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RIP. Already at 4 hits.

1/16/2025 32 Lauryn Hill - Lost Ones 30 Run-DMC - It’s Like That 29 Public Enemy - Fight the Power 27 A Tribe Called Quest - Check the Rhime 27 Grandmaster Flash - The Message 26 Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain +1 26 Little Simz - Woman 25 De La Soul - Me Myself and I 25 The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper’s Delight 24 Outkast - B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad) +2 24 50 Cent - In Da Club +1 24 Eminem - Lose Yourself 24 Missy Elliot - Get Ur Freak On 24 N.W.A. - Fuck Tha Police 23 Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full 22 Kendrick Lamar - Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe 21 Nas - N.Y. State of Mind 20 LL Cool J - I Can’t Live Without My Radio 20 Boogie Down Productions - Stop the Violence 20 Ice Cube - No Vaseline 20 Dr. Dre - The Watcher 07 2Pac - All Eyez on Me 02 Post Malone - Rockstar -6

1/16/2025 26 Eagles - Hotel California 25 Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky +1 24 Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town +1 24 Skids - Into The Valley 24 Kate Bush - The Man With the Child in his Eyes 24 The Specials - Gangsters 23 Plastic Bertrand - Ça Plane Pour Moi 23 Madness - One Step Beyond 22 Queen - Don't Stop Me Now +1 22 Elton John - Pinball Wizard 22 Manfred Manns Earth Band - Blinded By The Light 22 Gary Moore - Parisian Walkways 22 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia 22 Carole Bayer Sager - You're Moving Out Today 22 Stranglers - No More Heroes  22 Supertramp - Breakfast in America 22 The Selecter - On My Radio 21 David Bowie - Golden Years +1 21 Joan Armatrading - Love And Affection 21 Stranglers - Peaches 21 Bill Withers - Lovely Day 21 Ram Jam - Black Betty 20 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden 20 Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces 20 Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Delilah 20 Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman 20 Eddie & The Hotrods - Do Anything You Wanna Do 20 Blondie - (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear 20 Electric Light Orchestra - Wild West Hero 20 Renaissance - Northern Lights 20 Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing 20 Sham 69 - Hersham Boys 18 Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant  17 Rubettes - I Can Do It  17 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Is This Love 12 ABBA - SOS  10 Ian Dury & The Blockheads - What A Waste 10 The Beatles - Yesterday 10 Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun 00 Pluto Shervington - Dat -6

1/16/2025 48 Bobby Vee - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes +2 37 Carole King - It Might As Well Rain Until September 35 Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou/Mean Woman Blues 34 Buddy Holly - Brown-Eyed Handsome Man 32 Brian Hyland - Sealed With A Kiss 31 Susan Maughan - Bobby’s Girl 26 Tommy Roe - Sheila +2 22 Sandy Nelson - Let There Be Drums 20 Eden Kane - Forget Me Not 20 Billy Fury - Like I’ve Never Been Gone 13 Brenda Lee - Speak To Me Pretty 00 Joe Brown & The Bruvvers - That’s What Love Will Do -6

Hiroo Onoda died on this day 11 years ago, aged 91. - Onoda was a Japanese soldier who would serve in the Philippines, and was tasked with destroying the American-built airstrip and pier on the occupied Lubang Island so that enemy planes and boats would have a more difficult time landing or docking. - When the US and Philippine Commonwealth retook Lubang in February of 1945, Onoda would lead a small group of soldiers into more wooded, mountainous terrain to hide. Six months later, Japan surrendered, but Onoda and the troops remained unaware. They would sustain themselves by eating fruit that grew on the trees such as bananas and coconuts, and stole rice and cattle from local farmers. - Onoda would first receive a message stating that World War II ended two months after its conclusion, but would dismiss it as an Allied psyop. This was followed by a command from a leading general a few months later, and was also dismissed as a potential fabrication. In 1952 Onoda's family had pictures of them with letters begging them to come home dropped by plane, and once again the soldiers thought it was a trick. Onoda would be declared dead in absentia in 1959; one of his troops left on his own in 1950 and successfully returned to Japan; the other two were killed in shootouts with locals believing they were thieves. - In 1974, a Japanese explorer named Norio Suzuki went to Lubang to find Onoda, and was successful after a four-day search. Onoda would continue refusing to surrender, still awaiting orders from his commanding officer. Suzuki returned to Japan, and the government tracked the officer (now a bookstore owner) down. On March 10, 1974, Onoda would formally surrender, and was the second-to-last World War II holdout to do so (Teruo Nakamura was the last, being found in Indonesia in December of that year): He had spent a total of 30 years on the island, when only 1 year was necessary. - After returning to Japan, Onoda would write an autobiography, and with the money he received from newfound fans would later move to Brazil to become a cattle rancher. He would move back to Japan in 1980, and would spend time in Brazil for a few months each year.

John Carpenter is 77.

Figured out why- the editor changed every 'is' to 'was' and didn't notice the changes in words that contained those adjacent letters (i.e. 'tennis', 'Davis', 'Isaias').

1/15/2025 30 Lauryn Hill - Lost Ones 27 Public Enemy - Fight the Power 27 Grandmaster Flash - The Message 25 Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain +1 25 A Tribe Called Quest - Check the Rhime 25 The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper’s Delight 25 Run-DMC - It’s Like That 24 Little Simz - Woman 24 Eminem - Lose Yourself 23 De La Soul - Me Myself and I 23 Missy Elliot - Get Ur Freak On 23 N.W.A. - Fuck Tha Police 23 Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full 23 50 Cent - In Da Club +1 22 Kendrick Lamar - Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe 21 Outkast - B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad) +2 21 Nas - N.Y. State of Mind 20 LL Cool J - I Can’t Live Without My Radio 20 Boogie Down Productions - Stop the Violence 20 Ice Cube - No Vaseline 20 Dr. Dre - The Watcher 14 Kanye West - Runaway 13 2Pac - All Eyez on Me 13 Kurtis Blow - The Breaks 09 Post Malone - Rockstar -6

1/15/2025 23 Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town +1 23 Skids - Into The Valley 23 Eagles - Hotel California 23 The Specials - Gangsters 23 The Selecter - On My Radio 21 Ram Jam - Black Betty +1 21 Stranglers - No More Heroes 21 Madness - One Step Beyond 21 Plastic Bertrand - Ça Plane Pour Moi 21 Carole Bayer Sager - You're Moving Out Today 21 Gary Moore - Parisian Walkways 21 Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant 21 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia 21 Joan Armatrading - Love And Affection 21 Kate Bush - The Man With the Child in his Eyes 20 Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces 20 David Bowie - Golden Years 20 Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Delilah 20 Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman 20 Elton John - Pinball Wizard 20 Manfred Manns Earth Band - Blinded By The Light 20 Eddie & The Hotrods - Do Anything You Wanna Do 20 Stranglers - Peaches 20 Bill Withers - Lovely Day 20 Blondie - (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear 20 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Is This Love 20 Electric Light Orchestra - Wild West Hero 20 Renaissance - Northern Lights 20 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden 20 Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing 20 Queen - Don't Stop Me Now 20 Sham 69 - Hersham Boys 20 Supertramp - Breakfast In America 20 Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky +2 17 ABBA - SOS  16 Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun 16 Rubettes - I Can Do It -1 14 Ian Dury & The Blockheads - What A Waste -2 14 Pluto Shervington - Dat 13 10cc - I'm Mandy Fly Me -3 12 Pete Wingfield - Eighteen With A Bullet 11 Beatles - Yesterday -3

1/15/2025 42 Bobby Vee - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes +2 30 Carole King - It Might As Well Rain Until September 29 Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou/Mean Woman Blues 29 Susan Maughan - Bobby’s Girl 28 Buddy Holly - Brown-Eyed Handsome Man 27 Brian Hyland - Sealed With A Kiss 24 Billy Fury - Like I’ve Never Been Gone 21 Tommy Roe - Sheila +2 20 Brenda Lee - Speak To Me Pretty 20 Sandy Nelson - Let There Be Drums 20 Eden Kane - Forget Me Not 20 Maureen Evans - Like I Do 20 Joe Brown & The Bruvvers - That’s What Love Will Do 10 Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme - I Want To Stay Here -2 06 Freddie & The Dreamers - You Were Made For Me -4

Emperor Galba died on this day 1956 years ago, aged 70. - Galba's full 'nomen' was Servius Sulpicius Galba, and was born to a notable political family. He would become a praetor in 30 CE, and was named a consul in 33. He would then leave politics for a military career, becoming a general. - After Nero was claimed to have left the city of Rome in 68, Galba would be named emperor by the Roman Senate- the first emperor to not belong to the Julio-Claudian dynasty. He would quickly become unpopular among the general populace and the army due to his apparent greed, heavily taking money from conquered cities and keeping all of it to himself. - At the beginning of 69, the army would rebel against Galba by proclaiming the governor of Germania Inferior (actually modern Belgium), Vitellius, the rightful emperor to the throne. He would quickly adopt a noble named Licinianus to be his heir, angering his comrade Otho, who believed he was the rightful successor. Otho would convince the Praetorian Guard to murder Galba, ending his reign after seven months. This would mark the start of the 'Year of Four Emperors'.

Pitbull Mr. Worldwide Mr. 305 is 44.

1/14/2025 26 Lauryn Hill - Lost Ones 25 Outkast - B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad) +2 25 Public Enemy - Fight the Power 25 Grandmaster Flash - The Message 24 Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain +1 24 Run-DMC - It’s Like That 24 Eminem - Lose Yourself 23 A Tribe Called Quest - Check the Rhime 22 50 Cent - In Da Club +1 22 The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper’s Delight 22 Kendrick Lamar - Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe 21 Nas - N.Y. State of Mind 21 Missy Elliot - Get Ur Freak On 21 N.W.A. - Fuck Tha Police 21 De La Soul - Me Myself and I 21 Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full 20 Little Simz - Woman 20 LL Cool J - I Can’t Live Without My Radio 20 Boogie Down Productions - Stop the Violence 20 Ice Cube - No Vaseline 20 2Pac - All Eyez on Me 20 Dr. Dre - The Watcher 18 Kanye West - Runaway 17 Post Malone - Rockstar -6 15 The Wu-Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck 15 Kurtis Blow - The Breaks 10 Rae Sremmurd - Black Beatles 

1/14/2025 86 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again 60 David Bowie - Starman +2 54 Derek & The Dominos - Layla 44 Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye +1 42 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You 41 Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar 40 Carole King - It's Too Late 39 Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side  33 Elton John - Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting +1 16 Golden Earring - Radar Love -6 14 Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Prong Crown) 9 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

1/14/2025 30 Bobby Vee - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes +3 27 Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou/Mean Woman Blues 25 Buddy Holly - Brown-Eyed Handsome Man 24 Carole King - It Might As Well Rain Until September 24 Susan Maughan - Bobby’s Girl 24 Tommy Roe - Sheila +1 23 Brian Hyland - Sealed With A Kiss 21 Brenda Lee - Speak To Me Pretty 20 Sandy Nelson - Let There Be Drums 20 Eden Kane - Forget Me Not 20 Maureen Evans - Like I Do 20 Joe Brown & The Bruvvers - That’s What Love Will Do 20 Billy Fury - Like I’ve Never Been Gone 20 Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme - I Want To Stay Here 19 Freddie & The Dreamers - You Were Made For Me 14 Rolf Harris - Sun Arise -6 11 Freddie & The Dreamers - If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody 09 Neil Sedaka - Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen 09 Billy Fury - When Will You Say I Love You