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5/16/2024 68 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé— Telephone 66 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 61 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 50 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 45 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 38 Adele — Someone Like You 35 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 35 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 34 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 32 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 32 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 32 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 31 Owl City — Fireflies 29 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 29 Iyaz — Replay 28 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 28 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You 28 Taio Cruz — Dynamite +1 27 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 26 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me +1 25 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are 24 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 22 Roll Deep — Green Light 21 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat 19 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You 15 Example — Stay Awake -1 14 Bruno Mars — Grenade +2 10 Roll Deep — Good Times -3 10 Alexandra Burke ft. Laza Morgan — Start Without You -2

5/16/2024 38 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +3 36 Hawkwind - Silver Machine 33 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 31 America - A Horse With No Name 29 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash 28 Carly Simon - You’re So Vain +1 27 T. Rex - 20th Century Boy 26 Python Lee Jackson - In a Broken Dream 23 David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday 22 The Drifters - At The Club/Saturday Night At The Movies 22 The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack 21 Limmie and the Family Cookin’ - You Can Do Magic 20 Lindisfarne - Lady Eleanor 20 Medicine Head - One and One is One 20 Mungo Jerry - Alright, Alright, Alright 14 Gilbert O’Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally) -2 12 David Bowie - Sorrow 8 The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her 6 Peter Skellern - You’re a Lady -4 2 Perry Como - And I Love You So

Levi P. Morton died on this day 104 years ago, aged 96. - Before entering politics, Morton was a business owner, board director, and investor. - Morton would be elected to the US House of Representatives in 1878. James Garfield asked him to be his running mate in the 1880 election, which he declined. He would, however, accept becoming the US Ambassador to France, continuing after Garfield's assassination and into the Arthur administration. - Morton would run for Senate in 1885 and 1887, but lost the Republican primary both times. - Morton would be Benjamin Harrison's running mate in 1888, and they won the electoral vote (but not the popular vote). He was not particularly close with Harrison during his presidency, and he would ultimately be replaced on the ticket by ambassador to France Whitelaw Reid on the 1892 Republican ticket, likely due to Harrison blaming Morton for the failure of the Lodge Bill (a proposed 1891 bill that would allow the military to be called in to ensure the voting rights of African-American men in the former Confederacy). - Regardless, Morton would be elected governor of New York in 1894, serving for two years until the end of 1896. He would return to business once his term expired. - Morton died on his 96th birthday. He was the longest-lived US vice president (succeeding John Adams), before John Nance Garner would surpass his age in 1964.

Janet Jackson is 58.

5/15/2024 65 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 64 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 62 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 46 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 45 Adele — Someone Like You 43 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 35 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 33 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 32 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 32 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 32 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 32 Owl City — Fireflies  30 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 29 Iyaz — Replay 28 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 28 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes +1 28 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You +1 27 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat 27 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 27 Taio Cruz — Dynamite +1 25 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 24 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 24 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are 21 Nero — Promises 21 Roll Deep — Green Light 19 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You 18 Alexandra Burke ft. Laza Morgan — Start Without You 18 Roll Deep — Good Times -2 17 Bruno Mars — Grenade +1 16 Example — Stay Awake -4

5/15/2024 35 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +2 32 Hawkwind - Silver Machine 30 Carly Simon - You’re So Vain +2 29 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 27 The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack 26 T. Rex - 20th Century Boy 25 America - A Horse With No Name 25 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash 23 Python Lee Jackson - In a Broken Dream 23 Gilbert O’Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally) 22 The Drifters - At The Club/Saturday Night At The Movies 21 David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday 21 Limmie and the Family Cookin’ - You Can Do Magic 20 Lindisfarne - Lady Eleanor 20 Medicine Head - One and One is One 20 Mungo Jerry - Alright, Alright, Alright 16 Peter Skellern - You’re a Lady 14 The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her 14 David Bowie - Sorrow 12 David Essex - Rock On 11 Perry Como - And I Love You So 2 Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash -6

Louisa Adams died on this day 172 years ago, aged 77. - Adams' maiden name was Johnson. She was born in London, where her American father was working as a merchant; her uncle Thomas was the first governor of Maryland following the Declaration of Independence. Adams was the only foreign-born US First Lady until Melania Trump became FLOTUS in 2017. - Louisa married John Quincy Adams in 1797, and would often accompany him on his diplomatic missions to Prussia, Russia, and the UK. The two of them had four children together- but they outlived three of them. - Adams became First Lady in 1825, but she was often separated from John Quincy, who grew bitter towards her due to the stress of his job. This, along with the fact that her detractors deemed her a wannabe aristocrat, made her miserable. She did, however, find joy in playing the harp, spinning silk from her pet silkworms, and writing things such as plays, an autobiography, and a critique on gender inequality. - The Adamses left the White House in 1829, and Louisa's mental state improved. She became a very vocal abolitionist, going to the point where she bought an enslaved African-American woman just to free her. She would also challenge the Biblical view that women should be subservient to men. - After Adams' death in 1852, she became the first US woman to be honored by an adjournment of the US Congress.

Jasper Johns is 94.

5/14/2024 32 David Bowie- Life on Mars? +4 28 Hawkwind- Silver Machine 24 The Shangri-Las- Leader of the Pack 24 Mott the Hoople- All The Young Dudes 23 T. Rex- 20th Century Boy 22 Gilbert O’Sullivan- Alone Again (Naturally) 22 The Drifters — At The Club/Saturday Night At The Movies 22 Carly Simon- You’re So Vain 22 America- A Horse With No Name 21 David Bowie- Drive-In Saturday 21 Python Lee Jackson- In a Broken Dream 20 Lindisfarne- Lady Eleanor 20 Medicine Head- One and One is One 20 Mungo Jerry- Alright, Alright, Alright 20 Limmie and the Family Cookin’- You Can Do Magic 20 David Bowie- Sorrow 19 Suzi Quatro- 48 Crash 19 Peter Skellern- You’re a Lady 19 David Cassidy- I Am a Clown/Some Kind of a Summer 18 The Chi-Lites- Have You Seen Her  18 Perry Como- And I Love You So 18 David Essex- Rock On 16 Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers- Monster Mash -4 12 Faron Young- It’s Four in the Morning 0 Michael Jackson- Rockin’ Robin -2

5/14/2024 64 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 61 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 60 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 54 Adele — Someone Like You 40 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 40 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 35 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 35 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 32 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 32 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 30 Owl City — Fireflies 30 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 29 Iyaz — Replay +1 28 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 28 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 27 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You +1 27 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat 26 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 26 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 25 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me +1 25 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 24 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 23 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are 22 Roll Deep — Green Light 21 Bruno Mars — Grenade +1 21 Nero — Promises 20 Roll Deep — Good Times 20 Alexandra Burke ft. Laza Morgan — Start Without You 20 Example — Stay Awake 19 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You 13 Little Mix — Cannonball 11 The Wanted — Glad You Came 9 Kesha — We R Who We R  5 Usher ft. Will.I.Am — OMG  0 Pixie Lott — All About Tonight -6

Billie Burke died on this day 54 years ago, aged 85. - Burke's father was a circus clown, and she would follow him- into entertainment, that is. Burke's family moved to London in her childhood, and she debuted on stage in 1903, before moving back in the 1900s decade to star in Broadway musicals. - Burke's first movie was the 1916 silent film Peggy, in which she played the titular character, and she would see further success that year when she starred in Gloria's Romance. She was considered one of the biggest names in 1910s film. - Burke also had a successful career in sound films beginning in the 1930s, including A Bill of Divorcement (1932), Dinner at Eight (1933), Merrily We Live (1938), and most notably in The Wizard of Oz in the role of Glinda, the Good Witch of the North: Burke would also decline taking a role in Gone With the Wind. - With the advent of television, Burke hosted her own talk show, At Home with Billie Burke, from 1951 to 1952. - Burke's final acting role was as Cordelia Fosgate in the 1960 film Sergeant Rutledge, while her final screen role was a cameo appearance in the Cantinflas film Pepe later that year.

George Lucas is 80.

5/13/2024 9:01 PM EST 26 David Bowie- Life on Mars? +4 24 Python Lee Jackson- In a Broken Dream 24 The Shangri-Las- Leader of the Pack 22 America- A Horse With No Name 22 Hawkwind- Silver Machine 22 Mott the Hoople- All The Young Dudes 22 T. Rex- 20th Century Boy 21 David Bowie- Drive-In Saturday 20 The Chi-Lites- Have You Seen Her 20 The Drifters- At The Club/Saturday Night at The Movies 20 Lindisfarne- Lady Eleanor 20 Faron Young- It’s Four in the Morning 20 Peter Skellern- You’re a Lady 20 David Cassidy- I Am a Clown/Some Kind of a Summer 20 Perry Como- And I Love You So 20 Medicine Head- One and One is One 20 Mungo Jerry- Alright, Alright, Alright 20 Suzi Quatro- 48 Crash 20 Limmie and the Family Cookin’- You Can Do Magic 20 David Bowie- Sorrow 17 Gilbert O’Sullivan- Alone Again (Naturally) 16 Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers- Monster Mash -4 14 Michael Jackson- Rockin’ Robin 14 David Essex- Rock On 14 The Partridge Family- Breaking Up Is Hard To Do 14 Carly Simon- You’re So Vain 12 Donny Osmond- Why -2

5/13/2024 63 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 58 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé— Telephone 55 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 52 Adele — Someone Like You 39 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 37 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 34 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 31 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 31 Owl City — Fireflies 31 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 30 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 30 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 28 Iyaz — Replay 28 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 28 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 26 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You +1 25 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 25 Bruno Mars — Grenade +1 24 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 24 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 24 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me +1 23 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat 23 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 23 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are +1 22 Roll Deep — Green Light 21 Nero — Promises 20 Roll Deep — Good Times 20 Alexandra Burke ft. Laza Morgan — Start Without You 20 Example — Stay Awake 19 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You 19 Little Mix — Cannonball 17 The Wanted — Glad You Came 16 Nicole Scherzinger — Don't Hold Your Breath 15 Kesha — We R Who We R 14 Jason Derulo — Don't Wanna Go Home 12 Pixie Lott — All About Tonight -4 11 Usher ft. Will.I.Am — OMG -2

5/13/2024 51 Edwin Starr — War +4 31 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend 31 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden 31 The Four Tops - A Simple Game 10 Andy Williams — Can’t Help Falling In Love 0 Ashton, Gardner and Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle -6

Johan van Oldenbarnevelt died on this day 405 years ago, aged 71. - Van Oldenbarnevelt would enter Dutch politics in the 1570s, and would become the Lands' Advocate of Holland in 1586 (effectively a high-ranking diplomatic position). Among the diplomatic trips he took during his time as Lands' Advocate included meeting Henry IV of France, and both Elizabeth I and James I/VI of England. - In 1602, Van Oldenbarnevelt became the leading founder of the Dutch East India Company, a monopoly over Holland's spice trade in Indonesia (specifically nutmeg and cloves). - A major highlight of Van Oldenbarnevelt's career was his meeting with Philip III of Spain in 1609, which led to a 12-year truce in the Eighty Years' War. - Van Oldenbarnevelt was a supporter of religious tolerance, and therefore supported the emerging Remonstrant movement in the 1610s. Riots between the Remonstrants and their opponents (the Gomarists), and Van Oldenbarnevelt would be deemed a political enemy for his support of the Remonstants. - Van Oldenbarnevelt would be arrested for "treason" in 1618, and was deemed guilty in what historians deem an unfair trial. He would be beheaded two days after the verdict, and his last words- to the executioner- were "make it short": Following this, his sons Willem and Reinier would lead a conspiracy to assassinate prince Maurice of Orange in 1623- they were found out. Reinier was captured and executed, while Willem would escape to Spanish-controlled Brussels with his family. - I've mentioned this before- Van Oldenbarnevelt is a distant ancestor of mine:

Stevie Wonder is 74.

5/12/2024 62 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 55 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 52 Adele - Someone Like You 50 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 36 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 35 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 32 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 29 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 29 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 28 Iyaz — Replay 28 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 28 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 28 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 27 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 25 Owl City — Fireflies 25 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You +1 25 Little Mix — Cannonball 24 Bruno Mars — Grenade 24 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 24 Taio Cruz — Dynamite +1 23 The Wanted — Glad You Came 23 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat 23 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 23 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 22 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 22 Roll Deep — Green Light 22 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are 21 Nero — Promises 21 Kesha — We R Who We R 21 Nicole Scherzinger — Don't Hold Your Breath 20 Roll Deep — Good Times 20 Alexandra Burke ft. Laza Morgan — Start Without You 20 Example — Stay Awake 19 Pixie Lott — All About Tonight -1 19 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You 17 Jason Derulo — Don't Wanna Go Home 16 Usher ft. Will.I.Am — OMG 14 Wretch 32 ft. Josh Kumra — Don't Go 14 Jason Derulo — In My Head +2 6 Rihanna ft. Drake — What's My Name -5

5/12/2024 48 Edwin Starr — War +4 32 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend 28 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden 24 Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay  23 The Four Tops - A Simple Game 15 Ashton, Gardner and Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle -4 12 Andy Williams — Can’t Help Falling In Love -2

John Smith died on this day 30 years ago, aged 55. - Smith would first run for Parliament in a 1961 by-election and came in second place- the same thing happened when he ran again in 1964. He would end up winning a seat in the election of 1970. - Smith would quickly rise through the Labour Party's ranks, and was chosen as the Secretary of State for Trade in 1978 under the Callaghan administration. From 1979 until 1992, he would also serve in various roles of the party's opposition shadow cabinet. - In 1992, Smith would be elected the leader of the opposition (succeeding Neil Kinnock), and was known to make jokes at the Conservative Party's expense- these included calling John Major "the man with the non-Midas touch", and his personality appealed to voters- polling for the Labour Party skyrocketed, often 20 points above the Conservatives on average. - Smith had a heart attack in 1988, and a second one did him in six years later. His successor as party leader was Tony Blair- who would end up leading the party to victory in the 1997 election. - Smith appeared once on the DeathList, in 1991 (spot number 39- of the 40 on the list that year).

Ving Rhames is 65.

5/11/2024 58 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 58 Adele — Someone Like You 54 Lady Gaga & Beyonce-- Telephone 46 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 36 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 30 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 30 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 29 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 28 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 28 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 27 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 26 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 25 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 24 Iyaz — Replay 24 Owl City — Fireflies 24 Bruno Mars — Grenade 24 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You 23 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat 23 Kesha — We R Who We R 23 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 23 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me +1 23 Taio Cruz — Dynamite +1 22 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 22 Roll Deep — Green Light 22 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 22 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are 21 Little Mix — Cannonball 21 Nicole Scherzinger — Don't Hold Your Breath 21 The Wanted — Glad You Came 21 Nero — Promises 20 Roll Deep — Good Times 20 Alexandra Burke ft. Laza Morgan — Start Without You 20 Jason Derulo — Don't Wanna Go Home 20 Wretch 32 ft. Josh Kumra — Don't Go 20 Example — Stay Awake 20 Pixie Lott — All About Tonight 19 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You 17 Rihanna ft. Drake — What's My Name -2 17 Usher ft. Will.I.Am — OMG 17 Jason Derulo — In My Head +1 13 The Black Eyed Peas — The Time (Dirty Bit) +1 12 One Direction — What Makes You Beautiful 10 The Wanted — All Time Low -4 07 Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer — Give Me Everything

5/11/2024 44 Edwin Starr — War +4 34 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden 29 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend 25 Andy Williams — Can’t Help Falling In Love 24 Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay 21 The Four Tops - A Simple Game 17 Ashton, Gardner and Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle -6 12 Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me (Not To Come) 12 Neil Diamond - Cracklin’ Rosie

Karl Schwarzschild died on this day 106 years ago, aged 42. - Schwarzschild was an astronomer, with his first job in the field being an assistant at Vienna's Kuffner Observatory beginning in 1897. In 1901, he became a professor at the University of Gottingen, and became its observatory's director. - Schwarzschild was known for his work in the study of photography (specifically density of photographic emulsions) and the dynamics of electric fields. - In 1914, Schwarzschild volunteered to serve in World War I, specifically for the German Army's Russian front. Even during his service, he would work on scientific research, most famously building off of Einstein's theory of relativity. These included calculating the sizes of celestial objects' gravitational fields (the Schwarzschild metric) and the diameter of a black hole's event horizon (the Schwarzschild radius): - During the war, Schwarzschild began suffering from the autoimmune disease pemphigus, which likely led to his early demise. - Schwarzschild and his family were Jewish- his youngest son Alfred was murdered in the Holocaust in 1944 (his other two children fled Germany in the 1930s and survived). His older son, Martin, was also an astrophysicist.

Cam Newton is 35.