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Hans Bricks Blix is 96.

6/27/2024 35 Kiesza — Hideaway 34 Adele — Hello 34 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk +1 33 Ella Henderson — Ghost 32 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 32 Years & Years — King 30 Justin Bieber — Love Yourself 29 Little Mix — Black Magic 28 Calvin Harris — Summer 26 Magic — Rude 25 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 23 Cheryl Cole ft. Tinie Tempah — Crazy Stupid Love 23 Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj — Bang Bang 23 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 23 Sam Smith — Stay With Me 23 Pharrell Williams — Happy +1 23 Omi — Cheerleader +1 22 Lilly Wood & The Prick — Prayer In C 21 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 21 Sigma ft. Paloma Faith — Changing 21 Mr Probz — Waves 21 Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill — Gecko (Overdrive) 21 Justin Bieber — What Do You Mean? 21 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder 21 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U 21 Sigma — Nobody To Love 21 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 21 Rita Ora — I Will Never Let You Down 21 Route 94 ft. Jess Glynne — My Love 21 Jess Glynne — Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself 20 Dvbbs & Borgeous ft. Tinie Tempah — Tsunami 20 5 Seconds Of Summer — She Looks So Perfect 20 Aloe Blacc — The Man 20 Secondcity — I Wanna Feel 20 Calvin Harris ft. John Newman — Blame 20 Take That — These Days 20 Sam Smith ft. John Legend — Lay Me Down 20 Lost Frequencies — Are You With Me 20 Rixton — Me And My Broken Heart +1 19 Jess Glynne — Hold My Hand 18 Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea — Problem 18 David Zowie — House Every Weekend 17 One Direction — Drag Me Down 17 Will.I.Am ft. Cody Wise — It’s My Birthday 16 Nico & Vinz — Am I Wrong 15 Rachel Platten — Fight Song 15 Jason Derulo — Want To Want Me 14 Sigala — Easy Love 14 Ben Haenow — Something I Need 14 Sam Smith — Money On My Mind 06 Cheryl Cole — I Don’t Care 05 Meghan Trainor — All About That Bass -6

6/27/2024 62 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 58 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 50 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +2 29 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down +2 15 ABBA - Money, Money, Money 15 R. Dean Taylor— There’s A Ghost In My House 7 The Jam - The Eton Rifles -6

Tove Jansson died on this day 23 years ago, aged 86. - Jansson was part of an artistic family; her father Viktor was a sculptor, her mother Signe was an illustrator, and her brother Lars was a cartoonist. - Jansson would write her first children's book in 1928, called Sara and Pelle and Neptune's Children. It was not published for another 5 years. - During World War II, Jansson would serve as a political cartoonist for Garm magazine. She would lampoon both Hitler and Stalin: - In 1945, Jansson wrote the first book in the series that catapulted her to fame- The Moomins and the Great Flood. The donkey-like trolls in the book became a cultural phenomenon in Jansson's native Finland and beyond, having been adapted into TV shows, movies, and two theme parks (one in Finland and one in Japan). The last book Jansson wrote in the series was 1993's Songs from Moominvalley: - Jansson would also illustrate Swedish translations of The Hobbit and Alice in Wonderland, and had a career painting murals in places such as schools and hospitals.

Tobey Maguire is 49.

6/26/2024 33 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk +1 29 Ella Henderson — Ghost 29 Kiesza — Hideaway 28 Years & Years — King 28 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber  26 Justin Bieber - Love Yourself 26 Calvin Harris — Summer 26 Adele — Hello 25 Little Mix — Black Magic 24 Magic — Rude 23 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 23 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 23 Sam Smith — Stay With Me 22 Omi — Cheerleader +1 22 Lilly Wood & The Prick — Prayer In C 22 Nico & Vinz — Am I Wrong 21 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 21 Sigma ft. Paloma Faith — Changing 21 Mr Probz — Waves 21 Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill — Gecko (Overdrive) 21 Justin Bieber — What Do You Mean? 21 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder 21 Cheryl Cole ft. Tinie Tempah — Crazy Stupid Love 21 Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj — Bang Bang 21 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U  21 Sigma — Nobody To Love 21 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 20 Pharrel Williams — Happy +1 20 Sam Smith — Money On My Mind 20 Route 94 ft. Jess Glynne — My Love  20 Dvbbs & Borgeous ft. Tinie Tempah — Tsunami 20 5 Seconds Of Summer — She Looks So Perfect 20 Aloe Blacc — The Man 20 Rita Ora — I Will Never Let You Down 20 Secondcity — I Wanna Feel  20 Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea — Problem 20 Calvin Harris ft. John Newman — Blame 20 Take That — These Days 20 Ben Haenow — Something I Need  20 Sam Smith ft. John Legend — Lay Me Down 20 Jason Derulo — Want To Want Me 20 Lost Frequencies — Are You With Me 20 David Zowie — House Every Weekend 20 Jess Glynne — Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself 20 Rachel Platten — Fight Song 20 Sigala — Easy Love 20 Meghan Trainor — All About That Bass 19 Jess Glynne — Hold My Hand  19 Rixton — Me And My Broken Heart +1 17 One Direction — Drag Me Down 17 Will.I.Am ft. Cody Wise — It’s My Birthday 12 Ed Sheeran — Thinking Out Loud 11 Cheryl Cole — I Don’t Care 11 Justin Bieber — Sorry  06 Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth — See You Again  0 Charlie Puth ft. Meghan Trainor — Marvin Gaye -6

6/26/2024 62 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 60 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +2 48 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 41 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down +2 20 R. Dean Taylor— There’s A Ghost In My House 15 ABBA - Money, Money, Money 14 David Bowie - Sound and Vision 12 The Jam - The Eton Rifles -6

Denis Thatcher died on this day 21 years ago, aged 88. - Thatcher served in the Italian campaign in WWII, and would become a business executive afterwards. He sold his preservatives company to Castrol in 1965, and would soon become a member of its board of directors. - In 1951, Thatcher married Margaret Roberts, who took his surname. As Margaret became famous due to her career in politics, Denis often felt stressed due to juggling his business operations with his newfound fame when Margaret became PM in 1979. Thatcher was known for his anti-death penalty stance, advising his wife on financial matters, and refusing to be interviewed by the media. Thatcher was made a baron in 1991 following his wife's resignation as PM the previous year. - In 1992, Thatcher would be diagnosed with prostate cancer, which went into remission. He had heart surgery in January of 2003, was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer in June, and died two weeks after the diagnosis (spending the final two days of his life in a coma). - Thatcher appeared on the DeathList twice, in 1994 and 2003. He was the fifth death (of the then-record 14) that year, followed later that day by Strom Thurmond.

Gedde Watanabe is 69.

6/25/2024 27 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk +1 27 Pharrell Williams — Happy +1 25 Little Mix — Black Magic 24 Calvin Harris — Summer 24 Kiesza — Hideaway 24 Years & Years — King 23 Ella Henderson — Ghost 23 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 21 Magic — Rude 21 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 21 Sam Smith — Stay With Me 21 Mr Probz — Waves 21 Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill — Gecko (Overdrive) 21 Justin Bieber — What Do You Mean? 21 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder 21 Cheryl Cole ft. Tinie Tempah — Crazy Stupid Love 21 Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj — Bang Bang 21 Omi — Cheerleader +1 20 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 20 Sam Smith — Money On My Mind 20 Route 94 ft. Jess Glynne — My Love 20 Dvbbs & Borgeous ft. Tinie Tempah — Tsunami 20 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U 20 5 Seconds Of Summer — She Looks So Perfect 20 Aloe Blacc — The Man 20 Sigma — Nobody To Love 20 Rita Ora — I Will Never Let You Down 20 Secondcity — I Wanna Feel 20 Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea — Problem 20 Nico & Vinz — Am I Wrong 20 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 20 Lilly Wood & The Prick — Prayer In C 20 Calvin Harris ft. John Newman — Blame 20 Sigma ft. Paloma Faith — Changing 20 Cheryl Cole — I Don’t Care 20 Take That — These Days 20 Ben Haenow — Something I Need 20 Sam Smith ft. John Legend — Lay Me Down 20 Jason Derulo — Want To Want Me 20 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 20 Lost Frequencies — Are You With Me 20 David Zowie — House Every Weekend 20 One Direction — Drag Me Down 20 Jess Glynne — Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself 20 Rachel Platten — Fight Song 20 Sigala — Easy Love 20 Adele — Hello 20 Justin Bieber — Love Yourself 20 The Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir — A Bridge Over You 19 Jess Glynne — Hold My Hand 18 Rixton — Me And My Broken Heart +1 18 Meghan Trainor — All About That Bass -4 17 Will.I.Am ft. Cody Wise — It’s My Birthday 17 Justin Bieber — Sorry 14 Ed Sheeran — Sing 14 Sam Smith — Writing’s On The Wall 12 Ed Sheeran — Thinking Out Loud 12 Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth — See You Again 12 Charlie Puth ft. Meghan Trainor — Marvin Gaye 08 Gareth Malone’s All Star Choir — Wake Me Up 06 Band Aid 30 — Do They Know It’s Christmas? -2

6/25/2024 56 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 56 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +2 50 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 42 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down +2 24 R. Dean Taylor— There’s A Ghost In My House 19 David Bowie - Sound and Vision 18 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 17 ABBA - Money, Money, Money 14 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 10 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash -6

Michael Jackson died on this day 15 years ago, aged 50. - When he was 6, Jackson's father Joe made him join his brothers in the family band he created (The Jackson Brothers, which soon became The Jackson 5). Joe was abusive towards Michael, often beating him with a belt when he made a mistake, and telling him his nose was "fat". This may have led to both Jackson's excessive plastic surgeries (due to the verbal abuse) and Peter Pan syndrome (due to not having a normal childhood). - In the late '70s and early '80s, Jackson would have some interesting guest appearances, such as contributing a song to the audio book for ET, and having a short cameo in the 1978 special A Special Sesame Street Christmas: - At the height of his career in the late 1980s, Jackson had his own theatrical film with 1988's Moonwalker (virtually a collection of music videos for his songs), and when Weird Al requested to parody "Bad", Jackson let him use the same stage the music video was filmed on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2mU6USTBRE - Outside of his regular music career in the '90s, Jackson would voice Leon Kompowsky in the Simpsons episode "Stark Raving Dad" (credited as John Jay Smith), and would compose music for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (but went uncredited due to child sexual abuse allegations). He would later audition for the role of Jar Jar Binks in The Phantom Menace, and his 2003 60 Minutes interview led to this viral moment: - Jackson died from a propofol overdose (he called the drug "milk"), and when the news broke... it literally broke the internet; Twitter, Wikipedia, and AOL Instant Messenger crashed, and Google searches severely lagged.

Dikembe Mutombo is 58.

6/24/2024 80 John Newman — Love Me Again 68 Lorde — Royals 67 Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know 58 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams — Get Lucky 58 David Guetta ft. Sia — Titanium 34 Florence & The Machine — Spectrum -6 21 OneRepublic — Counting Stars +4

6/24/2024 51 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +2 50 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 48 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 37 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down +2 29 R. Dean Taylor— There’s A Ghost In My House 24 ABBA - Money, Money, Money 24 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 19 David Bowie - Sound and Vision 18 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 17 America - A Horse With No Name  17 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash -4 6 Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony - The Hustle -2

Grover Cleveland died on this day 116 years ago, aged 71. - Cleveland went by his middle name; his first name was Stephen. He was a distant cousin of Moses Cleaveland, the founder and namesake of the city of Cleveland, Ohio. - Cleveland would bail out of serving in the Civil War by paying $150 to a substitute, as he himself was becoming a successful lawyer. Cleveland would later be elected the Sheriff of Erie County in New York, and would also serve as executioner, hanging two murderers. - Cleveland was elected the mayor of Buffalo in 1881, and then governor of New York the following year. His tenure was focused on taking down political corruption and making sure he was not spending frivolously while in office. - Cleveland was elected president in 1884 with an electoral vote of 219-182, winning his home state of New York's 36 electoral votes by only 1200 votes. He was the first Democrat elected president since the end of the Civil War. Cleveland would lose the 1888 election likely due to poor campaign management, but would defeat the new incumbent Benjamin Harrison in 1892 partially due to a split among Republican voters. Cleveland remains the only US president to be elected to nonconsecutive terms (this may possibly change come November). - Cleveland's second term was marred by the Panic of 1893 economic depression, many major labor strikes, and a secret mouth cancer surgery that he had on a boat (to hide his diagnosis from the public, who didn't believe it until 1919). Cleveland would also admit Utah to the Union as the 45th state in 1896. - Cleveland would marry his friend's daughter Frances during his first term in 1886 (27 years his junior- and he waited for her to become an adult before marrying her), and they would have five children together; his daughter Esther was the mother of the trolley problem inventor Philippa Foot. He would also have a bastard son before marriage (named Oscar), which led to opponents creating the chant "Ma, ma, where's my pa? Gone to the White House, ha ha ha!" - Cleveland would die of a heart attack after a period of ill health.

Lionel Messi is 37.

6/23/2024 80 John Newman — Love Me Again -3 65 Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know 63 Lorde — Royals 60 David Guetta ft. Sia — Titanium 54 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams — Get Lucky 34 Florence & The Machine — Spectrum -3 25 OneRepublic — Counting Stars 20 Avicii — Wake Me Up +2 13 Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin — Don’t You Worry Child +2

6/23/2024 46 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +2 44 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street  40 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 40 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down +2 27 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 27 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash  26 R. Dean Taylor — There’s A Ghost In My House 23 America - A Horse With No Name  20 ABBA - Money, Money, Money 18 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 18 David Bowie - Sound and Vision 16 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind  12 Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony - The Hustle 7 The Rolling Stones - Miss You -3 6 The Four Tops - A Simple Game -3

Peter Falk has Alzheimer's disease died on this day 13 years ago, aged 83. - Peter Falk suffered from Alzheimer's disease retinal cancer in his early age, and had to have his right eye removed and replaced with a glass eye. - Falk's first acting performance was a summer camp production of The Pirates of Penzance, which would graduate into community theatre in the 1950s. His first major film role was in the 1960 movie, which earned him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the next year's Oscars. Other notable movie appearances during this time included Robin and the 7 Hoods and The Great Race. - Falk is best known for his role as the title character of Columbo, which ran from 1971 to 1978 (and intermittent revivals from 1989 to 2003). He would earn four Emmys for the role. Falk would use his own personal clothing, rather than a set wardrobe, when creating Columbo's uniform. - Falk would see a film career revival in the 1980s, starring in roles within movies such as The Princess Bride and The Great Muppet Caper, and would also cameo in the Ghostbusters music video: Among his final roles before his death were a trio of Christmas TV movies, and a role in DreamWorks' 2004 film Shark Tale. - Peter Falk was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in late 2008 (and saying Peter Falk has Alzheimer's disease became an inside joke on this forum when someone put the diagnosis in his thread, and multiple posts reiterated the point), and died two and a half years later.

KT Tunstall is 49.

6/22/2024 79 John Newman — Love Me Again -2 57 David Guetta ft. Sia — Titanium 57 Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know 52 Lorde — Royals 50 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams — Get Lucky 37 Florence & The Machine — Spectrum -4 27 Avicii — Wake Me Up 25 Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin — Don’t You Worry Child +2 22 Carly Rae Jepsen — Call Me Maybe 19 Rihanna — Diamonds 19 OneRepublic — Counting Stars +2 06 Jessie J — Domino

6/22/2024 43 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 40 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +2 36 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 34 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down +2 29 David Bowie - Sound and Vision 28 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 27 R Dean Taylor— There’s A Ghost In My House 24 America - A Horse With No Name  23 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash 21 ABBA - Money, Money, Money 21 The Four Tops - A Simple Game 20 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 18 Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony - The Hustle 18 The Rolling Stones - Miss You 15 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind 7 The Four Seasons - Silver Star -6

Judy Garland died on this day 55 years ago, aged 47. - Garland's real name was Frances Gumm, and she would perform in vaudeville with her older sisters Suzy and Virginia. She would take her stage name when people laughed at their last name- both association with chewing gum, and typos introducing them as "The Glum Sisters". - Garland would join MGM in 1935 after a talent agent watched her perform, and she would soon find herself being paired with Mickey Rooney in several movies, and the two of them quickly became teen idols. By far her most famous role during this time (and her entire career) was Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz: Garland was also famous for starring in 1944's Meet Me in St. Louis, where she introduced "The Trolley Song" and "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" to the world: - After performing on stage in the late '40s and early '50s, Garland would make a cinematic comeback in the 1954 version of A Star is Born, and was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress that year. - In her later years- the 1960s- she would star in her own self-titled television show, the 1967 movie Valley of the Dolls, and would even delve into voice acting by voicing the character of Mewsette in the 1962 film Gay Purr-ee. - Garland died from a secobarbital overdose, believed to have been treatment for her cirrhosis. Among the attendees at her funeral were her Wizard of Oz co-stars Ray Bolger and Jack Haley. - Garland's daughter is a nepo baby- none other than Liza Minnelli.

Meryl Streep is 75.