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7/25/2023 41 Fatman Scoop - Be Faithful 37 t.A.T.u. - All The Things She Said 35 Elvis vs JXL - A Little Less Conversation 35 Michael Andrews ft. Gary Jules - Mad World 29 Room 5 ft. Oliver Cheatham - Make Luv 29 Kylie Minogue - Slow 28 Evanescence - Bring Me to Life +1 27 Eminem - Without Me +1 27 Aaliyah - More Than a Woman 26 Sugababes - Freak Like Me 25 Eminem - Lose Yourself +1 25 Sugababes - Hole in the Head 24 Will Young - Leave Right Now 23 Christina Aguilera - Beautiful 23 Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground 22 Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z - Crazy in Love +1 21 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord 21 Blu Cantrell ft. Sean Paul - Breathe 21 Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland - Dilemma 21 Liberty X - Just a Little 21 Sugababes - Round Round 21 Christina Aguilera ft. Redman - Dirrty 21 Darius - Colourblind 21 Busted- You Said No 21 Tomcraft - Loneliness 21 Daniel Bedingfield - Never Gonna Leave Your Side 21 The Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love? 20 Pink - Just Like a Pill 18 Blazin’ Squad - Crossroads 18 Westlife - World of Our Own 18 Will Young - Light My Fire  18 DJ Sammy & Yanou ft. Do - Heaven 17 Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss 17 Gareth Gates ft. The Kumars - Spirit in the Sky 16 Daniel Bedingfield - If You’re Not The One 16 Blue ft. Elton John- Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word 15 David Sneddon - Stop Living The Lie 15 Atomic Kitten - The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling)  15 R. Kelly - Ignition -6 14 Ronan Keating - If Tomorrow Never Comes 13 Busted - Crashed the Wedding 11 Elton John - Are You Ready for Love 8 Oasis - The Hindu Times

Harry Patch died on this day 14 years ago, aged 111. - Before World War I, Patch was the apprentice to a plumber. - Patch was drafted into the British Army in 1916. He became a lance corporal, but was demoted back to a private when he got into a physical fight with a soldier who had taken his boots. He would see combat in France, and participated in the Battle of Passchendaele against the Germans. He was wounded by shrapnel from an exploding shell, and would be sent back home in December 1917. - Afterwards, Patch remained a plumber, though he was also a part-time fireman during World War II. - Once Patch became a centenarian, he would receive more medals for his service (he had earned the British War Medal and Victory Medal during WWI). This included Jacques Chirac making him a knight of the Legion of Honour on his 101st birthday in 1999, and receiving the Order of Leopold from King Albert II of Belgium in 2008. When he was 107, he would also be awarded with an honorary degree from the University of Bristol, and earned the Guinness World Record for the oldest person to receive one. - Patch became the oldest living man in the UK and Europe following the death of Henry Allingham, but only held these titles for a week before dying. He was the last WWI veteran to see combat in the trenches, and for this was nicknamed "The Last Fighting Tommy". - Shortly after his death, Radiohead made a tribute song:

Matt LeBlanc is 56.

7/24/2023 54 Stevie Wonder — Sir Duke +1 51 Boney M — Ma Baker +1 47 Queen — Somebody To Love +1 39 Space — Magic Fly 30 Candi Staton — Young Hearts Run Free 28 Barry White — You see the trouble with me 26 La Belle Epoque — Black Is Black 26 Heatwave — Boogie Nights 24 Queen — We Are The Champions +1 13 Wings — Let ‘Em In 10 Emerson, Lake & Palmer — Fanfare For The Common Man -2 10 Billy Ocean — Love Really Hurts Without You 6 Billy Ocean — Red Light Spells Imminent Elimination -4

7/24/2023 36 t.A.T.u. - All The Things She Said 34 Fatman Scoop - Be Faithful 30 Michael Andrews ft. Gary Jules - Mad World 29 Elvis vs JXL - A Little Less Conversation 25 Kylie Minogue - Slow 25 Evanescence - Bring Me to Life 25 Aaliyah - More Than a Woman 24 Sugababes - Freak Like Me 23 The Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love? 23 Christina Aguilera - Beautiful 23 Will Young - Leave Right Now 22 Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground 22 Eminem - Lose Yourself 21 Room 5 ft. Oliver Cheatham - Make Luv 21 Blu Cantrell ft. Sean Paul - Breathe 21 Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z - Crazy in Love 21 Sugababes - Hole in the Head 21 Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland - Dilemma 21 Liberty X - Just a Little 21 Sugababes - Round Round 21 Christina Aguilera ft. Redman - Dirrty 20 Eminem - Without Me +4 20 Ronan Keating - If Tomorrow Never Comes 20 Darius - Colourblind 20 Atomic Kitten - The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling) 20 Las Ketchup - The Ketchup Song (Aserejé) 20 DJ Sammy & Yanou ft. Do - Heaven 20 Busted- You Said No 20 Tomcraft - Loneliness 20 R. Kelly - Ignition 20 Daniel Bedingfield - Never Gonna Leave Your Side 18 Blazin’ Squad - Crossroads 18 Westlife - World of Our Own 18 Busted - Crashed the Wedding 18 Blue ft. Elton John- Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word 18 Will Young - Light My Fire 17 Pink - Just Like a Pill  17 David Sneddon - Stop Living The Lie 17 Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss 17 Gareth Gates ft. The Kumars - Spirit in the Sky 17 Westlife- Unbreakable -3 16 Oasis - The Hindu Times 16 Daniel Bedingfield - If You’re Not The One 15 Elton John - Are You Ready for Love 14 Gareth Gates - Unchained Melody 14 Gareth Gates - Anyone of Us (Stupid Mistake) 13 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord -3 8 Will Young & Gareth Gates - The Long and Winding Road/Suspicious Minds

Martin Van Buren died on this day 161 years ago, aged 79. - Van Buren was the first US president to be born after the country declared independence- he was born in 1782. - Van Buren was the only US president whose first language wasn't English; he primarily spoke Dutch, learning English while attending school. - Van Buren formed a law firm with his half-brother in 1803, and would be elected to the New York Senate in 1812. He became the state's attorney general in 1815, and would be elected to the US Senate in 1820. In 1828, he would be elected the governor of New York. Shortly after his election, the incoming Jackson administration asked him to be the Secretary of State, which he accepted (his term of 43 days is the shortest of any New York governor). - When John C. Calhoun resigned as Vice President in 1832, Andrew Jackson selecting him as his running mate that year. Van Buren would be elected president in 1836, largely thanks to the Whig Party nomination being split between four candidates. - Van Buren's presidency is best known for the Amistad Supreme Court case (which ruled in favor of slaves who mutinied on a slave ship), violence between Americans and Canadians on the border, and the Panic of 1837 financial crisis. Because of the latter, he lost the 1840 election in a landslide to William Henry Harrison- and also lost due to some of the first political advertisements from the Harrison-Tyler ticket: - Van Buren would run for president again in 1848 as a member of the antislavery Free Soil Party, receiving no electoral votes but 10% of the popular vote. - Van Buren was bedridden with pneumonia in late 1861 and early 1862 (definitely would've been on the list had it existed back then), and died from an asthma attack complicated by heart failure. He outlived four of his successors (Harrison, Tyler, Polk and Taylor) and lived to see eight presidents succeed him, the most of any US president (Jimmy Carter comes in second with 7).

Lynda Carter is 72.

7/23/2023 23 Eminem- Lose Yourself +1 22 Eminem- Without Me +1 22 Christina Aguilera- Beautiful 21 Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z- Crazy in Love +1 21 Elvis vs JXL- A Little Less Conversation +1 21 t.A.T.u.- All The Things She Said 21 Fatman Scoop- Be Faithful 21 Michael Andrews ft. Gary Jules- Mad World 20 Aaliyah- More Than a Woman 20 Enrique Iglesias- Hero 20 Westlife- World of Our Own 20 Will Young- Anything Is Possible/Evergreen 20 Oasis- The Hindu Times 20 Sugababes- Freak Like Me 20 Holly Valance- Kiss Kiss 20 Ronan Keating- If Tomorrow Never Comes 20 Liberty X- Just a Little 20 Will Young- Light My Fire 20 Darius- Colourblind 20 Sugababes- Round Round 20 Blazin’ Squad- Crossroads 20 Atomic Kitten- The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling) 20 Pink- Just Like a Pill 20 Will Young & Gareth Gates- The Long and Winding Road/Suspicious Minds 20 Las Ketchup- The Ketchup Song (Aserejé) 20 Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland- Dilemma 20 DJ Sammy & Yanou ft. Do- Heaven 20 Westlife- Unbreakable 20 Christina Aguilera ft. Redman- Dirrty 20 Daniel Bedingfield- If You’re Not The One 20 Blue ft. Elton John- Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word 20 Girls Aloud- Sound of the Underground 20 David Sneddon- Stop Living The Lie 20 Gareth Gates ft. The Kumars- Spirit in the Sky 20 Room 5 ft. Oliver Cheatham- Make Luv 20 Busted- You Said No 20 Tomcraft- Loneliness 20 R. Kelly- Ignition 20 Evanescence- Bring Me to Life 20 Daniel Bedingfield- Never Gonna Leave Your Side 20 Blu Cantrell ft. Sean Paul- Breathe 20 Elton John- Are You Ready for Love 20 The Black Eyed Peas- Where Is The Love? 20 Sugababes- Hole in the Head 20 Kylie Minogue- Slow 20 Busted- Crashed the Wedding 20 Westlife- Mandy 20 Will Young- Leave Right Now 17 Gareth Gates- Unchained Melody 17 Gareth Gates- Anyone of Us (Stupid Mistake) 14 Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne- Changes 14 George Harrison- My Sweet Lord -6 Keep that in the 70s.

7/23/2023 43 Stevie Wonder — Sir Duke +1 42 Queen — Somebody To Love +1 39 Space — Magic Fly 33 Boney M — Ma Baker +1 30 Barry White — You See The Trouble With Me 27 Candi Staton — Young Hearts Run Free 26 La Belle Epoque — Black Is Black 25 Queen — We Are The Champions +1 23 Billy Ocean — Red Light Spells Danger 22 Heatwave — Boogie Nights 21 Billy Ocean — Love Really Hurts Without You 18 Emerson, Lake & Palmer — Fanfare For The Common Man -6 16 Wings — Let ‘Em In 12 C. W. McCall — Convoy 11 Showaddywaddy — You Got What It Takes -2 11 Rod Stewart — The Killing Of Georgie (Part I & II) -3 7 The Real Thing — Can’t Get By Without You -1

7/23/2023 92 Kylie Minogue — Can’t Get You Out Of My Head 71 All Saints — Pure Shores 69 Modjo — Lady (Hear Me Tonight) +4 65 Eminem ft. Dido — Stan 58 Spiller — Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love) 48 Britney Spears — Oops!… I Did It Again 1 Manic Street Preachers — The Masses Against the Classes -6

Sally Ride died on this day 11 years ago, aged 61. - In her childhood, Ride was an avid tennis player, but decided to major in physics once she went to college thanks to one of her private school teachers. - Ride applied to join NASA as a mission specialist in 1977, and was one of 35 selected the following year. - In 1982, Ride was chosen as a mission specialist for the STS-7 mission, and when it was launched on June 18, 1983, she became the first female American in space. At 32, she was also the youngest American astronaut. These achievements made her a celebrity once she returned to Earth. - Ride would also be picked for the STS-41-G mission in 1984, and was planned to be on the STS-61-I mission in 1986, but this was cancelled following the Challenger disaster. - Following said disaster, Ride would be appointed to the committee that investigated what caused the explosion, and she would also be a member of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board in 2003. - Ride retired from NASA in 1987, and became a physics professor at UC San Diego in 1989, where she would remain until 2007. - Ride died after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer, which she kept private. It was revealed that she was in a relationship with science writer Tam O'Shaughnessy since 1985- posthumously making her the first lesbian astronaut.

Daniel Radcliffe is 34.

7/22/2023 36 Stevie Wonder — Sir Duke +1 35 Queen — Somebody To Love +1 34 Queen — We Are The Champions 30 Boney M — Ma Baker +1 28 Space — Magic Fly 27 C. W. McCall — Convoy +1 26 Barry White — You See The Trouble With Me 23 Candi Staton — Young Hearts Run Free 22 La Belle Epoque — Black Is Black 22 Heatwave — Boogie Nights 22 Billy Ocean — Red Light Spells Danger 21 Billy Ocean — Love Really Hurts Without You 20 Rod Stewart — The Killing Of Georgie (Part I & II) 20 The Real Thing — Can’t Get By Without You 20 Emerson, Lake & Palmer — Fanfare For The Common Man 17 Showaddywaddy — You Got What It Takes 16 Wings — Let ‘Em In 14 The Sex Pistols — God Save The Queen 13 Sailor — A Glass Of Champagne -3 11 David Soul — Going In With My Eyes Open -1 9 Leo Sayer — You Make Me Feel Like Dancing -2

7/22/2023 90 Kylie Minogue — Can’t Get You Out Of My Head 69 All Saints — Pure Shores 62 Spiller — Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love) 56 Eminem ft. Dido — Stan +1 53 Britney Spears — Oops!… I Did It Again +1 51 Modjo — Lady (Hear Me Tonight) +2 30 Manic Street Preachers — The Masses Against the Classes 27 Melanie C ft. Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes — Never Be The Same Again 18 Madison Avenue — Don’t Call Me Baby -6

Harold Larwood died on this day 28 years ago, aged 90. - Larwood joined his father at his local coal mine when he was 14, and would be in charge of a group of mine horses. - When not working, Larwood would often play cricket for local clubs, which ended up getting him signed to Nottinghamshire in 1924. - He became a part of the English national cricket team in 1926, and famously had a game against Australia in 1930 with Don Bradman as his chief rival. Larwood was particularly known for his bowling skills, and could reportedly bowl at over 90 mph (145 km/h). - Larwood retired from professional cricket in 1938 and fell into semi-obscurity, working as a market gardener during WWII and as a the owner of a candy shop after the war's end. Due to low sales, he and his family would emigrate to Australia in 1950. - In later years, Larwood would become critical of the way cricket was headed- largely griping about protective gear. He disliked the 1984 cricket miniseries Bodyline (which portrayed him) for its inaccuracies, and considered Ian Botham to be overrated. - Larwood was one of the celebrities chosen for the inaugural 1987 DeathList, and he made four more appearances over the next eight years. He was the fifth hit (out of nine) of 1995.

Albert Brooks is 76.

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You gave 6 points when you're only allowed to give 4.

7/21/2023 86 Kylie Minogue — Can’t Get You Out Of My Head 69 All Saints — Pure Shores 59 Spiller — Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love) 56 Eminem ft. Dido — Stan +1 56 Modjo — Lady (Hear Me Tonight) +2 45 Britney Spears — Oops!… I Did It Again +1 33 Melanie C ft. Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes — Never Be The Same Again 32 Madison Avenue — Don’t Call Me Baby 31 Manic Street Preachers — The Masses Against the Classes 28 Shaggy/RikRok - It Wasn't Me  1 LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight the Moonlight -6

Just going to mention that there's a streak going with the number 7 spot. 2023: Tony Bennett 2022: Loretta Lynn 2021: George Shultz 2020: Javier Perez de Cuellar 2019: Robert Mugabe

7/21/2023 31 Stevie Wonder — Sir Duke +1 30 Queen — Somebody To Love +1 28 Barry White — You See The Trouble With Me 24 Space — Magic Fly 23 Boney M — Ma Baker +1 23 The Sex Pistols — God Save The Queen 23 Candi Staton — Young Hearts Run Free 22 Heatwave — Boogie Nights 22 Queen — We Are The Champions 21 Billy Ocean — Love Really Hurts Without You 20 C. W. McCall — Convoy +1 20 Sailor — A Glass Of Champagne 20 Rod Stewart — The Killing Of Georgie (Part I & II) 20 The Real Thing — Can’t Get By Without You 20 Billy Ocean — Red Light Spells Danger 20 Showaddywaddy — You Got What It Takes 20 La Belle Epoque — Black Is Black 18 David Soul — Going In With My Eyes Open 18 Emerson, Lake & Palmer — Fanfare For The Common Man 17 Wings — Let ‘Em In 16 Demis Roussos — When Forever Has Gone 14 Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band — The Floral Dance -2 14 Leo Sayer — You Make Me Feel Like Dancing 13 Wings — Silly Love Songs 9 Joe Tex — Ain’t Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman) -4

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: Tony Bennett, Henry Kissinger, George Lineker (2/56) 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: Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (3/50) 2013: Henry Kissinger (1/50) 2014: Dick Van Dyke, Tony Bennett (1/50) 2015: Henry Kissinger, Jake Roberts (2/50) 2016: Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Tommy Chong, Sandy Gall, Paul Gascoigne (6/50) 2017: Jimmy Carter, Bob Barker, Sandy Gall, Emperor Akihito (4/50) 2018: Linda Nolan, Bob Barker, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, Stanley Baxter, Mel Brooks, Louis Farrakhan, Ronnie Wood, Joni Mitchell, Paul Gascoigne (12/50) 2019: Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Bob Barker, Emperor Akihito, Alan Greenspan, Dick Van Dyke, Vanessa Redgrave, Cleo Laine, Prunella Scales, Shane MacGowan (10/50) 2020: Dick Van Dyke, Emperor Akihito, Bob Barker, Alan Greenspan, Henry Kissinger, Jimmy Carter, Tony Bennett, Prunella Scales, Jacques Delors, Willie Nelson, Shane MacGowan, Dick Cheney, Imelda Marcos, Joanne Woodward, Jean-Marie Le Pen, David Attenborough (15/50) 2021: Dick Van Dyke, Emperor Akihito, Bob Barker, Alan Greenspan, Henry Kissinger, Jimmy Carter, Jacques Delors, Ali Khamenei, Prunella Scales, Tony Bennett, Rosalynn Carter, 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, Shane MacGowan, Shannen Doherty (24/50) 2022: Dick Van Dyke, Henry Kissinger, Bob Barker, Alan Greenspan, Nigel Starmer-Smith, Jimmy Carter, Tony Bennett, Dick Cheney, Mel Brooks, Bobby Charlton, David Attenborough, Emperor Akihito, Rosalynn Carter, Sandy Gall, Desmond Morris, Jean-Marie Le Pen, James Whale, Cleo Laine, Jacques Delors, Denis Law, Prunella Scales, Stanley Baxter, Noam Chomsky, Norman Tebbit, Michael Gambon, Douglas Hurd, Marianne Faithfull, Linda Ronstadt, Joss Ackland, Shane MacGowan (29/50) Updated for Tony Bennett. Dick Van Dyke is the last survivor of the 2014 list.

7/21/2023 (The 74-75 version- 76-77 will probably begin later today) 104 Queen — Killer Queen +4 82 Sparks — This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us 50 Roxy Music — Love Is The Drug 39 Sweet — Fox On The Run 29 Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye 8 Bachman -Turner Overdrive — You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet -6

Henry "Hotspur" Percy died on this day 620 years ago, aged 39. - On his father's side, Percy was a 3x-great grandson of king Edward I. When he was 12, he would be made a knight by King Edward III (two months before he died). - In his 20s, Percy would fight in Scotland (the Scots gave him the nickname "Harry Hotspur" due to his speed in battle) serve in the Hundred Years' War, seeing combat in France (specifically Calais and Picardy). Percy was also sent as an envoy to Cyprus in 1393. - Percy had gained much favor with King Richard II- but he would support Henry IV's coup against him in 1399. Percy soon became disillusioned with him, with one reason being that he had not paid the ransom to free his brother-in-law Edmund Mortimer from Welsh captors. - After accusing Henry IV of being a tyrant, Percy would amass troops loyal to him (which included his uncle Thomas), and engaged in battle with his forces (which included the heir to the throne, the future Henry V- who would be injured in battle by an arrow to the face). Hotspur would be killed by an arrow to the head; some of his troops thought Henry IV was killed, but the king responded with "Henry Percy is dead", and Percy's troops retreated once they realized he didn't respond (a sign he was killed). His body would be beheaded and quartered, and his lands were confiscated by the government. - Tottenham Hotspur was named after him, for his family had once owned Northumberland Park, where its home stadium is located.

Cat Stevens is 75.