Great Uncle Bulgaria

8/6/2023 62 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black 36 The Four Tops – Reach Out I´ll Be There 29 The Monkees – I´m A Believer 27 Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale 27 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me 16 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon +4 04 The Spencer Davis Group — Keep On Running -3 04 Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) -3

Given the size of her current majority, very probably.

Wed 7 Jun 62 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black 33 The Four Tops – Reach Out I´ll Be There 29 The Monkees — I’m A Believer 27 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me 27 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running 18 The Kinks — Sunny Afternoon +4 17 Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) 16 Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale 14 Nancy Sinatra — These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ -3 12 The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain´t Gonna Shine Anymore -3

Just brought up my Twuntdom-qualifying post on the KoS thread. Accolades, floral tributes etc happily received. Like several others around these parts, all I've done for the last 200 or so is play KoS tbh.

I've never heard of this song nor Black Legend. Seems to be a fairly strong tendency for the more successful versions to be exponentially worse in terms of quality. Do you think they are basically able to unjustifiably leverage the legacy of their superior no.2 predecessors? No, I don't think there's any crossover/leftover positive feelings at all. It will have done it all on its own. As someone who bought a Barry White single in the 70s (not this one admittedly) I'd long since given up buying singles (and largely listening to current chart music) by 2000 and have no recollection of this cover at all.

6/6/2023 64 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black 35 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running 32 The Monkees — I’m A Believer 29 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me 29 The Four Tops – Reach Out I´ll Be There 28 The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain´t Gonna Shine Anymore -3 24 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon +4 21 Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin' -3 21 Procol Harum — A Whiter Shade Of Pale 18 Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)

5/6 64 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black 37 The Monkees — I’m A Believer 36 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running 36 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me 32 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon +4 27 The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain´t Gonna Shine Anymore -6 27 Procol Harum — A Whiter Shade Of Pale 26 Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) 26 The Four Tops – Reach Out I´ll Be There 23 Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin' 07 The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations

4/6/2023 58 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black 35 Procol Harum — A Whiter Shade Of Pale 34 The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain´t Gonna Shine Anymore -2 34 The Monkees — I’m A Believer 33 The Four Tops – Reach Out I´ll Be There 30 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon +4 27 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me 26 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running 25 Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin' 25 Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) 21 The Beatles – Hello, Goodbye -2 15 The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations 11 The Bee Gees – Massachusetts -2 11 The Foundations – Baby, Now That I´ve Found You

Congratulations AFB

3/6/2023 58 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black 39 The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain´t Gonna Shine Anymore 38 The Monkees – I´m A Believer 37 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me 34 Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale 33 Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin' 32 The Beatles – Hello, Goodbye -4 29 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon +4 27 Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) 26 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running 25 The Four Tops – Reach Out I´ll Be There 21 The Bee Gees – Massachusetts 12 The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations 10 The Foundations – Baby, Now That I´ve Found You 10 The Small Faces – All Or Nothing -2

Ok now, sorry about that.

2/6 53 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black 40 The Monkees – I´m A Believer 37 Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin' 36 The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain´t Gonna Shine Anymore 34 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me 34 Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale 33 The Four Tops – Reach Out I´ll Be There 29 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running 26 The Beatles – Hello, Goodbye -3 26 Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) 19 Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds – Out Of Time +1 17 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon +3 17 The Beatles – Paperback Writer +1 16 The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations 16 The Bee Gees – Massachusetts 15 The Small Faces – All Or Nothing -3 13 The Foundations – Baby, Now That I´ve Found You 10 The Spencer Davis Group – Somebody Help Me Slightly mystified as to why the relatively banal Hello Goodbye is doing so well in a strong field when so many superior Beatles songs have been quickly killed off in earlier rounds

First record I possessed. I can still sing all 8 verses if called upon to do so in a crisis. My constantly singing it must have been wearing for my family, but then again it was their fault for buying it for me. I was very young at the time. And no, I won't be upvoting it.

1/6 50 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black 39 The Monkees — I’m A Believer 35 The Four Tops – Reach Out I´ll Be There 35 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me 34 Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin' 31 Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale 30 The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain´t Gonna Shine Anymore 30 The Beatles – Paperback Writer 27 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running 27 Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds – Out Of Time 26 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon +4 24 The Beatles – Hello, Goodbye 20 Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) 19 The Small Faces – All Or Nothing 17 The Foundations – Baby, Now That I´ve Found You 17 The Spencer Davis Group – Somebody Help Me 17 The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations 16 Petula Clark – This Is My Song 14 The Bee Gees – Massachusetts 04 Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames – Get Away -3 03 The Beatles – All You Need Is Love -3

31/5 41 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black 36 The Monkees – I´m A Believer 30 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon +4 30 The Four Tops – Reach Out I´ll Be There 29 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me 27 The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain´t Gonna Shine Anymore 27 Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale 26 Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin' 25 The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations 24 Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds – Out Of Time 24 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running 23 Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) 23 Petula Clark – This Is My Song 21 The Spencer Davis Group – Somebody Help Me 20 The Foundations – Baby, Now That I´ve Found You 20 The Beatles – All You Need Is Love 19 Frank Sinatra – Strangers In The Night -1 19 The Beatles – Paperback Writer 17 Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames – Get Away 17 The Small Faces – All Or Nothing 16 The Beatles – Hello, Goodbye 14 The Bee Gees – Massachusetts 14 Manfred Mann – Pretty Flamingo 14 Nancy & Frank Sinatra – Somethin' Stupid 13 Tom Jones – Green Green Grass Of Home 00 Jim Reeves – Distant Drums -5