Death Impends

6/5/2023 64 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black 36 The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain´t Gonna Shine Anymore 35 The Four Tops – Reach Out I´ll Be There 34 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running 33 The Monkees – I´m A Believer 33 Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale 33 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me +4 25 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon 23 Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin' 22 Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) -6 13 The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations

Oh we finally got rid of one Superstar, now we have another? Name changed anyway.

6/4/2023 58 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black 37 Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale 36 The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain´t Gonna Shine Anymore 34 The Four Tops – Reach Out I´ll Be There 31 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me 29 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon 29 The Monkees – I´m A Believer 28 Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin' +4 26 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running 25 The Beatles – Hello, Goodbye -3 21 Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) -3 21 The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations 13 The Bee Gees – Massachusetts 11 The Foundations – Baby, Now That I´ve Found You

Well done AFB!

54 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black 38 The Monkees — I’m A Believer 37 The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain´t Gonna Shine Anymore 36 The Four Tops – Reach Out I´ll Be There 36 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me +2 35 The Beatles – Hello, Goodbye 34 Procol Harum — A White Shade Of Pale 33 Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin' +2 26 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running 25 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon 23 Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) -3 21 The Bee Gees – Massachusetts 18 The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations 12 The Small Faces – All Or Nothing -3 10 The Foundations — Baby, now that I’ve found you 05 The Beatles – Paperback Writer

6/2/2023 53 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black 40 The Monkees – I´m A Believer 37 The Four Tops – Reach Out I´ll Be There +1 34 The Beatles – Hello, Goodbye 34 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me +1 33 Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin' +1 33 Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale +1 32 The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain´t Gonna Shine Anymore 27 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running 26 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon 25 Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds – Out Of Time 22 The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations 19 Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) -3 19 The Small Faces – All Or Nothing 16 The Bee Gees – Massachusetts 13 The Foundations – Baby, Now That I´ve Found You 12 The Beatles – Paperback Writer 10 The Spencer Davis Group – Somebody Help Me -3

There's a few more easy KOs for me next round than this. But that'll be irrelevant after the first day or two, and songs I like are still going to dominate the years.

6/1/2023 46 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black 35 The Monkees — I’m A Believer 32 The Four Tops – Reach Out I´ll Be There 32 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me 31 Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale 30 Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin' 30 The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain´t Gonna Shine Anymore 27 Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds – Out Of Time 24 The Beatles – Hello, Goodbye 24 The Beatles – Paperback Writer 24 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon 24 Petula Clark – This Is My Song 23 The Spencer Davis Group – Somebody Help Me 23 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running 22 The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations +4 20 The Beatles – All You Need Is Love 19 The Small Faces – All Or Nothing 17 The Foundations – Baby, Now That I´ve Found You 16 Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) 15 Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames – Get Away 14 The Bee Gees – Massachusetts 07 Manfred Mann – Pretty Flamingo 02 Nancy & Frank Sinatra – Somethin ' Stupid -6 I generally like both of the Sinatras (Strangers in the Night included), but Somethin' Stupid veers too cutesy for my liking.

Yup, somewhat roundabout but like Jozef Tomko last year, funeral = he dead

Harrison Ruffin Tyler

5/31/2023 43 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black 36 The Monkees – I´m A Believer 28 The Four Tops – Reach Out I´ll Be There +2 27 Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale 26 The Beatles – All You Need Is Love 26 Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin' 26 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon 26 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me +2 25 The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations 24 Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds – Out Of Time 24 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running 23 Frank Sinatra – Strangers In The Night 23 The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain´t Gonna Shine Anymore 23 Petula Clark – This Is My Song 21 The Beatles – Paperback Writer 21 The Spencer Davis Group – Somebody Help Me 20 The Foundations – Baby, Now That I´ve Found You 19 Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames – Get Away 19 Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) 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 -3 13 Tom Jones – Green Green Grass Of Home 07 Jim Reeves – Distant Drums -3 03 The Beatles – Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby

Edelstein is a DDP pick. So one to watch for a QO (read - one to watch for if Yahoo UK picks up any Israeli press).

I had him because I thought still picking Superstar in things was the most hilarious looking shitpost. Somewhat similar to how picking Napoleon XIV here and there just looked funny. Rule of funny wins big this year.

5/30/2023 34 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black +1 28 The Monkees – I´m A Believer +1 27 The Four Tops – Reach Out I'll Be There 26 The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations +1 24 Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds – Out Of Time 24 Scott Mckenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) 23 Frank Sinatra – Strangers In The Night 23 Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin' 23 The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain´t Gonna Shine Anymore 22 The Beatles – Paperback Writer 22 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon 22 Tom Jones – Green Green Grass Of Home 22 Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale +1 21 The Beatles – All You Need Is Love 21 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me 21 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running 21 The Spencer Davis Group – Somebody Help Me 20 Manfred Mann – Pretty Flamingo 20 Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames – Get Away 20 Petula Clark – This Is My Song 20 The Foundations – Baby, Now That I´ve Found You 20 The Bee Gees – Massachusetts 18 Jim Reeves – Distant Drums 17 The Beatles – Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby 17 Nancy & Frank Sinatra – Somethin' Stupid 17 The Small Faces – All Or Nothing 15 The Overlanders — Michelle 14 Sandie Shaw – Puppet On A String 12 The Beatles – Hello, Goodbye 08 The Troggs – With A Girl Like You 04 Engelbert Humperdinck – The Last Waltz -6

May was a heavyweight month for deaths in general, but less so for the HPDP with only four hits. Tina Turner, Doyle Brunson, and Superstar Billy Graham were previous HPDP picks, but not when it mattered. Nonetheless one of the current HPDP demises brings an absolute explosion of points. John "요한" Sulu predicted golfer Don January would die in January. Wonder why. Despite this, he placed him rather lowly on his team, and scores 28 points (20 base + 8 bonus). Defending champ Banana suffered two blows early this year, when two of his hits were deemed FFBI and saw points deducted. Another Pyrrhic victory is notched through basketball player and coach Denny Crum, who was unique but also subject to penalty by being a basketball player. The end result is a loss of 8 points (40 base - 48 bonus). Nonce Rolf Harris was an anticipated death hereabouts for many reasons. Not just on general principle, but given the way he seeped into so many nooks of British entertainment over his career there were bound to be some bonuses in store. He did Squares, did panto, and Morris danced. Consequentially the end result is a pointsapalooza not unlike Vanessa Marquez or Barbara Windsor in years past, only this time many teams get to bask in the riches: An Fear Beag, John Key LizLemon, maryportfuncity, MariNisia, Thatcher all gain 50 base + 180 bonus = a staggering 230 points. Charles De Gaulle, Lord Fellatio Nelson, markb4, msc, Pedro67, Perhaps, Sean, ThereWillBeDeaths7, and YoungWillz 45 + 162 = 207. Banana, CaptainChorizo, Great Uncle Bulgaria, and theoldlady 40 + 144 = 184. DeathByArsenic, Funeralopolis, gcreptile, Hell, RadGuy, TheDumbReaper, Toast, wannamaker, Young One 35 + 126 = 161. chilean way, DeathBecomesThem, and The Old Crem 30 + 108 = 138. diego and drol 20 + 72 = 92. and CalebH, Murdoc and The Unknown Man feeling a little shorted by only 25 sub points. *faints* Finally, the only hit without any bonuses this update is Calvinist theologian Tim Keller. As he reunites with his boss, Perhaps is elevated by 40 points and BuffaloPhil 30. It's a new scoreboard, and the Rolf brigade is in the driver's seat. Thanks to Rolf (not often you'll hear that phrase), the top 27 teams are all above 200 points with more than half a year to go. Yet the most decisive name of the update was in fact Tim Keller, who Perhaps utilized to leapfrog to the very top. 1. Perhaps 357.95 2. CaptainChorizo 331 3. msc 318.77 4. Banana 316 5. gcreptile 306.95 6. ThereWillBeDeaths7 282.82 7. LizLemon 282.7 8. An Fear Beag 280.95 =9. MariNisia 280 =9. maryportfuncity 280 =9. Thatcher 280 12. Sean 277.82 13. YoungWillz 273 14. Pedro67 267 15. DeathBecomesThem 263.77 16. wannamaker 261.95 17. RadGuy 253.7 18. markb4 247.95 19. Charles De Gaulle 247.77 20. Toast 231.95 21. John Key 230.95 22. theoldlady 219 23. TheDumbReaper 211.95 24. Lord Fellatio Nelson 207 25. Funeralopolis 206.95 26. Hell 206 27. diego 202.82 28. drol 197.77 29. DeathByArsenic 189 30. chilean way 188.82 31. Great Uncle Bulgaria 185.77 32. Young One 171 33. The Old Crem 168.95 34. justonecornetto 139.95 35. Murdoc 133.82 36. BuffaloPhil 114.95 37. nantonian2013 114.27 38. Etushispushingupdaisies 91.4 39. John "요한" Sulu 84 40. The Unknown Man 70.82 41. BabyBlue 60.95 =42. time 56 =42. Torva Messor 56 =44. Book 50 =44. Famous6Eva 50 =44. JoeMoneypenny 50 47. WEP 49 48. Gooseberry Crumble 46 49. Clarence 36.77 50. CalebH 25.82 51. YorkshireBanker 1.77 =52. GuyFromFuture 0.82 =52. Joey Russ 0.82 =54. arghton 0 =54. Death Impends 0 =54. DevonDeathTrip 0 =54. TheKillingTime 0

Knackered and bloody glad Monday's a holiday here to say the least Took most of the Saturday finishing up this batch and 3-4 hours of that for Tina alone! Jim Brown was one of the weirdest rollercoaster writing processes tbh. Went in going "NFL obit FFS" to "ah, civil rights and film star so there's interesting stuff for me to grab on to" to "history of assault arrests so I have to carefully consider my words FFS"!

Working on May update soon. Looking like the hits were Don January, Denny Crum, Rolf Harris, and Tim Keller.

5/29/2023 25 The Rolling Stones – Paint It Black 24 Scott Mckenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) 23 The Monkees – I´m A Believer 24 The Beatles – Hello, Goodbye 23 Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin' +1 22 The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain´t Gonna Shine Anymore +1 22 The Beatles – Paperback Writer 22 The Four Tops – Reach Out, I´ll Be There +1 21 Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale 21 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon 21 Tom Jones – Green Green Grass Of Home 21 Frank Sinatra – Strangers In The Night 21 Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds – Out Of Time 21 The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations 21 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me +1 20 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running 20 The Overlanders – Michelle 20 The Spencer Davis Group – Somebody Help Me 20 Manfred Mann – Pretty Flamingo 20 Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames – Getaway 20 Petula Clark – This Is My Song 20 Engelbert Humperdinck – The Last Waltz 20 The Foundations – Baby, Now That I Found You 18 Jim Reeves – Distant Drums 18 The Beatles – Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby 17 The Bee Gees – Massachusetts 17 Nancy & Frank Sinatra – Somethin' Stupid 17 The Beatles – All You Need Is Love 17 The Small Faces – All Or Nothing 14 Sandie Shaw – Puppet On A String 14 The Troggs – With A Girl Like You 13 The Tremeloes – Silence Is Golden 12 Long John Baldry – Let The Heartaches Begin 07 Engelbert Humperdinck – Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) -6 So many amazing songs here that it's tough figuring out where to throw my upvotes. Taking down Engelbert was a rather easier decision.

5/28/2023 74 The Animals – House Of The Rising Sun 70 The Kinks – You Really Got Me 66 The Rolling Stones – (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 56 The Beatles – Ticket To Ride 48 The Kinks – Tired Of Waiting For You 46 The Supremes – Baby Love +4 31 The Rolling Stones – Get Off Of My Cloud 15 The Beatles – I Feel Fine -6

Looks like it was mistakenly deleted when he had his birthday. Thread now restored.

5/27/2023 74 The Animals – House Of The Rising Sun 69 The Kinks – You Really Got Me 58 The Rolling Stones – (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 58 The Supremes – Baby Love +4 51 The Kinks – Tired Of Waiting For You 38 The Beatles – Ticket To Ride 38 The Beatles – I Feel Fine 33 The Rolling Stones – Get Off Of My Cloud 11 Roy Orbison – Oh, Pretty Woman 09 The Moody Blues – Go Now 09 Herman´s Hermits – I´m Into Something Good -6 Correction for Roy included

Pretty historical death from a US pop history POV too. The last guaranteed QO name to have charted in the 1940s (there are some obscure survivors still about, but if Louise Tobin couldn't QO...), along with, as you said, one of the dwindling early 1950s hitmakers. Then there were three. Leroy Van Dyke is still performing (if sparsely) and seems in decent shape so should be the odds-on favorite to be the last standing, given Ray Anthony is 101 and Tony Bennett is ailing.

5/26/2023 71 The Animals – House Of The Rising Sun 69 The Kinks – You Really Got Me 60 The Rolling Stones – (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 56 The Kinks – Tired Of Waiting For You 47 The Supremes – Baby Love +4 45 The Rolling Stones – Get Off Of My Cloud 42 The Beatles – Ticket To Ride 30 The Beatles – I Feel Fine 22 Sandie Shaw – (There´s) Always Something There To Remind Me -3 22 The Moody Blues – Go Now 22 Roy Orbison – Oh, Pretty Woman 8 Herman´s Hermits – I´m Into Something Good -3

5/25/2023 66 The Animals – House Of The Rising Sun 65 The Kinks — You Really Got Me 53 The Rolling Stones – (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 51 The Kinks – Tired Of Waiting For You 49 The Beatles – Ticket To Ride 46 The Supremes – Baby Love 38 Sandie Shaw – (There´s) Always Something There To Remind Me 38 The Beatles – I Feel Fine 37 The Rolling Stones – Get Off Of My Cloud 23 Roy Orbison – Oh, Pretty Woman 22 The Moody Blues – Go Now 22 The Dave Clark Five – Glad All Over +4 20 The Hollies – I´m Alive 20 Herman´s Hermits – I´m Into Something Good -6

Still Carter