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december 11th at 303am 30 Pulp — Common People 22 Madonna — Beautiful Stranger 20 Kylie Minogue — Confide In Me 20 Blur — Song 2 +4 19 The Verve — Bitter Sweet Symphony 19 The Cardigans — Lovefool 17 Supergrass — Alright / Time 17 Deee-Lite — Groove is in the Heart 15 James — Sit Down 04 Ace Of Base — The Sign 01 Natalie Imbruglia — Torn -6

December 10th at 1222am 42 Wizzard — I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 42 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas 41 Jona Lewie — Stop The Cavalry 40 Bing Crosby — White Christmas 40 The Pretenders — 2000 Miles 40 Wham! — Last Christmas 38 Gabriella Cilmi — Warm This Winter 37 Kate Bush — December Will Be Magic Again 37 Queen — Thank God It’s Christmas 34 Andy Williams — It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year 33 Beach Boys — Little Saint Nick 33 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York +6 31 The Ronettes — Sleigh Ride  29 Kay Starr — (Everybody’s Waitin’ For) The Man With The Bag 29 Saint Etienne — I Was Born On Christmas Day 29 The Darkness — Don’t Let The Bells End 29 Burl Ives — Holly Jolly Christmas 28 Bobby Helms — Jingle Bell Rock  28 Ray Conniff — Carol Of The Bells 26 Brenda Lee — Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree 25 Mike Oldfield — In Dulci Jubilo 25 Nat King Cole — The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)  25 Eartha Kitt — Santa Baby 24 Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters — Mele Kalikimaka 23 Gene Autry — Here Comes Santa Claus 22 Dean Martin — Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 22 Elton John — Step Into Christmas 21 The Crystals — Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 20 Perry Como — It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 18 Chuck Berry — Run Rudolph Run 7 The Wombles — Wombling Merry Christmas -9

December 10th at 1220am 29 Pulp — Common People 27 Madonna — Beautiful Stranger 26 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart 25 The Cardigans — Lovefool 23 James — Sit Down 21 Blur — Song 2 +4 20 Kylie Minogue — Confide In Me 19 Supergrass — Alright / Time 18 The Verve — Bitter Sweet Symphony 15 Natalie Imbruglia — Torn -6 03 Ace Of Base — The Sign

Because he's trying to hide that he's Cuban, and somehow it works.

Oh I'm a Grinch.

December 9th at 841am 43 The Ronettes — Sleigh Ride 40 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas 40 Wizzard — I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 38 Gabriella Cilmi — Warm This Winter 38 Wham! — Last Christmas +6 37 Queen — Thank God It’s Christmas 37 The Pretenders — 2000 Miles 35 Kate Bush — December Will Be Magic Again 34 Bing Crosby - White Christmas 35 Jona Lewie — Stop The Cavalry 34.Eartha Kitt — Santa Baby 33 Beach Boys — Little Saint Nick 33 Andy Williams — It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year 30 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York 30 The Wombles — Wombling Merry Christmas -9 28 Burl Ives — Holly Jolly Christmas 27 Saint Etienne — I Was Born On Christmas Day 27 Bobby Helms — Jingle Bell Rock 26 The Darkness — Don’t Let The Bells End 26 Perry Como — It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 25 Brenda Lee — Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree 24 Nat King Cole — The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)  24 Ray Conniff — Carol Of The Bells 23 Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters — Mele Kalikimaka 23 Mike Oldfield — In Dulci Jubilo 23 Kay Starr — (Everybody’s Waitin’ For) The Man With The Bag 22 Dean Martin — Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 22 Elton John — Step Into Christmas 21 The Crystals — Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 21 Gene Autry — Here Comes Santa Claus 18.Chuck Berry — Run Rudolph Run 17 Chris de Burgh — A Spaceman Came Travelling 13 The Waitresses — Christmas Wrapping  13 Perry Como — Winter Wonderland

december 9th at 1210am 34 Kylie Minogue — Confide In Me 29 Pulp — Common People 25 The Cardigans — Lovefool 25 Madonna — Beautiful Stranger 23 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart 23 The Verve — Bitter Sweet Symphony 23 James — Sit Down 21 Natalie Imbruglia — Torn -6 20 Supergrass — Alright / Time 15 Fatboy Slim — Right Here, Right Now 15 Blur — Song 2 +4 10 Ace Of Base — The Sign

Is there something special about the particular spot the person gets on the list?

I like when people share how they know something; it's funny when I find out something completely "regular" in my youth is obscure to my friends. I think Fawlty Towers aired on PBS in America, like a lot of the BBC shows. Lear's had a half-dozen shows aired on NBC, CBS, Nickelodeon (Nick at Nite), maybe other stations. It's really not a matter of knowing his face, but people have seen his shows. While MacGowan's music is known in the US, I'm pretty sure most Americans remember him because of his teeth. There is a pathological obsession with teeth here and he's a trigger.

The season never ends!

Chrissie was the first female tennis player for me too. I think it's because all of the Australian schedules and interviews are ramping up, so if this happened in February, maybe she wouldn't have mentioned it. However, she also does advocacy on the issue.

Chris Evert's ovarian cancer returns; she's in chemotherapy and missing Aussie Open. https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/chris-evert-begins-chemotherapy-after-ovarian-cancer-returns-will-miss-australian-open-health

Those are possibly just one hit wonders? I am not sure of their careers otherwise. I don't have a special loathing for one hit wonders; it's not unethical to only be able to write/record one good song. SPIN awarding Imbruglia gave industry payola vibes rather than naively thinking an artist would have longevity. They know they took a bribe to put her on, and publicly took an L for it.

I like Torn fine, but it's a huge music industry joke to praise her over anyone else. When that song was released, the magazine SPIN put Natalie Imbruglia on the cover lauding her as the next big pop star. It was considered such a snafu that they wound up mocking themselves for years with the annual Natalie Imbruglia award.

I think it's all set? @theoldlady idk 1am math isn't my thing, neither is 10am math or 5pm math.

December 8th at 1251am 40 The Pretenders — 2000 Miles +3 39 Bing Crosby — White Christmas 37 Wham! — Last Christmas +3 36 Kate Bush — December Will Be Magic Again 35 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas 35 Wizzard — I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 34 Queen — Thank God It’s Christmas 33 Beach Boys — Little Saint Nick 33 Andy Williams — It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year 33 The Wombles — Wombling Merry Christmas 32 Gabriella Cilmi — Warm This Winter 31 The Ronettes — Sleigh Ride 31 Eartha Kitt — Santa Baby 28 Burl Ives — Holly Jolly Christmas 27 Bobby Helms — Jingle Bell Rock 26 The Darkness — Don’t Let The Bells End 26 Jona Lewie — Stop The Cavalry 26 Perry Como — It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 24 Saint Etienne — I Was Born On Christmas Day 24 Brenda Lee — Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree 24 Ray Conniff — Carol Of The Bells 23 Mike Oldfield — In Dulci Jubilo 23 Kay Starr — (Everybody’s Waitin’ For) The Man With The Bag 23 Nat King Cole — The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)  22 Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters — Mele Kalikimaka 22 Dean Martin — Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 22 Elton John — Step Into Christmas 21 Chuck Berry — Run Rudolph Run 21 The Crystals — Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 21 Perry Como — Winter Wonderland 21 Gene Autry — Here Comes Santa Claus 21 Bing Crosby & David Bowie — Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy 20 Donny Hathaway — This Christmas 20 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York 19 The Waitresses — Christmas Wrapping 18 Destiny’s Child — 8 Days Of Christmas 17 Run-DMC — Christmas In Hollis 16 The Eagles — Please Come Home For Christmas 15 Darlene Love — Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 12 Chris de Burgh — A Spaceman Came Travelling 9 George Michael — December Song 3 José Feliciano — Feliz Navidad -9

December 8th at 1249am 31 Natalie Imbruglia — Torn 30 Supergrass — Alright / Time 27 Pulp — Common People 26 Blur — Song 2 +4 25 James — Sit Down 25 Madonna — Beautiful Stranger 23 The Verve — Bitter Sweet Symphony 22 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart 21 DNA ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom's Diner 21 The Cardigans — Lovefool 21 Kylie Minogue — Confide In Me 16 Fatboy Slim — Right Here, Right Now 16 Ace Of Base — The Sign 0 Haddaway — What Is Love -6

7/15 I knew the Friends one having seen every episode since its debut: I was 9 years old; the other answers would have put me at 3, 5, or 7 which is improbable. The nightly news covered it being picketed by the Evangelicals. It was a huge thing in school whether you were allowed to watch or not. and I knew Tina Turner's name.

First diagnosis of breast cancer in 2015. Remission in 2017. Lost her house in the Malibu fires in 2018, had to sue State Farm insurance for not paying out (and won). Lost her health insurance due to not acting. Announced in 2020 that the cancer returned in 2019. Spread to brain this January. Divorce announced in April. Spread to bones last month.

It's the fact that a lot of Americans don't know that Puerto Rico is part of America that is the worst.

Shannen Doherty announced to make an appearance at Megacon in Florida on Feb 3rd and 4th, 2024. https://fanexpohq.com/megaconorlando/guest-shannen-doherty/

When I saw he died, I immediately thought of this scene in Good Times (the character was reacting to her own husband's death):

december 7th at 1226am 31 Blur — Song 2 29 Kylie Minogue — Confide In Me 29 Supergrass — Alright / Time 27 Pulp — Common People 26 DNA ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom's Diner 26 The Verve — Bitter Sweet Symphony +2 24 Natalie Imbruglia — Torn 24 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart 23 The Cardigans — Lovefool 23 Madonna — Beautiful Stranger 23 James — Sit Down +2 18 Ace Of Base — The Sign 16 Fatboy Slim — Right Here, Right Now 10 KLF ft. Tammy Wynette — Justified And Ancient -6 06 Ce Ce Peniston — Finally (Re-Issue) 05 Haddaway — What Is Love

december 7th at 1225 am 36 Wham! — Last Christmas 35 Wizzard — I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 34 The Pretenders — 2000 Miles +4 34 Kate Bush — December Will Be Magic Again 34 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas 33 Bing Crosby — White Christmas 33 Beach Boys — Little Saint Nick 33 The Wombles — Wombling Merry Christmas 33 Andy Williams — It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year 32 Gabriella Cilmi — Warm This Winter   31 Eartha Kitt — Santa Baby 30 Queen — Thank God It’s Christmas 27 Bobby Helms — Jingle Bell Rock 27 Burl Ives — Holly Jolly Christmas 26 The Darkness — Don’t Let The Bells End 25 The Ronettes — Sleigh Ride 25 Jona Lewie — Stop The Cavalry 24 Ray Conniff — Carol Of The Bells 24 Elvis Presley — Blue Christmas 24 Bing Crosby & David Bowie — Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy 23 Kay Starr — (Everybody’s Waitin’ For) The Man With The Bag 23 Nat King Cole — The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)  22 Brenda Lee — Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree 22 Mike Oldfield — In Dulci Jubilo 22 Dean Martin — Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 22 Elton John — Step Into Christmas 21 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York 21 Destiny’s Child — 8 Days Of Christmas 21 Chuck Berry — Run Rudolph Run 21 Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters — Mele Kalikimaka 21 The Crystals — Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 21 Perry Como — Winter Wonderland 21 Gene Autry — Here Comes Santa Claus 20 The Waitresses — Christmas Wrapping 20 Saint Etienne — I Was Born On Christmas Day 20 Perry Como — It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 20 Darlene Love — Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 19 The Eagles — Please Come Home For Christmas 19 Donny Hathaway — This Christmas 17 Run-DMC — Christmas In Hollis 15 George Michael — December Song 14 Coldplay — Christmas Lights 14 José Feliciano — Feliz Navidad -6 13 Chris de Burgh — A Spaceman Came Travelling  12 The Ronettes — Frosty The Snowman  06 Frank Sinatra- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 

december 8th, lennon's death date.