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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.

It's her voice that turns me off. In places she sounds like a worn-out blackboard rubber. Sends the dog running out of the room.

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.

I have similar feelings regarding the Bee Gees and Stylistics!

17/7/2023 68 Kylie Minogue — Can’t Get You Out Of My Head 61 All Saints — Pure Shores 57 Eminem ft. Dido — Stan 51 Spiller — Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love) 45 LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight the Moonlight +4 44 Shaggy/RikRok — It Wasn't Me 43 Modjo — Lady (Hear Me Tonight) 35 S Club 7 — Don’t Stop Movin’ -2 34 Afroman — Because I Got High -2 34 Rui da Silva ft. Cassandra — Touch Me 34 Britney Spears — Oops!.. I Did It Again 32 Daniel Bedingfield — Gotta Get Thru This 31 Manic Street Preachers — The Masses Against the Classes -2 29 Roger Sanchez — Another Chance 29 Melanie C ft. Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes — Never Be The Same Again 29 Madison Avenue — Don’t Call Me Baby 24 All Saints — Black Coffee 16 Destiny’s Child — Survivor 11 Kylie Minogue — Spinning Around 07 Fragma — Toca’s Miracle

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.”

goodnight

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

A bit of lazy stereotyping there. There's a skill to television presenting and a bit of responsibility too. How would you have announced the Queen's death?

So glad there's already a pre-prepped "laughing Maxi Lopez" image to use.

Joe Campbell, dead at 68. Drafted by the Saints in the 1st round of the 1977 NFL Draft. Won Super Bowl XV (15) with the Oakland Raiders.

Guardian today reporting Huw is in contact with his long-standing mate from BBC days Jon Sopel, and has told Sopel he's not too enamoured with the way BBC has reported his recent adventures. Suggests Huw is more in the real world than the speculation brought on by his hospitalisation suggested and that he's already thinking about how to get his own interpretation of events out there. Suicide wise, then - likely nowt to see here.

Death notice in the Scotsman this morning for David Crawford, of Edinburgh, Scotland's oldest man, who has died aged 108 (born 21 Mar 1915). The new titleholder is John Dougall (born 3 Oct 1916) of Dunoon... who is also the oldest member of the SNP.

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 !

Never seen the point in having one.

Alexei Tezikov, who played 30 games in the NHL with the Washington Capitals and Vancouver Canucks in the late 90s/early 2000s as part of a 15-year career in North American and Europe, has died. He was 42. https://moncton-wildcats.com/article/rip-alexei-tezikov

Mike Cofer, a former Detroit Lions pro bowler, has died after a long illness. He was 55. https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2019/03/21/mike-cofer-detroit-lions/3240273002/