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20/1/2025 34 The Specials - Gangsters 33 The Selecter - On My Radio 30 Kate Bush - The Man With the Child in his Eyes 28 Eagles - Hotel California 27 Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town 27 Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky 26 Carole Bayer Sager - You're Moving Out Today 26 Supertramp - Breakfast in America 26 Plastic Bertrand - Ça Plane Pour Moi +1 25 Skids - Into The Valley +2 25 Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing 25 Madness - One Step Beyond 24 Stranglers - No More Heroes 24 Electric Light Orchestra - Wild West Hero 23 Ram Jam - Black Betty 22 Bill Withers - Lovely Day 22 Manfred Manns Earth Band - Blinded By The Light 21 Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant 21 Blondie - (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear 20 David Bowie - Golden Years 20 Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman 20 Eddie & The Hotrods - Do Anything You Wanna Do  19 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Is This Love 19 Elton John - Pinball Wizard  19 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden +1 18 Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces 16 Stranglers - Peaches 14 Gary Moore - Parisian Walkways -2 13 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia -2 11 Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Delilah -2 06 Sham 69 - Hersham Boys

1/20/2025 28 The Animals - Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood +1 26 The Rolling Stones - Not Fade Away 24 The Yardbirds - For Your Love 23 The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go +1 22 Chuck Berry - No Particular Place To Go +1 22 Barry McGuire - Eve Of Destruction 22Dusty Springfield- I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself +1 21 Del Shannon - Keep Searchin’ (We’ll Follow The Sun) 21 The Searchers - When You Walk In The Room 21 Val Doonican - Walk Tall 20 The Swinging Blue Jeans - You’re No Good 20 PJ Proby - Hold Me 20 The Barron Knights - Call Up The Groups 20 Jim Reeves - I Won’t Forget You 20 Julie Rogers - The Wedding 20 Manfred Mann - Sha La La 20 The Rockin’ Berries - He’s In Town 20 Sandie Shaw - Girl Don’t Come 20 The Seekers - A World Of Our Own 20 The Yardbirds - Evil Hearted You/Still I’m Sad 20 Chris Andrews - Yesterday Man 20 Len Barry - 1-2-3 20 Horst Jankowski - A Walk In The Black Forest 18 Gene Pitney - Looking Through The Eyes Of Love 16 Herman’s Hermits - Silhouettes 00 Ken Dodd - Drowned in The River -6

17/1/2025 26 Eagles - Hotel California 25 Stranglers - No More Heroes +1 25 Kate Bush - The Man With the Child in his Eyes 25 Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky 25 Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town 24 Madness - One Step Beyond 24 The Specials - Gangsters 24 Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant 24 Plastic Bertrand - Ça Plane Pour Moi +1 24 Skids - Into The Valley +1 23 Carole Bayer Sager - You're Moving Out Today 23 Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing 23 Queen - Don't Stop Me Now 22 The Selecter - On My Radio 22 Elton John - Pinball Wizard 22 Manfred Manns Earth Band - Blinded By The Light 22 Supertramp - Breakfast in America 22 Electric Light Orchestra - Wild West Hero 21 David Bowie - Golden Years 21 Joan Armatrading - Love And Affection 21 Stranglers - Peaches 21 Bill Withers - Lovely Day 20 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden  20 Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces 20 Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman 20 Eddie & The Hotrods - Do Anything You Wanna Do 20 Blondie - (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear 20 Sham 69 - Hersham Boys 19 Gary Moore - Parisian Walkways -3 19 Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Delilah 18 Ram Jam - Black Betty 18 Rubettes - I Can Do It +1 17 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Is This Love 16 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia -3 14 Renaissance - Northern Lights 12 ABBA - SOS  04 Ian Dury & The Blockheads - What A Waste 04 Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun

17/1/2025 52 Bobby Vee - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes 46 Carole King - It Might As Well Rain Until September 37 Brian Hyland - Sealed With A Kiss 31 Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou/Mean Woman Blues 28 Susan Maughan - Bobby’s Girl 28 Buddy Holly - Brown Eyed Handsome Man +2 23 Billy Fury - Like I’ve Never Been Gone 23 Sandy Nelson - Let There Be Drums  20 Tommy Roe - Sheila -6 08 Brenda Lee - Speak To Me Pretty +2

16-Jan 46 Bobby Vee - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes 34 Carole King - It Might As Well Rain Until September 34 Buddy Holly - Brown-Eyed Handsome Man +2 31 Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou/Mean Woman Blues 31 Susan Maughan - Bobby’s Girl 31 Brian Hyland - Sealed With A Kiss 24 Tommy Roe - Sheila 22 Sandy Nelson - Let There Be Drums 20 Eden Kane - Forget Me Not 20 Billy Fury - Like I’ve Never Been Gone 14 Brenda Lee - Speak To Me Pretty +2 14 Joe Brown & The Bruvvers - That’s What Love Will Do -3 03 Maureen Evans - Like I Do -3

16-Jan Going from Astrokats scores 24 Eagles - Hotel California 24 Kate Bush - The Man With the Child in his Eyes 24 The Specials - Gangsters 23 Skids - Into The Valley +1 23 Plastic Bertrand - Ça Plane Pour Moi +1 23 Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town 23 Madness - One Step Beyond 23 Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky 22 Elton John - Pinball Wizard 22 Manfred Manns Earth Band - Blinded By The Light 22 Gary Moore - Parisian Walkways 22 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia 22 Carole Bayer Sager - You're Moving Out Today 22 Stranglers - No More Heroes +1 22 Supertramp - Breakfast in America 22 The Selecter - On My Radio 21 Joan Armatrading - Love And Affection 21 Stranglers - Peaches 21 Queen - Don't Stop Me Now 21 Bill Withers - Lovely Day 21 Ram Jam - Black Betty 20 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden 20 Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces 20 David Bowie - Golden Years 20 Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Delilah 20 Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman 20 Eddie & The Hotrods - Do Anything You Wanna Do 20 Blondie - (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear 20 Electric Light Orchestra - Wild West Hero 20 Renaissance - Northern Lights 20 Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing 20 Sham 69 - Hersham Boys 18 Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant  17 Rubettes - I Can Do It +1 17 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Is This Love -3 16 Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun  12 ABBA - SOS  11 Pluto Shervington - Dat -3 11 Ian Dury & The Blockheads - WhatA Waste - 06 The Beatles - Yesterday

Linda Nolan dead. Ian Smith new sub please.

Have taken 2 off of mine (and adjusted spelling )

Wed 15 Jan 23 The Specials - Gangsters 23 The Selecter - On My Radio 22 Skids - Into The Valley +1 21 Eagles - Hotel California 21 Stranglers - No More Heroes +1 21 Madness - One Step Beyond 21 Plastic Bertrand - Ça Plane Pour Moi 21 Carole Bayer Sager - You're Moving Out Today 21 Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant 21 Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town 21 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia 21 Joan Armatrading - Love And Affection 21 Kate Bush - The Man With the Child in his Eyes 20 Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces 20 David Bowie - Golden Years 20 Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Delilah 20 Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman 20 Elton John - Pinball Wizard 20 Manfred Manns Earth Band - Blinded By The Light 20 Eddie & The Hotrods - Do Anything You Wanna Do 20 Ram Jam - Black Betty 20 Stranglers - Peaches 20 Bill Withers - Lovely Day 20 Blondie - (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear 20 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Is This Love 20 Electric Light Orchestra - Wild West Hero 20 Renaissance - Northern Lights 20 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden 20 Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing 20 Queen - Don't Stop Me Now 20 Sham 69 - Hersham Boys 20 Supertramp - Breakfast In America 20 ABBA - SOS 19 Gary Moore - Parisian Walkways (-2 from Toast) 19 Ian Dury & The Blockheads - What A Waste 17 Rubettes - I Can Do It +1 17 Pluto Shervington - Dat -3 16 Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky 16 10cc - I'm Mandy Fly Me +1 16 Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun 14 Beatles - Yesterday 12 Pete Wingfield - Eighteen With A Bullet -3 I love nearly all of these, going to be really difficult to downvote anything soon.

15/1/2025 86 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again  60 David Bowie - Starman 56 Derek & The Dominos - Layla 49 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You 45 Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar 38 Carole King - It's Too Late  38 Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye 33 Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side  29 Elton John - Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting 18 Golden Earring - Radar Love +4 00 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough to keep her from exiting... And, assuming I can count up to ten successfully, that's all folks...

15/1/25 40 Bobby Vee - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes 30 Carole King - It Might As Well Rain Until September 29 Susan Maughan - Bobby’s Girl 28 Buddy Holly - Brown-Eyed Handsome Man +2 27 Brian Hyland - Sealed With A Kiss 25 Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou/Mean Woman Blues -2 25 Tommy Roe - Sheila 20 Brenda Lee - Speak To Me Pretty +2 20 Sandy Nelson - Let There Be Drums 20 Eden Kane - Forget Me Not 20 Maureen Evans - Like I Do 20 Joe Brown & The Bruvvers - That’s What Love Will Do 20 Billy Fury - Like I’ve Never Been Gone 18 Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme - I Want To Stay Here -2 10 Freddie & The Dreamers - You Were Made For Me -2

14th January 2025 27 Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou/Mean Woman Blues 27 Bobby Vee - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes 25 Buddy Holly - Brown-Eyed Handsome Man +1 24 Carole King - It Might As Well Rain Until September +1 23 Susan Maughan - Bobby’s Girl +1 22 Tommy Roe - Sheila 21 Brenda Lee - Speak To Me Pretty +1 21 Brian Hyland - Sealed With A Kiss 20 Sandy Nelson - Let There Be Drums 20 Eden Kane - Forget Me Not 20 Rolf Harris - Sun Arise 20 Maureen Evans - Like I Do 20 Joe Brown & The Bruvvers - That’s What Love Will Do 20 Billy Fury - Like I’ve Never Been Gone 20 Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme - I Want To Stay Here 19 Freddie & The Dreamers - You Were Made For Me 15 Billy Fury - When Will You Say I Love You 11 Freddie & The Dreamers - If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody -6 09 Neil Sedaka - Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen

14/1/25 86 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again 58 David Bowie - Starman 54 Derek & The Dominos - Layla 43 Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye 42 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You 41 Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar 40 Carole King - It's Too Late 39 Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side  32 Elton John - Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting 18 Golden Earring - Radar Love +4 17 Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Prong Crown) -3 12 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough -3 Having re-read the rules and realised ten go through, looks like it's all about one from the bottom 3. I vote Golden Earring.

I'm not playing this round either, I only know two of these and hip hop not my cup of tea at all but enjoy.... I dread to think what 'No Vaseline' is about..

13/1/25 60 Bobby Vee - Take Good Care of My Baby 54 Freddy Cannon - Way Down Yonder in New Orleans 53 Billy Fury - Halfway to Paradise 46 Clarence “ Frogman” Henry - But I Do 35 Jimmy Jones - Handy Man -6 16 Elvis Presley - Stuck on You +4

13/1/25 82 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again 55 David Bowie - Starman 54 Derek & The Dominos - Layla 47 Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye 42 Carole King - It's Too Late -3 39 Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar +3 39 Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side  34 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You 32 Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Prong Crown) 29 Elton John - Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting 29 Golden Earring - Radar Love +1 18 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 10 Alice Cooper - No More Mr Nice Guy -3

12/1/25 62 Bobby Vee - Take Good Care of My Baby 55 Billy Fury - Halfway to Paradise 50 Freddy Cannon - Way Down Yonder in New Orleans 43 Jimmy Jones - Handy Man 36 Clarence “Frogman” Henry - But I Do -6 36 Elvis Presley - Stuck on You +4

12.01.25 78 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again 53 David Bowie - Starman 50 Derek & The Dominos - Layla 47 Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye +1 45 Carole King - It's Too Late -3 36 Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar +3 36 Golden Earring - Radar Love 36 Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side  33 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You -3 30 Elton John - Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting 28 Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Prong Crown) 24 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 19 Suzi Quatro - The Wild One  17 Alice Cooper - No More Mr Nice Guy

11/1/2025 58 Bobby Vee - Take Good Care of My Baby 51 Billy Fury - Halfway to Paradise 48 Freddy Cannon - Way Down Yonder in New Orleans 45 Jimmy Jones - Handy Man -3 44 Clarence “Frogman” Henry - But I Do -3 35 Elvis Presley - Stuck on You +4 13 Petula Clark - Romeo 04 Emile Ford & The Checkmates — On a Slowboat to China

11/1/2025 72 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again 51 David Bowie - Starman 48 Derek & The Dominos - Layla 46 Carole King - It's Too Late 44 Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye +1 39 Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar +2 38 Lou Reed — Walk On The Wild Side 36 Golden Earring - Radar Love +1 35 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You -3 30 Elton John - Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting 30 Fleetwood Mac — The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Prong Crown) 25 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 19 Alice Cooper - No More Mr Nice Guy -3 19 Suzi Quatro - The Wild One  12 Mott the Hoople— Roll Away The Stone 08 Rattles - The Witch

10/1/25 54 Bobby Vee - Take Good Care of My Baby 47 Billy Fury - Halfway to Paradise 45 Elvis Presley - Stuck on You +2 42 Freddy Cannon - Way Down Yonder in New Orleans 42 Jimmy Jones - Handy Man 36 Clarence “Frogman” Henry - But I Do -2 26 Emile Ford & The Checkmates — On a Slowboat to China -2 17 Petula Clark - Romeo -2 17 Helen Shapiro - Don’t Treat Me Like a Child +2

10/1/2025 68 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again 47 David Bowie - Starman 45 Derek & The Dominos - Layla 40 Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye +1 39 Carole King - It's Too Late 39 Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar +1 39 Golden Earring - Radar Love +1 37 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You -1 37 Lou Reed — Walk On The Wild Side 30 Fleetwood Mac — The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Prong Crown) 25 Elton John - Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting  25 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough  24 Mott the Hoople— Roll Away The Stone 22 Rattles - The Witch  21 Alice Cooper - No More Mr Nice Guy -1 19 Suzi Quatro - The Wild One  14 10cc - The Wall Street Shuffle 07 Nazareth - Broken Down Angel +1 06 The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away From Me) -4

9/1/25 63 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again 45 Derek & The Dominos - Layla 42 David Bowie - Starman 39 Carole King - It's Too Late 38 Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar +1 37 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You -1 36 Lou Reed — Walk On The Wild Side 32 Golden Earring - Radar Love +1 32 Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye +1 30 Mott the Hoople— Roll Away The Stone 30 Fleetwood Mac — The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Prong Crown) 28 Elton John - Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting  27 Alice Cooper - No More Mr Nice Guy -1 25 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough  22 The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away From Me) 20 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band 19 Suzi Quatro - The Wild One  18 Rattles - The Witch  13 Nazareth - Broken Down Angel +1 10 10cc - The Wall Street Shuffle 06 Jimmy Cliff - Wild World -4

9/1/25 50 Bobby Vee - Take Good Care of My Baby 43 Billy Fury - Halfway to Paradise 40 Elvis Presley - Stuck on You +1 36 Clarence “Frogman” Henry - But I Do 35 Jimmy Jones - Handy Man 34 Freddy Cannon - Way Down Yonder in New Orleans 29 Emile Ford & The Checkmates — On a Slowboat to China -2 28 Petula Clark - Romeo 27 Helen Shapiro - Don’t Treat Me Like a Child +3 20 Anthony Newley - Strawberry Fair -4 06 Johnny & The Hurricanes - Rocking Goose

I went 363 days without one until Carter saved me (and I suspect a few others) right at the end, so I'm with you in spirit. 49th/mid 4th quartile is about my traditional level. Anyway, well done Torva.