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We’re on course to smash through three rounds before the 00’s No.1s finish the first, despite the games starting within 24hrs of each other.

This set of songs is not really setting me alight. If I remember the middle round of 70s No.1s was less than inspiring There are some good songs there but probably just enough to fill a top 5. Shocked that something as original as Loving You got junked so early

Jake Abraham, minor British actor, but Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels among them, has stage 4 prostate cancer: https://www.nationalworld.com/culture/television/lock-stock-and-two-smoking-barrels-jake-abraham-cancer-diagnosis-4220508 Has had it for years, probably, and it's pretty advanced. Undergoing palliative care, but that might sound more dramatic than it is, imo. Not a "weeks left" situation, but also not THAT many years left.

17.07.2023 62 Queen — Killer Queen 56 Sparks — This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us 45 Roxy Music — Love Is The Drug 44 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas +4 42 Sweet — Fox On The Run -1 40 Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye 32 Ralph McTell — Streets Of London 31 Hot Chocolate — You Sexy Thing 29 Sweet — Teenage Rampage 25 The Carpenters — Please Mr Postman 23 Bachman-Turner Overdrive — You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet 20 Showaddywaddy — Three Steps To Heaven 20 Leo Sayer — Moonlighting 16 The Hollies — The Air That I Breathe 11 Showaddywaddy — Hey Rock And Roll 06 Leo Sayer — The Show Must Go On -2 06 Mud — The Cat Crept In --2 06 The Stylistics — You Make Me Feel Brand New -1 Get killing...

Donald Sutherland is 88 today. If he hasn’t been SERIOUSLY considered for the actual Deathlist…it’s time!

17/Jul/2023 62 Queen — Killer Queen 54 Sparks — This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us 43 Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye +2 41 Roxy Music — Love Is The Drug 40 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas -6 35 Sweet — Fox On The Run 34 Ralph McTell — Streets Of London 31 Hot Chocolate — You Sexy Thing +2 29 Sweet — Teenage Rampage 23 Bachman-Turner Overdrive — You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet 23 The Carpenters — Please Mr Postman 20 Showaddywaddy — Three Steps To Heaven 20 Leo Sayer — Moonlighting 18 The Hollies — The Air That I Breathe 16 Showaddywaddy — Hey Rock And Roll 14 Mud — The Cat Crept In 13 The Stylistics — You Make Me Feel Brand New 10 Leo Sayer — The Show Must Go On

When I saw the title of this song I initially mistook it for this:

Josette Baisse, French olympian cross-country skier at the 1952 Oslo Games, has died aged 98. Now Jacqueline Du Bief, who competed in figure skating, is the last living French female olympian of those games.

Ray Dorset (Mungo Jerry) made another appearance on The Heritage Charts to introduce a version of Alright Alright Alright. Looked and sounded very good, appears to have put his heart issues behind him for now.. Suzi Quatro also showed up looking exactly like how you'd expect a 73 year old Suzi Quatro to look. Her voice is a bit gone but she can still hit notes I blatantly never could.

Lamar Morris (Wiki), American country music singer who was a solo artist on the MGM Records label, charting in the Top 40 of Hot Country Songs with "If You Love Me", which peaked at number 27 dead at 84

Peter III of Russia died on this day 261 years ago, aged 34. - Peter was German- he was born as Charles Peter Ulrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, but his mother Anna was Peter the Great's daughter. - Peter's father died when he was 11, and he became the Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. In 1742, his aunt Elizabeth (now the empress of Russia) brought him to Russia to declare him her heir apparent. Swedish envoys arrived in St. Petersburg later that year to proclaim him the heir to the Swedish throne (Peter was a great-grandson of Charles XI of Sweden), but they arrived after he was named Elizabeth's successor. - In 1745, Peter married his second cousin- later known as Catherine the Great. Their marriage was unhappy, with Catherine describing Peter in her memoirs as a drunk manchild. Despite this, they had a son together- the future emperor Paul. - When Peter acceeded to the throne after Elizabeth's death in January of 1762, he immediately withdrew Russian troops from the Seven Years' War and ordered a peace treaty with Prussia. After their alliance was formed, he sent troops back there to help the Prussian attack Austria. - After a six-month reign, Peter would be ousted in a coup orchestrated by his wife. He died eight days after his ousting under mysterious circumstances.

“Anthony enjoyed playing chess and gin rummy and was a master backgammon player. In fact, he twice reached the finals of the World Backgammon Championships in 1966 and 1970. Anthony also won the U.S. National Paddle Ball singles and doubles (with Bobby Riggs) in 1967.”

dead https://www.bfmtv.com/culture/mort-de-jane-birkin-a-l-age-de-76-ans_AN-202307160216.html

I'd have hired the North Korean newsreader to ensure the occasion was given sufficient gravitas.

Wonderful. Only in England can a story about a TV presenter having fun on the internet can get so boring that people are left arguing over how many people pay the licence fee. Fine effort.

Ana Nogueira de Lucas (1896–2010) is now validated by LongeviQuest to have lived 114 years and 151 days. Ana became World's Oldest Living Person after the death of Eugenie Blanchard and died two weeks later.

Too bad nobody picked Al Pacino and Robert De Niro !

I feel your pain. I'm also the Grim Reaper. Just depends which hat I feel like wearing when I get out of bed in the morning...

I used to be Banshees Scream and Tempus Fugit. My current sock puppet account is Paul Bearer, but when I'm in character I don't recognise the Windsor account as a sock puppet account to the other one.

Former University of Southern Cal inside linebacker Matt Gee, the Trojans' 1991 captain when he led the football team in tackles, died in his sleep on Monday, Dec. 31, 2018, in Simi Valley, Calif. He was 49. Gee had 210 career tackles at USC, including 97 as a senior in 1991. He was a member of USC's 1989 and 1990 Rose Bowl squads. He also was a javelin thrower on the Trojan track and field team. He came to USC from Arkansas City High School, where he was a prep All-American linebacker and fullback. He also won the state's javelin and shot put titles as a 1987 junior when he had the nation's best high school mark in the javelin. After USC, he started his own insurance agency in Simi Valley, Calif. SC

The official Thurl Ravenscroft fansite is quite something.

Ex England footballer cyrille regis dies at just 59

Okay, moving this conversation forward, to recap the stats, we now have only two people alive who were verified to be born in the 19th century (1900) and who were drawing breath at the same time as Queen Vic. These are: Violet Brown (10 March 1900) Nabi Tajima (4 August 1900) Of these, only Violet was one of Queen Vic's subjects, making her the last Victorian. As of today, she is exactly 100 days younger than Emma Morano was when the latter died, making her the 6th verified oldest person ever (Emma was the 5th). After these two clear out, we are on to the Edwardians!

More here: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-29/cricket-legend-greig-dies/4447154

On the other hand, he's my second DDP hit of the year. Coincidentally, both were former test cricketers.