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12/6/2024 68 Shania Twain - That Don’t Impress Me Much 52 Stereophonics - The Bartender and the Thief 52 Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing) 44 Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin +2 41 Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like a Woman 38 TLC - No Scrubs +1 34 Bran Van 300 - Drinking in L.A. 33 Catatonia - Mulder and Scully 31 Savage Garden - To the Moon and Back 30 Kula Shaker - Sound of Drums 26 2Pac - Changes +1 25 U2 - Sweetest Thing  23 Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You 20 The Corrs - What Can I Do (Tin Tin Out Remix) 19 Bob Marley Vs Funkstar De Luxe - Sun Is Shining 16 Tatyana Ali ft. Will Smith - Boy You Knock Me Out 16 A1 - Everytime/Ready or Not 14 Britney Spears - Sometimes  14 ATB - Don’t Stop! 14 The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl 14 Bryan Adams ft. Melanie C. - When You’re Gone -6

12/6/2024 54 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human +2 53 Bastille — Pompeii +2 30 Katy Perry — Teenage Dream 22 Adele — Rolling In The Deep -3 20 Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera — Moves Like Jagger 11 George Ezra — Paradise 08 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason 06 Emeli Sande — Heaven -3

Saint Nicholas died on this day 1681 years ago, aged 73. - Nicholas was born in Greece to a Christian family, and his uncle had him ordained as a priest. When his parents died, he would donate his inherited money to poor citizens. A story arose from his charity in that he would throw money bags into the houses at night due to accepting gifts out of pity for you was apparently seen as taboo to ancient Romans. - During the reign of emperor Diocletian, Nicholas was said to have been persecuted and jailed, but released during the reign of Constantine the Great. It is also during Constantine's reign that Nicholas participated in the First Council of Nicaea (specifically the year 325). Another famous story came of this, in which it was reported that he slapped an opposing bishop, causing Constantine to revoke some of his vestments as punishment- the earliest accounts of this fight arose in the 1300s and are thus very unlikely to have happened. - After his death, Nicholas would be canonized as a saint, with several miracles attributed to him. Another medieval addition is the story in which he resurrected three children who had been killed by a butcher during a famine. - Nowadays, Nicholas is synonymous with Santa Claus (or Father Christmas/Sinterklaas/etc.)- he is also the Catholic Church's patron saint of children and toymakers. The tradition of gift-giving on his feast day arose during the eleventh century.

Tom Hulce is 71.

12/5/2024 54 John Williams — O Holy Night +2 45 David Willcocks — God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen  44 Charles Wesley — Hark! The Herald Angels Sing +1 40 Mykola Leontovych — Carol Of The Bells 36 Isaac Watts — Joy To The World 31 Edward Caswall — See Amid The Winter's Snow 28 Thomas Oliphant — Deck The Halls +1 27 Lewis Redner — O Little Town Of Bethlehem  24 James Chadwick — Angels We Have Heard On High  24 Cecil Frances Alexander — Once In Royal David’s City  23 Franz Xaver Gruber — Silent Night  21 Muppet Ensemble - It Feels Like Christmas  19 The Muppets Ensemble: Bless Us All 16 Jehan Tabourot — Ding Dong! Merrily On High 15 James Montgomery - Angels From The Realms Of Glory 14 John Rutter - Quittez Pasteurs  14 William Sandys — I Saw Three Ships  14 Frederick Oakeley — O Come All Ye Faithful  14 Vince Guaraldi - Christmas Time Is Here +2 11 John Mason Neale — Good King Wenceslas  08 Edmund Sears — It Came Upon A Midnight Clear -4 05 John Mason Neale — A Great And Mighty Wonder -5

12/5/2024 64 Shania Twain - That Don’t Impress Me Much 48 Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing) 48 Stereophonics - The Bartender and the Thief 42 Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin +2 41 Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like a Woman 37 TLC - No Scrubs +1 34 Bran Van 300 - Drinking in L.A. 30 Savage Garden - To the Moon and Back 30 Catatonia - Mulder and Scully 26 Kula Shaker - Sound of Drums 25 U2 - Sweetest Thing 25 2Pac - Changes +1 22 The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl 22 Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You 21 The Corrs - What Can I Do (Tin Tin Out Remix) 20 Bob Marley Vs Funkstar De Luxe - Sun Is Shining 20 ATB - Don’t Stop! 19 Bryan Adams ft. Melanie C. - When You’re Gone 18 Tatyana Ali ft. Will Smith - Boy You Knock Me Out -2 16 A1 - Everytime/Ready or Not 14 Blockster - You Should Be 14 Britney Spears - Sometimes  06 Sash! - La Primavera -4

12/5/2024 54 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human +2 44 Katy Perry — Teenage Dream 43 Bastille — Pompeii +2 28 Adele — Rolling In The Deep -3 24 Emeli Sande — Heaven 18 Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera — Moves Like Jagger 13 George Ezra — Paradise -3 12 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason

Phillis Wheatley died on this day 240 years ago, aged 31. - Wheatley was believed to have been born in either Senegal or The Gambia. At the age of 8 she was sold by a local chief to a White slave trader, and brought to Massachusetts. She was bought by John Wheatley (who planned to use her as a servant for his wife Susanna) and named after the ship she was trafficked aboard. - The Wheatleys were very progressive for their time, having their children Mary and Nathaniel teach Phillis to read and write. She quickly became a polyglot, able to comprehend Greek and Latin texts. - In 1767 Wheatley wrote her first poem, and her owners were so impressed by her work they had her go to London six years later (accompanied by Nathaniel Wheatley). Her book, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, would be published there (as it was unlikely to be published by an American publishing company), and she is remembered as the first Black woman to have her writings published and circulated on such a scale. Some of the copies of her book were shipped on a boat that was plundered in the Boston Tea Party (they survived as the Patriots only went after the tea crates). - At the time, many people believed Blacks were incapable of creating such prose, and Wheatley had to defend her work as her own in a 1772 trial. The judges ruled in favor of her: - Phillis was emancipated by the Wheatleys shortly after her book was published, and she would go on to marry a man named John Peters- they had three children, all of whom unfortunately died in infancy. Complicating this were the fact the two were impoverished, and Phillis had to get a job as a boardinghouse kitchen maid. She suffered from asthma her entire life, and died from pneumonia- the same day as one of her babies.

Calvin Trillin is 89.

12/4/2024 42 John Williams — O Holy Night +2 41 Charles Wesley — Hark! The Herald Angels Sing +2 39 David Willcocks — God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen  36 Mykola Leontovych — Carol Of The Bells 34 Isaac Watts — Joy To The World  28 Thomas Oliphant — Deck The Halls +2 27 Lewis Redner — O Little Town Of Bethlehem  25 Edward Caswall — See Amid The Winter's Snow 24 James Chadwick — Angels We Have Heard On High  24 Cecil Frances Alexander — Once In Royal David’s City  23 Franz Xaver Gruber — Silent Night  23 Edmund Sears — It Came Upon A Midnight Clear  21 Frederick Oakeley — O Come All Ye Faithful  20 John Henry Hopkins Jr. — We Three Kings  20 Muppet Ensemble - It Feels Like Christmas  20 Cecil Sharp — The Holly And The Ivy  18 John Rutter - Quittez Pasteurs  15 Cynthia Clawson - Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus 15 William Sandys — I Saw Three Ships  15 Jehan Tabourot — Ding Dong! Merrily On High 14 John Mason Neale — Good King Wenceslas  14 John Mason Neale — A Great And Mighty Wonder -6 12 Vince Guaraldi - Christmas Time Is Here (NEW) 00 Rowe - Cradled in a manger, meanly -3

12/4/2024 60 Shania Twain - That Don’t Impress Me Much 48 Stereophonics - The Bartender and the Thief 46 Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing) 40 Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin +2 37 Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like a Woman 36 TLC - No Scrubs +1 34 Bran Van 300 - Drinking in L.A. 30 The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl 29 Savage Garden - To the Moon and Back 25 U2 - Sweetest Thing 25 Catatonia - Mulder and Scully  24 Kula Shaker - Sound of Drums 24 2Pac - Changes +1 21 Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You 21 The Corrs - What Can I Do (Tin Tin Out Remix) 20 Tatyana Ali ft. Will Smith - Boy You Knock Me Out 20 Britney Spears - Sometimes 20 Bob Marley Vs Funkstar De Luxe - Sun Is Shining 20 ATB - Don’t Stop! 18 Bryan Adams ft. Melanie C. - When You’re Gone 18 A1 - Everytime/Ready or Not 18 Sash! - La Primavera 16 Blockster - You Should Be 06 Will Smith - Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It -4 06 The Tamperer featuring Maya - If You Buy This Record (Your Life Will Be Better) -2

12/4/2024 50 Katy Perry — Teenage Dream 48 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human 35 Bastille — Pompeii +1 33 Emeli Sande — Heaven 28 Adele — Rolling In The Deep -3 18 George Ezra — Paradise 18 Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera — Moves Like Jagger 18 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason 12 Bruno Mars — Locked Out Of Heaven +3 06 Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble -3

Jeremy Thorpe died on this day 10 years ago, aged 85. - Thorpe came from a political family- his father John served as an MP from 1919 to 1923, as did his maternal grandfather John Norton-Griffiths (1910 to 1924). Like his father his name was also actually John, but he went by his middle name. - Thorpe was elected to Parliament in 1959, largely introducing bills to help industrialize his constituency. He became known for helping fund Liberal Party candidates' campaigns in swing seats, which would help propel him up the party's ranks, and in 1967 was named the leader of the Liberal Party. Thorpe's reputation declined after the Tories won the 1970 election, and by 1975 the Liberals were seeing disastrous election results. - Thorpe is most famous (or infamous) for his affair with Norman Scott- Scott alleged that Thorpe mistreated him during the early 1960s and planned to have his exposé published. Thorpe planned to hire his friend David Holmes as a hitman to kill Scott before the allegations were released, embezzling campaign funds to pay a different hitman named Andrew Newton. Newton would attempt to do so in 1975, instead missing and shooting his dog (who sadly died). - Thorpe would resign as the Liberal Party leader in May of 1976, and in 1977 Newton would incriminate Thorpe after completing his prison sentence. Thorpe was indicted with charges of conspiracy to murder in August 1978, and obviously lost reelection to Parliament in the 1979 election. Ultimately, Thorpe was found not guilty. - In 1979, Thorpe was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, which progressed quite slowly. It was not until 2009 that he retired from public life, and survived with the disease for 35 years. - Thorpe made only one appearance on the DeathList, in 1994 (spot no. 44).

Jeff Bridges is 75.

12/3/2024 41 Mykola Leontovych — Carol Of The Bells 36 David Willcocks — God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen 36 Charles Wesley — Hark! The Herald Angels Sing +3 28 Isaac Watts — Joy To The World 27 John Williams — O Holy Night +1 25 Lewis Redner — O Little Town Of Bethlehem 25 Thomas Oliphant — Deck The Halls +2 23 Franz Xaver Gruber — Silent Night 23 Edmund Sears — It Came Upon A Midnight Clear 23 John Mason Neale — Good King Wenceslas 22 James Chadwick — Angels We Have Heard On High 22 Cecil Frances Alexander — Once In Royal David’s City 22 Frederick Oakeley — O Come All Ye Faithful 20 John Mason Neale — O Come, O Come, Emmanuel 20 John Henry Hopkins Jr. — We Three Kings 20 Cecil Sharp — The Holly And The Ivy 20 Jehan Tabourot — Ding Dong! Merrily On High 20 John Mason Neale — A Great And Mighty Wonder 20 William Sandys — I Saw Three Ships 18 Edward Caswall - See Amid The Winter's Snow 12 Muppet Ensemble - It Feels Like Christmas (NEW) 12 Trad French, arr Rutter - Quittez pasteurs 12 Cynthia Clawson - Come, Thou Long Expected Jesusl 10 Nahum Tate — While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks 10 Davies Gilbert — The First Noël  09 Ernst Anschütz — O Tannenbaum -4 09 Michael Perry — Calypso Carol -5 I'd say "Bless Us All" would be the more fitting song from The Muppets Christmas Carol.

12/3/2024 56 Shania Twain - That Don’t Impress Me Much 44 Stereophonics - The Bartender and the Thief 44 Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing) 38 Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin +2 35 TLC - No Scrubs +1 34 Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like a Woman 32 Bran Van 300 - Drinking in L.A. 31 The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl 25 Catatonia - Mulder and Scully  24 Savage Garden - To the Moon and Back 24 Kula Shaker - Sound of Drums 24 U2 - Sweetest Thing 23 2Pac - Changes +1 22 Blockster - You Should Be 21 The Corrs - What Can I Do (Tin Tin Out Remix) 20 Sash! - La Primavera 20 Tatyana Ali ft. Will Smith - Boy You Knock Me Out 20 Britney Spears - Sometimes 20 Bob Marley Vs Funkstar De Luxe - Sun Is Shining 20 ATB - Don’t Stop! 20 A1 - Everytime/Ready or Not 20 The Tamperer featuring Maya - If You Buy This Record (Your Life Will Be Better) 20 Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You 17 Bryan Adams ft. Melanie C. - When You’re Gone 11 Will Smith - Gettin’ Jiggy wit It 11 Billie - Honey to the Bee 06 Billie - She Wants You -2 00 Vengaboys - Kiss (When the Sun Don’t Shine) -4

12/3/2024 48 Katy Perry — Teenage Dream 46 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human 36 Adele — Rolling In The Deep -4 35 Emeli Sande — Heaven 30 Bastille — Pompeii 22 Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera — Moves Like Jagger 22 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason 18 George Ezra — Paradise 16 Bruno Mars — Locked Out Of Heaven +2 10 The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk — Starboy +2 09 Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble -2

Scatman John died on this day 25 years ago, aged 57. - John's full name was John Larkin. Born with a severe stutter, he would learn to play piano and would mitigate the effects of his stutter by scatting along to the works of Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. - John would emigrate to Germany in 1990, and his agent would decide to modernize scat by having him sing over Eurodance beats. In 1995, John would release the Scatman's World album, headed by his autobiographical single "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)": The song reached number 1 in several countries, including Canada, France, Ireland and Spain. Nowadays, the song is considered to be a meme, mostly due to being affiliated with early YouTube Poop videos (circa 2006-2007): Also on the album was the titular "Scatman's World", which has also entered meme status: - John would make two more albums afterwards: Everybody Jam! in 1996 (notably featuring a scat cover of Queen's "The Invisible Man"), and Take Your Time in 1999. - Scatman John was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1998, losing has battle to the disease after one year.

Ozzy Osbourne is 76.

12/2/2024 26 Mykola Leontovych — Carol Of The Bells 26 David Willcocks — God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen 23 Charles Wesley — Hark! The Herald Angels Sing +3 23 Thomas Oliphant — Deck The Halls +3 20 John Williams — O Holy Night 20 Franz Xaver Gruber — Silent Night 20 Christina Rossetti — In The Bleak Mid-Winter 20 Frederick Oakeley — O Come All Ye Faithful 20 John Mason Neale — O Come, O Come, Emmanuel 20 Lewis Redner — O Little Town Of Bethlehem 20 Edmund Sears — It Came Upon A Midnight Clear 20 Cecil Frances Alexander — Once In Royal David’s City 20 Isaac Watts — Joy To The World 20 John Henry Hopkins Jr. — We Three Kings 20 John Mason Neale — Good King Wenceslas 20 Cecil Sharp — The Holly And The Ivy 20 Jehan Tabourot — Ding Dong! Merrily On High 20 Frederic Austin — The Twelve Days Of Christmas 20 John Mason Neale — A Great And Mighty Wonder 20 William Sandys — I Saw Three Ships 20 James Chadwick — Angels We Have Heard On High 20 Nahum Tate — While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks 20 James Pierpont — One Horse Open Sleigh 17 Arthur Warrell — We Wish You A Merry Christmas 16 Ernst Anschütz — O Tannenbaum -4 15 Michael Perry — Calypso Carol -5 11 Davies Gilbert — The First Noël 11 William J Kirkpatrick — Away In A Manger 

12/2/2024 65 Pink Floyd — Another Brick In The Wall 64 Pet Shop Boys — Always On My Mind 64 Wham! - Last Christmas +1 (Whamageddon status: still in) 38 Tom Jones — Green, Green Grass Of Home 30 The Human League — Don’t You Want Me +5 13 Girls Aloud — Sound Of The Underground 00 The Flying Pickets — Only You -9

12/2/2024 51 Shania Twain - That Don’t Impress Me Much 44 Stereophonics - The Bartender and the Thief 40 Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing) 36 Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin +2 34 The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl 32 The Tamperer featuring Maya - If You Buy This Record (Your Life Will Be Better) 32 Bran Van 300 - Drinking in L.A. 31 Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like a Woman 30 TLC - No Scrubs +1 25 2Pac - Changes +1 24 U2 - Sweetest Thing 24 Blockster - You Should Be… 22 Kula Shaker - Sound of Drums 22 Catatonia - Mulder and Scully  20 Will Smith - Gettin’ Jiggy wit It 20 Sash! - La Primavera 20 Savage Garden - To the Moon and Back 20 The Corrs - What Can I Do (Tin Tin Out Remix) 20 Bryan Adams ft. Melanie C. - When You’re Gone 20 Tatyana Ali ft. Will Smith - Boy You Knock Me Out 20 Britney Spears - Sometimes 20 Bob Marley Vs Funkstar De Luxe - Sun Is Shining 20 ATB - Don’t Stop! 20 A1 - Everytime/Ready or Not 19 Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You 16 Billie - Honey to the Bee 12 Billie - She Wants You. -2 10 Vengaboys - Kiss (When the Sun Don’t Shine) -4

12/2/2024 42 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human 41 Emeli Sande — Heaven 40 Katy Perry — Teenage Dream 37 Adele — Rolling In The Deep -3 34 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason 26 Bastille — Pompeii 22 Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera — Moves Like Jagger 21 George Ezra — Paradise 21 Bruno Mars — Locked Out Of Heaven +2 21 The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk — Starboy +2 11 Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble 06 James Bay — Hold Back The River -3

Marty Feldman died on this day 42 years ago, aged 48. - Feldman's famous bug-eyes were the result of Graves' ophthalmopathy, made more pronounced by vehicle accidents and botched reconstructive eye surgery. - Feldman initially wanted to become a jazz musician before becoming a comedian, playing the trumpet. His first comedy act was in a group called "Morris, Marty and Mitch", appearing on a 1955 episode of Showcase. Feldman delved into television further when he paired up with Barry Took and created Bootsie and Snudge in 1960. - Feldman was a principal writer of The Frost Report, where he would collaborate with many famous comedians of the day- including most of Monty Python, two of The Goodies, The Two Ronnies, and Tom Lehrer. Feldman would also co-opt some of their work into his own material, such as in his 1974 TV special Marty Back Together Again: - In terms of acting, Feldman was best known as Igor (it's pronounced eye-gore) in Young Frankenstein. He collaborated with Mel Brooks again in his 1976 film Silent Movie as Marty Eggs (an obvious expy of himself). - Feldman was also known for being a guest star in a 1981 episode of The Muppet Show: - Feldman died of a heart attack during the production of his final film Yellowbeard- likely caused from his chronic smoking habit. The epitaph on his grave is a message from his wife Lauretta- "He made us laugh, he took my pain away, I love you."

Nelly Furtado is 46.