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7/21/2024 73 Harry Styles — Sign Of The Times 57 Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug — Havana +2 52 Clean Bandit ft. Zara Larsson — Symphony 35 Clean Bandit — Rockabye 27 Dua Lipa — New Rules 21 Mike Posner — I Took A Pill In Ibiza +2 20 Calvin Harris ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean — Feels 20 The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey — Closer 10 Taylor Swift — Look What You Made Me Do -2 09 Zayn — Pillowtalk 0 Major Lazer ft. Justin Bieber & MØ — Cold Water -4

7/21/2024 61 Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye 59 Tears for Fears - Mad World 49 The J. Geils Band - Centerfold +4 46 Yazoo - Don't Go 40 Eurythmics - Who’s That Girl? 35 Pigbag - Papa’s Got a Brand New Pigbag 24 Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence 20 The Beat - Can’t Get Used to Losing You 19 Yazoo - Nobody’s Diary 13 Ph.D - I Won’t Let You Down -6

Long John Baldry died on this day 19 years ago, aged 64. - Baldry's 'Long' nickname came from the fact he was 6'7" (2.01 meters) tall. - Baldry would become a blues musician as a member of Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, and would take over the R&B All Stars band following the death of its frontman Cyril Davies. The latter group became known as the 'Hoochie Coochie Men', and later 'Steampacket', while he was the lead singer. Baldry would also form a band called Bluesology, which featured a certain Reginald Dwight as its keyboardist- who would take the latter half of his future name from Baldry's first name. - Baldry recorded "Let the Heartaches Begin" in 1967, which topped the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in November of that year: Baldry was also known for his song "Mexico", which became the British Olympic team's theme for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. - Baldry would later move to Canada, where he would become a voice actor. By far his most notable role was as Dr. Robotnik in The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog: - Baldry died following a long-term chest infection, and he was known for his nosocomephobia (the fear of hospitals).

Jon Lovitz is 67.

7/20/2024 69 Harry Styles — Sign Of The Times 50 Clean Bandit ft. Zara Larsson — Symphony 43 Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug — Havana +2 33 Clean Bandit — Rockabye 29 Dua Lipa — New Rules 29 Mike Posner — I Took A Pill In Ibiza +2 22 The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey — Closer 20 Calvin Harris ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean — Feels 18 Zayn — Pillowtalk 17 Taylor Swift — Look What You Made Me Do 16 Major Lazer ft. Justin Bieber & MØ — Cold Water 06 Shawn Mendes — Stitches -2 0 Sam Smith — Too Good At Goodbyes -4

7/20/2024 57 Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye 55 Tears for Fears - Mad World 46 The J. Geils Band - Centerfold 40 Yazoo - Don't Go 39 Eurythmics - Who’s That Girl? 34 Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence 27 Pigbag - Papa’s Got a Brand New Pigbag 22 The Beat - Can’t Get Used to Losing You 22 Ph.D - I Won’t Let You Down 22 Yazoo - Nobody’s Diary 20 Kool & The Gang - Get Down on It +4 04 Soft Cell - What? 0 Howard Jones - No Song -6

Chester Bennington died on this day 7 years ago, aged 41. - After a horrible childhood (look at the Wikipedia page for the disturbing details), Bennington would join his first band at 17 years old- Sean Dowdell and His Friends?. Bennington and Dowdell would then go on to form the band Grey Daze. - Bennington would leave Grey Daze in 1998, and soon won an audition to join Linkin Park- then-called 'Xero'. He was considered the lead vocalist of the band (occasionally sharing it with Mike Shinoda), with "In the End" propelling them into stardom, and they would also see further success with their Meteora and Minutes to Midnight albums: - Bennington would co-found the band Dead by Sunrise in 2005, initially naming it 'Snow White Tan'. In 2013, Bennington would replace Scott Weiland as the lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots. - Bennington was very good friends with Soundgarden's Chris Cornell- and Bennington's suicide occurred on what would've been Cornell's birthday, two months after Cornell's own.

Rex Williams is 91. He was on the 1990 DeathList (spot #24)- no idea why.

7/19/2024 57 Harry Styles — Sign Of The Times 46 Clean Bandit ft. Zara Larsson — Symphony 44 Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug — Havana +2 30 Clean Bandit — Rockabye 29 Mike Posner — I Took A Pill In Ibiza +2 26 The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey — Closer 24 Dua Lipa — New Rules 22 Major Lazer ft. Justin Bieber & MØ — Cold Water 21 Taylor Swift — Look What You Made Me Do -2 20 Calvin Harris ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean — Feels 18 Zayn — Pillowtalk 17 Sam Smith — Too Good At Goodbyes 13 Shawn Mendes — Stitches -4 10 Little Mix — Shout Out To My Ex 09 Drake ft. Wizkid & Kyla — One Dance

7/19/2024 53 Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye 51 Tears for Fears - Mad World 42 Yazoo - Don't Go 41 The J. Geils Band - Centerfold 37 Eurythmics - Who’s That Girl? 29 Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence 28 The Beat - Can’t Get Used to Losing You 26 Ph.D - I Won’t Let You Down 25 Pigbag - Papa’s Got a Brand New Pigbag 23 Kool & The Gang - Get Down on It +4 22 Yazoo - Nobody’s Diary 17 Soft Cell - What? 14 Wah! - The Story of the Blues  14 Howard Jones - New Song  0 The Belle Stars - Sign of the Times -6

James Garner died on this day 10 years ago, aged 86. - Garner's surname before taking his stage name was "Bumgarner"; he was of German ancestry on his dad's side. He served in the Korean War, where he received a Purple Heart (in one instance being wounded by friendly fire). - After the war, Garner's friend Paul Gregory would encourage him to begin an acting career, and his first role was a nonspeaking part in a 1954 Broadway production of The Caine Mutiny. He soon went to TV and was considered for the titular role of Cheyenne (which ended up going to Clint Walker). - Garner's first major role was as the titular Bret Maverick of the 1957 Western show Maverick. With this new fame, Garner got roles in films such as The Great Escape, 36 Hours, Marlowe and Support Your Local Sheriff. Perhaps Garner's most notable role was as Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files, which ran from 1974 to 1980- he was nominated for eight Emmys during its run. - In his later career, Garner would occasionally voice act. These roles included God in the short-lived adult cartoon God, the Devil and Bob, the wizard Shazam in Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam, and most notably the main antagonist of the Disney film Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Lyle Rourke: - Garner appeared on the DeathList twice, in 2010 and 2013.

Brian May is 77.

1987: Ozzy Osbourne (1/31) 1989: Frank Bruno, Mike Ditka, Ozzy Osbourne, Brian Wilson, David Jenkins (5/32) 1990: Mike Ditka, Rex Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Terry Waite (4/42) 1991: Leo Beenhakker (1/40)  1992: Shaun Ryder (1/37) 1993: George Lineker (1/56) 1994: Edmund White, Holly Johnson, Peter Shilton (3/50) 1995: Holly Johnson (1/50) 1996: Mr T (1/50) 1997: (0/50) 1998: (0/50) 1999: Nick Leeson, Carly Simon (2/50) 2000: Louis Farrakhan (1/50) 2001: Liza Minnelli (1/50) 2002: (0/50)  2003: (0/50) 2004: (0/50) 2005: Hamed Karzai (1/50) 2006: (0/50)  2007: Tim Johnson, Louis Farrakhan (2/50) 2008: Russell Watson, Hamed Karzai, Charles Taylor (3/50) 2009: (0/50) 2010: (0/50) 2011: Ali Khamenei, Dick Cheney, Michael Douglas (3/50) 2012: Dick Van Dyke, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (2/50) 2013: (0/50) 2014: Dick Van Dyke (1/50)  2015: Jake Roberts (1/50) 2016: Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Tommy Chong, Sandy Gall, Paul Gascoigne (5/50) 2017: Jimmy Carter, Sandy Gall, Emperor Akihito (3/50) 2018: Linda Nolan, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Dick Van Dyke, Stanley Baxter, Mel Brooks, Louis Farrakhan, Ronnie Wood, Joni Mitchell, Paul Gascoigne (10/50) 2019: Jimmy Carter, Emperor Akihito, Alan Greenspan, Dick Van Dyke, Vanessa Redgrave, Cleo Laine, Prunella Scales (7/50)  2020: Dick Van Dyke, Emperor Akihito, Alan Greenspan, Jimmy Carter, Prunella Scales, Willie Nelson, Dick Cheney, Imelda Marcos, Joanne Woodward, Jean-Marie Le Pen, David Attenborough (11/50) 2021: Dick Van Dyke, Emperor Akihito, Alan Greenspan, Jimmy Carter, Ali Khamenei, Prunella Scales, Dick Cheney, Bob Newhart, Imelda Marcos, Yoko Ono, Linda Nolan, Joanne Woodward, Mel Brooks, Willie Nelson, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Raul Castro, Stanley Baxter, Vanessa Redgrave (17/50) 2022: Dick Van Dyke, Alan Greenspan, Nigel Starmer-Smith, Jimmy Carter, Dick Cheney, Mel Brooks, David Attenborough, Emperor Akihito, Sandy Gall, Desmond Morris, Jean-Marie Le Pen, James Whale, Cleo Laine, Denis Law, Prunella Scales, Stanley Baxter, Noam Chomsky, Norman Tebbit, Douglas Hurd, Marianne Faithfull, Linda Ronstadt (21/50) 2023: Dick Van Dyke, Alan Greenspan, Nigel Starmer-Smith, Jimmy Carter, Dick Cheney, Mel Brooks, Robert Wagner, Norman Tebbit, Sandy Gall, Joanne Woodward, Ethel Kennedy, Desmond Morris, Stanley Baxter, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Cleo Laine, Alan Alda, Prunella Scales, Yoko Ono, Marianne Faithfull, Angie Dickinson, Robert Duvall, Imelda Marcos, Ali Khamenei, Pete Murray, Bob Newhart, Willie Nelson, Dennis Skinner, Sonny Rollins, Hal Linden, Linda Nolan, Andy Taylor (30/50) Updated for Bob Newhart.

Surprised it wasn't Jimmy who ended the drought. RIP Papa Elf.

7/18/2024 41 Harry Styles — Sign Of The Times 39 Clean Bandit ft. Zara Larsson — Symphony 35 Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug — Havana +2 28 Clean Bandit — Rockabye 26 Mike Posner — I Took A Pill In Ibiza +2 24 The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey — Closer 23 Drake ft. Wizkid & Kyla — One Dance 23 Taylor Swift — Look What You Made Me Do 22 Major Lazer ft. Justin Bieber & MØ — Cold Water 20 Calvin Harris ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean — Feels 20 Sam Smith — Too Good At Goodbyes 20 Dua Lipa — New Rules 18 Zayn — Pillowtalk 17 DJ Khaled ft. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller — Wild Thoughts 17 Shawn Mendes — Stitches 17 Little Mix — Shout Out To My Ex 13 DJ Khaled ft. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper & Lil Wayne — I’m The One 09 James Arthur — Say You Won’t Let Go 06 Ed Sheeran — Perfect 0 Lukas Graham — 7 Years -6 Clearly a copy of this song:

7/18/2024 51 Tears for Fears - Mad World 49 Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye 36 Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence 36 Eurythmics - Who’s That Girl? 36 Yazoo - Don't Go 35 The J. Geils Band - Centerfold +1 29 Pigbag - Papa’s Got a Brand New Pigbag 28 Yazoo - Nobody’s Diary 28 The Beat - Can’t Get Used to Losing You 26 Ph.D - I Won’t Let You Down 26 Kool & The Gang - Get Down on It +3 22 Soft Cell - What? 20 Howard Jones - New Song  16 Wah! - The Story of the Blues  10 The Belle Stars - Sign of the Times -1 6 Culture Club - Time (Clock of the Heart) -5

Jane Austen died on this day 207 years ago, aged 41. - Austen began writing books as a teenager, with her first notable work being the satirical The History of England, written in 1791. The illustrations were drawn by her sister Cassandra, and Jane would admit to bias in the work as it was a parody of history books. You can read it in its entirety here. - Austen would continue to make parodies of popular writing styles, particularly Gothic novels in 1798's Northanger Abbey. - Austen would publish her most famous novels- 1811's Sense and Sensibility and 1813's Pride and Prejudice- anonymously, and therefore did not make much money off of them during her life. Within her lifetime, unauthorized French-language copies were also made in France. - Austen died after an undisclosed long-term illness. Among the leading hypotheses are Addison's disease (an autoimmune disorder) and Hodgkin's lymphoma. Other historians suggest chronic tuberculosis, recurring typhus, or stomach cancer.

Dion DiMucci is 85.

7/17/2024 33 Harry Styles — Sign Of The Times 32 Clean Bandit ft. Zara Larsson — Symphony 29 Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug — Havana +3 26 Little Mix — Shout Out To My Ex 24 Clean Bandit — Rockabye 23 Mike Posner — I Took A Pill In Ibiza +1 22 Ed Sheeran — Perfect 22 Major Lazer ft. Justin Bieber & MØ — Cold Water 21 Drake ft. Wizkid & Kyla — One Dance 21 Taylor Swift — Look What You Made Me Do 20 Shawn Mendes — Stitches 20 The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey — Closer 20 James Arthur — Say You Won’t Let Go 20 DJ Khaled ft. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller — Wild Thoughts 20 Calvin Harris ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean — Feels 20 Sam Smith — Too Good At Goodbyes 19 DJ Khaled ft. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper & Lil Wayne — I’m The One -1 18 Lukas Graham — 7 Years 18 Dua Lipa — New Rules 18 Zayn — Pillowtalk 0 Post Malone ft. 21 Savage — Rap Star Rockstar -5

7/17/2024 121 Years & Years — King 110 Ella Henderson — Ghost 106 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk +2 101 Pharrell Williams — Happy +2 98 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 30 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 06 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do -1 0 Calvin Harris — Bummer -5

7/17/2024 47 Tears for Fears - Mad World 43 Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye 38 Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence 34 The Beat - Can’t Get Used to Losing You 32 Eurythmics - Who’s That Girl? 32 The J. Geils Band - Centerfold +1 31 Pigbag - Papa’s Got a Brand New Pigbag 30 Yazoo - Don't Go 26 Kool & The Gang - Get Down on It +3 26 Ph.D - I Won’t LetYou Down 24 Yazoo - Nobody’s Diary 22 Soft Cell - What? 20 Wah! - The Story of the Blues  20 Howard Jones - New Song 17 The Belle Stars - Sign of the Times 14 Culture Club - Time (Clock of the Heart) 12 JoBoxers - Boxerbeat  08 The Style Council - Long Hot Summer/Paris Match -4 06 Haircut 100 - Love Plus One -2

Billie Holiday died on this day 65 years ago, aged 44. - Holiday often skipped school as a child, dropping out at the age of 11. She became inspired to make music after listening to the works of Louis Armstrong, and began performing at nightclubs as a teen. - Holiday would go professional in 1933, having her debut single "Your Mother's Son-In-Law", which she recorded with Benny Goodman and his big band, become a hit. From there, she often collaborated with pianist Teddy Wilson, with her biggest song at the time being 1936's "I Cried For You": Holiday also performed for the big bands of Count Basie and Artie Shaw. - In 1939, Billie Holiday recorded her signature song, "Strange Fruit". This song instantly became an anti-lynching anthem, and was named by Time magazine as the greatest song of the 20th century in 1999: - In the 1940s, Holiday had a string of pop hits, which included "Lover Man" (1943) and "Don't Explain" (1946). In 1946, she starred in her only film New Orleans- a film notorious for having scenes deleted to lessen her and Louis Armstrong's roles. - Armstrong was arrested and convicted in 1947 for possession of narcotics, being released the following year; she notably recalled how excited her dog (named Mister) was to see her after said release. - Holiday's autobiography Lady Sings the Blues was published in 1956, which was adapted into an Oscar-nominated film starring Diana Ross as Holiday in 1972. - Holiday was diagnosed with cirrhosis in early 1959, and died from heart failure relating to said cirrhosis.

David Hasselhoff is 72.

7/16/2024 115 Years & Years — King 106 Ella Henderson — Ghost 104 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 98 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk 81 Pharrell Williams — Happy 26 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 22 Calvin Harris — Summer 21 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go -2 15 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 12 Omi — Cheerleader +4 0 Mr Probz — Waves -4

7/16/2024 37 Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye 37 Tears for Fears - Mad World 35 Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence 32 Eurythmics - Who’s That Girl?  30 The Beat - Can’t Get Used to Losing You 28 Ph.D - I Won’t Let You Down 28 Yazoo - Don't Go 27 The J. Geils Band - Centerfold +1 24 Pigbag - Papa’s Got a Brand New Pigbag 24 Yazoo - Nobody’s Diary 23 Kool & The Gang - Get Down on It +3 22 Soft Cell - What? 20 Culture Club - Time (Clock of the Heart) 20 Wah! - The Story of the Blues 20 JoBoxers - Boxerbeat 20 Howard Jones - New Song 17 The Belle Stars - Sign of the Times 17 Haircut 100 - Love Plus One 15 The Style Council - Long Hot Summer/Paris Match 15 Malcolm McLaren - Double Dutch 11 Odyssey - Inside Out -3 10 Shakin’ Stevens - Cry Just a Little Bit -2 06 Culture Club - Victims -1