadu 20 Manfred Mann – Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) 20 Gary Puckett & The Union Gap – Young Girl 20 The Equals – Baby Come Back 20 Tommy James & The Shondells – Mony, Mony 20 The Beach Boys – Do It Again 20 Mary Hopkin – Those Were The Days 20 Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends 20 Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly 20 The Move – Blackberry Way 20 Amen Corner – (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice 20 Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Israelites 20 Tommy Roe – Dizzy 20 Thunderclap Newman – Something In The Air 20 Bobbie Gentry – I´ll Never Fall In Love Again 19 Georgie Fame – The Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde 17 The Beatles – Lady Madonna -6 16 The Scaffold – Lily The Pink 16 The Marmalade – Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 16 Fleetwood Mac – Albatross 14 The Beatles – The Ballad Of John & Yoko 14 The Bee Gees – I´ve Gotta Get A Message To You 09 Des O´Connor – I Pretend

English writer and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era Charles Dickens died on this day 153 years ago, aged 58. Dickens' literary success began with the 1836 serial publication of The Pickwick Papers, a publishing phenomenon – thanks largely to the introduction of the character Sam Weller in the fourth episode – that sparked Pickwick merchandise and spin-offs. Within a few years Dickens had become an international literary celebrity, famous for his humour, satire and keen observation of character and society. His novels, most of them published in monthly or weekly installments, pioneered the serial publication of narrative fiction, which became the dominant Victorian mode for novel publication. His 1843 novella A Christmas Carol remains especially popular and continues to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre. Oliver Twist and Great Expectations are also frequently adapted and, like many of his novels, evoke images of early Victorian London. Canadian-born American actress and singer Alexis Smith died on this day 30 years ago, aged 72. Smith co starred opposite Errol Flynn in Gentleman Jim (1942), one of the most popular movies of the year. Her lead appearance in The Constance Nymph (1943) was well-received and led to bigger parts. After a cameo in Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) Smith appeared opposite Fredric March in The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944), and starred alongside Ann Sheridan in The Doughgirls (1944). She had another cameo in Hollywood Canteen (1944) and co starred with Jack Benny in The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945). Smith appeared on the cover of the May 3, 1971 issue of Time as the result of the critical acclaim for her singing and dancing role in Hal Prince's Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim's Follies, which marked her long-awaited Broadway debut. In 1972, she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance.

To spend more time with Dorries, his three syllable shite and his sports bra. (This is what happens when you have an afternoon off for drinks). Cuckoo, cuckoo

Says he's been forced out. Not sure how that tallies. 10+ day suspension gives option of recall election. He could stand in said election and hold his seat. If he lost his seat then it would be because the voters of Uxbridge and South Ruislip were sick of having a lying, money-grabbing shit on an international speaking tour as their local MP. Which is their prerogative. No one's forcing you out, they're voting you out you self-centred pillock.

The beauty of music is just how subjective it is, how no two people have exactly the same tastes, that one person’s ear nectar is a cup of cold piss to the eardrum for another. This is what makes music the best thing in the world. Having said that… Are you fucking kidding me?

Thank bloody christ. One of the biggest clowns at long last ejecting herself from the circus. Mid Bedfordshire is an incredibly solid tory seat, but as we've seen with by-elections in the past that does not stop Lib Dem gains against unpopular conservative incumbents.

Stolen from Twitter

Rozier dead at 96, and got a breaking news notification from Le Monde.

The film, to this day, is still one of the best movie musicals ever made, and is a perfect example for writers of both stage and film musicals in regards to structure, pacing, and characterization.

Joe A. Garcia dead at 70.

Looks the same as the actor who plays Colonel Sanders now