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  1. Great Uncle Bulgaria

    The 4th Death of 2024

    Starmer-Smith
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    Kill or Save: UK No.2 Hits of the 60s

    8/1/2024 36 The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset +1 34 The Beach Boys — God Only Knows 33 The Troggs — Wild Thing 31 The Monkees — Alternate Title (Randy Scouse Git) 30 Donovan — Sunshine Superman 30 The Rolling Stones — Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown +1 28 Los Bravos — Black Is Black 27 The Spencer Davis Group — Gimme Some Loving 27 Manfred Mann — Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James 26 Cat Stevens — Matthew And Son -3 26 The Hollies — Stop Stop Stop +1 25 Traffic — Hole In My Shoe 25 The Lovin’ Spoonful — Daydream 24 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich — Bend It -3 22 The Move — Flowers In The Rain 22 The Hollies — I Can’t Let Go 21 The Mindbenders — A Groovy Kind Of Love 13 The Seekers — Morningtown Ride 13 The Move — Night Of Fear  13 The Mamas And The Papas — Dedicated To The One I Love +1 10 Keith West — Excerpt From A Teenage Opera 
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    Kill or Save: UK No.2 Hits of the 60s

    7/1/23 36 The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset +2 35 The Beach Boys — God Only Knows 33 The Rolling Stones — Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown 31 The Troggs — Wild Thing 29 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich — Bend It 27 Los Bravos — Black Is Black 27 The Monkees — Alternate Title (Randy Scouse Git) 26 Manfred Mann — Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James 25 Traffic — Hole In My Shoe 25 The Lovin’ Spoonful — Daydream 25 The Spencer Davis Group — Gimme Some Loving 25 Cat Stevens — Matthew And Son 25 Donovan — Sunshine Superman 24 The Mindbenders — A Groovy Kind Of Love 24 The Hollies — Stop Stop Stop +1 22 The Move — Flowers In The Rain 22 The Hollies — I Can’t Let Go 20 The Move — Night Of Fear 19 The Mamas And The Papas — Dedicated To The One I Love +1 16 The Beatles — Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever 15 The Seekers — Morningtown Ride 12 The Troggs — I Can’t Control Myself 07 Keith West — Excerpt From A Teenage Opera 02 Crispian St. Peters — You Were On My Mind -6
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    Death By Numbers 2023

    Well, someone has to be 57th, so it may as well be me. Well done (again) Banana.
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    Kill or Save: UK No.2 Hits of the 60s

    I'm not sure if you're accusing me of being too young to know it or one of the few that is old enough to do so. As it happens I'm about the same age as you, so too young to remember these the first time they came out (although only by a year or two) but I'm pretty well up in 60s pop music, not least thanks to a long-running radio show hosted by (ahem) Jimmy Saville. I knew all of these (bar the Dave Clark 5 song) before we started. This song is OK (better than most of what we voted on from the 90s IMO) but in a very competitive field there are 20 or so better.
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    Read Any Good Books Lately?

    The Last Devil to Die - the 4th in Richard Osman's series about 4 nearly-80 year olds who go round solving murders that the police can't. Found the previous 3 a mixed bunch and wasn't entirely convinced that a 4th helping was the way to go, but I found this possibly the best to date. This is a bit darker than previous ones and the gear changes between light comedy and serious murders are a bit less clunky than previously. You still need to suspend belief about a couple of central conceits (why don't the hardened criminals just shoot all the annoying geriatrics on initially encountering them rather than engaging with them, why are some of these supposedly masters of evil essentially comic characters rather than objects of fear, etc) but, once you've accepted this, if you enjoyed the first three there's no reason not to buy the 4th instalment (or have someone give it to you for a birthday present, as I did).
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    Kill or Save: UK No.2 Hits of the 60s

    33 The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset +1 28 The Rolling Stones — Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown 28 The Monkees — Alternate Title (Randy Scouse Git) 28 Cat Stevens — Matthew And Son 27 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich — Bend It 27 The Beach Boys — God Only Knows 26 The Mamas And The Papas — Dedicated To The One I Love +1 25 Donovan — Sunshine Superman 25 The Spencer Davis Group — Gimme Some Loving  25 The Beatles — Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever 24 Traffic — Hole In My Shoe 24 The Troggs — Wild Thing 24 Los Bravos — Black Is Black 23 The Mindbenders — A Groovy Kind Of Love 23 The Hollies — Stop Stop Stop +1 22 Manfred Mann— Semi detached Suburban Mr James 22 The Move — Flowers In The Rain 22 The Lovin’ Spoonful — Daydream 22 The Hollies — I Can’t Let Go +1 21 The Dave Clark Five — Everybody Knows 21 The Seekers — Morningtown Ride 20 The Troggs — I Can’t Control Myself 20 The Move — Night Of Fear 15 Keith West — Excerpt From A Teenage Opera 11 Crispian St. Peters — You Were On My Mind -6 04 The Who — I’m A Boy
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    Inverse Dead Pool 2023

    Congrats, Tracy.
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    20. Derek Draper

    Even as someone who is a Brit old enough to remember him at his most newsworthy I still don't think he was famous emough for the list. The only reason he has been in the news in recent years is because his wife is a prominent daytime TV journalist who made a couple of 'tear-jerker' documentaries about looking after him. The media (particularly the BBC) loves stories about itself, witness today, one of the top stories on BBC breakfast news, 1 o'clock lunchtime news and the BBC website is basically 'One of our reporters has a new guide dog'.
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    Kill or Save: UK No.2 Hits of the 60s

    5/Jan/2024 32 The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset +1 31 The Rolling Stones — Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown 30 Donovan — Sunshine Superman 28 The Spencer Davis Group — Gimme Some Loving 28 Cat Stevens — Matthew And Son 27 The Mamas And The Papas — Dedicated To The One I Love 26 The Hollies — Stop Stop Stop +2 26 The Monkees — Alternate Title (Randy Scouse Git) 25 The Troggs — Wild Thing 24 Los Bravos — Black Is Black 24 The Dave Clark Five — Everybody Knows 24 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich — Bend It 24 The Beach Boys — God Only Knows 23 Crispian St. Peters — You Were On My Mind 23 The Mindbenders — A Groovy Kind Of Love 22 The Move — Flowers In The Rain 22 Traffic — Hole In My Shoe 22 The Lovin’ Spoonful — Daydream 21 Keith West — Excerpt From A Teenage Opera 21 The Seekers — Morningtown Ride 21 The Hollies — I Can’t Let Go +1 20 The Troggs — I Can’t Control Myself 20 Manfred Mann — Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James 20 The Move — Night Of Fear 16 Tom Jones — I’m Coming Home 12 The Beatles — Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever 09 The Who — I’m A Boy 05 Val Doonican — What Would I Be -6 One of the best lists we've ever had. (Will be even better once we've got rid of Val Doonigan).
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    The DL Prediction Game 2024

    Congrats @Wannamaker Pleasantly surprised to be on the rostrum, although I'm usually slightly less bad at the ones that don't involve correctly predicting who is going to die.
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    Kill or Save: UK No.2 Hits of the 60s

    4/1/2024 31 The Mamas And The Papas — Dedicated To The One I Love 29 The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset +2 28 The Troggs — Wild Thing 28 The Rolling Stones — Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown 27 The Beach Boys — God Only Knows 26 Donovan — Sunshine Superman 25 The Spencer Davis Group — Gimme Some Loving 24 The Beatles — Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever 24 Cat Stevens — Matthew And Son 24 The Monkees — Alternate Title (Randy Scouse Git) 23 Los Bravos — Black Is Black 23 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich — Bend It 23 The Hollies — Stop Stop Stop +1 22 The Move — Flowers In The Rain 22 Traffic — Hole In My Shoe 22 The Lovin’ Spoonful — Daydream 21 Keith West — Excerpt From A Teenage Opera 21 Crispian St. Peters — You Were On My Mind 21 The Mindbenders — A Groovy Kind Of Love 21 The Seekers — Morningtown Ride +1 20 The Hollies — I Can’t Let Go 20 The Troggs — I Can’t Control Myself 20 Manfred Mann — Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James 20 The Move — Night Of Fear 20 The Dave Clark Five — Everybody Knows 17 Val Doonican — What Would I Be -3 16 Tom Jones — I’m Coming Home 14 The Who — I’m A Boy 13 Tom Jones — I’ll Never Fall In Love Again 08 Vikki Carr — It Must Be Him 04 The Beach Boys — Sloop John B 03 Harry Secombe — This Is My Song -3
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    Kill or Save: UK No.2 Hits of the 60s

    January 3rd 24 The Beatles — Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever 24 The Beach Boys — God Only Knows 22 The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset +2 22 The Rolling Stones — Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown 22 Donovan — Sunshine Superman 21 The Hollies — Stop Stop Stop +1 21 The Mamas And The Papas — Dedicated To The One I Love +1 20 Crispian St Peters — You Were On My Mind 20 The Mindbenders — A Groovy Kind Of Love 20 The Hollies — I Can’t Let Go 20 The Lovin’ Spoonful — Daydream 20 The Beach Boys — Sloop John B 20 The Troggs — Wild Thing 20 Gene Pitney — Nobody Needs Your Love 20 Los Bravos — Black Is Black 20 The Who — I’m A Boy 20 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich — Bend It 20 The Troggs — I Can’t Control Myself 20 Manfred Mann — Semi-Detached Suburban Mr James 20 The Spencer Davis Group — Gimme Some Loving 20 Val Doonican — What Would I Be 20 The Seekers — Morningtown Ride 20 The Move — Night Of Fear 20 Cat Stevens — Father And Son 20 Harry Secombe — This Is My Song 20 The Monkees — Alternate Title (Randy Scouse Git) 20 Vikki Carr — It Must Be Him 20 Tom Jones — I’ll Never Fall In Love Again 20 Keith West — Excerpt From A Teenage Opera 20 The Move — Flowers In The Rain 20 Traffic — Hole In My Shoe 20 The Dave Clark Five — Everybody Knows 20 Tom Jones — I’m Coming Home 17 Vince Hill — Edelweiss -3 14 The Beatles — Magical Mystery Tour Double EP 05 Engelbert Humperdinck — There Goes My Everything -3 Lots of great stuff here, quite a lot of Ok-good too, only a few complete rubbish.
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    Kill or Save: UK No.2 Hits of the 60s

    3/1/2024 75 Petula Clark — Downtown 66 The Animals — We Gotta Get Out Of This Place 62 The Kinks — All Day And All Of The Night 57 The Who — My Generation 25 The Yardbirds — Heart Full Of Soul +4 09 The Fortunes — You’ve Got Your Troubles -6
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    Derby Dead Pool 2023

    Well done Banana....
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    Kill or Save: UK No.2 Hits of the 60s

    2/1/2024 65 Petula Clark — Downtown 64 The Animals — We Gotta Get Out Of This Place 52 The Kinks — All Day And All Of The Night 45 The Who — My Generation 24 The Yardbirds — Heart Full Of Soul -3 24 Manfred Mann — If You Gotta Go, Go Now +4 20 Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders — The Game Of Love 18 The Fortunes — You’ve Got Your Troubles 17 The Everly Brothers — The Price Of Love 06 Andy Williams — Almost Dead -3
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    The DL Prediction Game 2023

    Congrats Rover.
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    Kill or Save: UK No.2 Hits of the 60s

    1/Jan/2024 60 Petula Clark — Downtown 53 The Animals — We Gotta Get Out Of This Place 47 The Who — My Generation 47 The Kinks — All Day And All Of The Night 26 Manfred Mann — If You Gotta Go, Go Now +4 25 The Yardbirds — Heart Full Of Soul 20 Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders — The Game Of Love 20 The Everly Brothers — The Price Of Love 19 Andy Williams — Almost There 18 Millie — My Boy Lollipop 14 The Fortunes — You’ve Got Your Troubles 08 The Hollies — Just One Look 08 Them — Here Comes The Night -6 07 Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons — Rag Doll 1 theoldlady reacted to this
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    Kill or Save: UK No.2 Hits of the 60s

    31/Dec/2023 47 Petula Clark — Downtown 41 The Animals — We Gotta Get Out Of This Place +1 33 The Who — My Generation +1 33 The Kinks — All Day And All Of The Night +2 25 Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons — Rag Doll 24 The Yardbirds — Heart Full Of Soul 24 Manfred Mann — If You Gotta Go, Go Now 21 Millie — My Boy Lollipop 20 Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders — The Game Of Love 20 The Everly Brothers — The Price Of Love 20 The Fortunes — You’ve Got Your Troubles 20 Andy Williams — Almost There 17 Them — Here Comes The Night 16 The Dave Clark Five — Bits And Pieces 16 The Hollies — Just One Look 14 Gerry & The Pacemakers — I’m The One 09 Peter & Gordon — True Love Ways -6 08 The Bachelors — I Believe Back off my travels to find the world has moved on two years. IMO we have the right four out in front already.
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    Kill or Save: UK No.2 Hits of the 60s

    26/12/2023 38 Chris Montez — Let’s Dance +1 37 Little Eva — The Loco-Motion 26 Andy Williams — Can’t Get Used To Losing You 25 The Beatles — Please Please Me 24 The Crystals — Then He Kissed Me +1 22 Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas — Do You Want To Know A Secret? 19 Bruce Channel — Hey! Baby -4 16 Chubby Checker — Let’s Twist Again +2 16 Jet Harris & Tony Meehan — Scarlett O'Hara 14 The Searchers — Sugar And Spice 14 Mr. Acker Bilk ft. The Leon Young String Chorale — Stranger On The Shore 13 The Shadows — Atlantis 08 Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen — Midnight In Moscow -2
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    Kill or Save: UK No.2 Hits of the 60s

    25/12 Merry Christmas from the Burrow..... 38 Little Eva — The Loco-Motion 37 Chris Montez — Let’s Dance +2 31 Mr. Acker Bilk ft. The Leon Young String Chorale — Stranger On The Shore 29 Andy Williams — Can’t Get Used To Losing You 22 Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas — Do You Want To Know A Secret? 21 The Crystals — Then He Kissed Me +2 17 The Beatles — Please Please Me 17 Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen — Midnight In Moscow 16 Jet Harris & Tony Meehan — Scarlett O'Hara 16 The Shadows — Atlantis 14 The Searchers — Sugar And Spice 14 Chubby Checker — Let’s Twist Again 14 Freddie & The Dreamers — I’m Telling You Now 14 Bruce Channel — Hey! Baby -6 10 Helen Shapiro — Tell Me What He Said
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    Kill or Save: UK No.2 Hits of the 60s

    24/12/2023 39 Little Eva — The Loco-Motion 34 Chris Montez — Let’s Dance +2 30 Andy Williams — Can’t Get Used To Losing You 29 Mr. Acker Bilk ft. The Leon Young String Chorale — Stranger On The Shore 24 Bruce Channel — Hey! Baby -6 21 The Crystals — Then He Kissed Me +2 21 Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen — Midnight In Moscow 21 Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas — Do You Want To Know A Secret? 20 Helen Shapiro — Tell Me What He Said 20 Jet Harris & Tony Meehan — Scarlett O’Hara 20 The Searchers — Sugar And Spice 19 Freddie and the Dreamers — I’m Telling You Now 18 The Shadows — Atlantis 14 The Beatles — Please Please Me 12 Roy Orbison — Dream Baby 10 Chubby Checker — Let’s Twist Again
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    Kill or Save: UK No.2 Hits of the 60s

    23/12/23 36 Little Eva — The Loco-Motion 32 Andy Williams — Can’t Get Used To Losing You 31 Mr. Acker Bilk ft. The Leon Young String Chorale — Stranger On The Shore 31 Chris Montez — Let’s Dance +2 25 Freddie and the Dreamers — I’m Telling You Now 22 Bruce Channel — Hey! Baby -3 21 Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen — Midnight In Moscow -3 21 Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas — Do You Want To Know A Secret? 21 The Crystals — Then He Kissed Me 20 Helen Shapiro — Tell Me What He Said 20 Jet Harris & Tony Meehan — Scarlett O’Hara 20 The Searchers — Sugar And Spice 18 The Shadows — Atlantis 18 Chubby Checker — Let’s Twist Again 13 Del Shannon — Hey Little Girl +1 12 Roy Orbison — Dream Baby 11 The Beatles — Please Please Me  08 Cliff Richard & The Shadows — Don’t Talk To Him +1 06 Joe Brown & The Bruvvers — A Picture Of You
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    Kill or Save: UK No.2 Hits of the 60s

    22/12/2023 44 Little Eva — The Loco-Motion 32 Andy Williams — Can’t Get Used To Losing You 29 Chris Montez — Let’s Dance +2 25 Mr. Acker Bilk ft. The Leon Young String Chorale — Stranger On The Shore 24 Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen — Midnight In Moscow 24 Freddie & The Dreamers — I’m Telling You Now 21 Del Shannon — Hey Little Girl +1 21 Cliff Richard & The Shadows — Don’t Talk To Him +1 21 Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas — Do You Want To Know A Secret? 20 Helen Shapiro — Tell Me What He Said 20 Jet Harris & Tony Meehan — Scarlett O’Hara 20 The Crystals — Then He Kissed Me 19 The Searchers — Sugar And Spice 17 Bruce Channel — Hey! Baby -6 15 Chubby Checker — Let’s Twist Again 14 The Shadows — Atlantis 11 Del Shannon — Swiss Maid 11 Roy Orbison — Dream Baby 11 Bobby Darin — Things 10 Joe Brown & The Bruvvers — A Picture Of You 10 The Beatles — Please Please Me 07 Cliff Richard & The Shadows — It’ll Be Me You probably couldn't get away with releasing a song that goes 'Hey little girl I'm so in love with you' these days...
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    Centenarians Deadpool 2024

    Thanks for running again. 1. Maria Branyas Morero 2. Ethel Caterham 3. Marita Camacho Quiros 4. Charlotte Kretschmann 5. Erna Brosig 5. Margarete Troestl 7. Marie-Rose Tessier 8. Anna Gavlowska 9. Wladislaw Fidos 10. Claudia Baccarini 11. Catherina van der Linden 12. Angela Redgrave 13. Juan Vicente Perez 14 Caren Marsh Doll 15 Andre Bertoletto sub Edna Strickland Glynis Johns
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