Death Impends

Well done Rover!

A Roberta that actually deserves to be on the CSDL.

86 The Sweet - Blockbuster 85 Alice Cooper - School’s Out 61 Suzi Quatro - Can The Can +4 57 Nilsson - Without You 46 Don McLean -Vincent 13 Wizzard - See My Baby Jive 4 10cc - Rubber Bullets -6 Also shifting to wrapping this round up at this point

78 The Sweet – Blockbuster 72 Alice Cooper - School`s Out 57 Nilsson – Without You 49 Suzi Quatro - Can the Can 42 Wizzard - See My Baby Jive +4 37 Don McLean - Vincent -6 32 10CC Rubber Bullets 10 T. Rex - Metal Guru  07 Rod Stewart – You Wear It Well

72 Alice Cooper - School`s Out 70 The Sweet – Blockbuster 57 Nilsson – Without You 45 10CC Rubber Bullets 44 Suzi Quatro – Can The Can 43 Don McLean - Vincent -6 34 Wizzard - See My Baby Jive +4 19 Rod Stewart – You Wear It Well  12 T. Rex - Metal Guru  10 Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize

64 The Sweet – Blockbuster  62 Alice Cooper - School`s Out 55 Nilsson – Without you 50 10CC Rubber Bullets 47 Don McLean - Vincent -2 42 Wizzard - See My Baby Jive +4 38. Suzi Quatro – Can the can 28 Rod Stewart – You Wear It Well  28. Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize 17 T. Rex - Metal Guru  5 Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough -4

57 The Sweet – Blockbuster 55 Don McLean - Vincent 55 Nilsson – Without you 52. Alice Cooper - School’s Out 48 Suzi Quatro – Can the can 46 Wizzard – See My Baby Jive +4 42 10CC - Rubber Bullets 29 Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough -5 29 Rod Stewart – You Wear It Well 29 Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize 17 T. Rex - Metal Guru  9 Chicory Tip - Son of my father 0 Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody -1

Sneaking vote for today before I head to bed 57. The Sweet – Blockbuster 53. Don McLean - Vincent 53. Nilsson – Without you 50 Alice Cooper – School's Out +4 46 Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough 44 Suzi Quatro – Can the can 42 Wizzard – See My Baby Jive 38 10CC – Rubber Bullets 35 Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize 29 Rod Stewart – You Wear It Well 17 T Rex - Metal Guru  9 Chicory Tip - Son of my father -3 7 Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody -3

Delors

No. 2014 did not add details for any of its hits until after Gough Whitlam (8th hit).

50 Alice Cooper - School's Out +4 49 Don McLean - Vincent 49. Nilsson – Without you 49. The Sweet – Blockbuster 40 Suzi Quatro – Can the can 40. Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough 40 Slade - Cum on feel The Noize 38 Wizzard – See My Baby Jive 32 10CC – Rubber Bullets 29 Rod Stewart – You Wear It Well 29 T.Rex – Metal Guru 23 Chicory Tip – Son of my father  19 Slade – Merry X-mas Everybody 12 T.Rex – Telegram Sam 9 Wizzard – Angel Fingers 8 Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level -4 0 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down -2

17 guessed Ding Dong correctly. Well done. Thread closed.

The extra Telegram Sam also needs deleting.

My very favs of the Blondie and ABBA #1s are in 80/81 so when we get to the 80s there's gonna be some tough choosing for me!

49 Alice Cooper – School's Out +1 47 Don McLean - Vincent 46 Nilsson – Without you 41 The Sweet – Blockbuster 41 Slade – Cum On Feel The Noize 39 Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough 36 Suzi Quatro – Can the can +1 34 Wizzard – See My Baby Jive +2 29 10CC – Rubber Bullets 29 Rod Stewart – You Wear It Well 29 T.Rex – Metal Guru 26 Slade – Merry X-mas everybody 23 Chicory Tip – Son of my father 20 T.Rex – Telegram Sam 18 Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level 16 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down 15 Wizzard – Angel Fingers 10 The New Seekers – I'd like to teach the world to sing -6

Janis Hansen, who played Felix's ex-wife in the 70s Odd Couple TV series, died in November 2021 and her Wiki page wasn't updated to reflect this until last month.

47 Alice Cooper – School's Out +1 43 Don McLean - Vincent 39 The Sweet – Blockbuster 38 Nilsson – Without you 35 Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough 34 Slade – Cum On Feel The Noize 32 Suzi Quatro – Can the can 29 10CC – Rubber Bullets 28 Rod Stewart – You Wear It Well 28 Wizzard – See My Baby Jive +3 27 T.Rex – Metal Guru 25 Chicory Tip – Son of my father 24 Slade – Merry X-mas everybody 24 Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level 21 Wizzard – Angel Fingers 21 Gilbert O´Sullivan – Get down 20 T.Rex – Telegram Sam 20 The New Seekers – I'd like to teach the world to sing 18 Slade – Skweeze me, pleeze me 12 David Cassidy – How can I be sure 11 David Cassidy - Daydreamer/The Puppy Song 2 Donny Osmond – The twelfth of never -6

In the US Wonder is the youngest #1 for a solo act to this day. He had his first charttopper aged 13 in 1963, 21 years before doing so in the UK! A weird year on the US charts too. Besides Wonder, the Four Seasons, and Bobby Vinton, every other charttopper that year only did so once, and in many cases they had no more hits period.

The other day I saw a "5 minutes ago Mr. T just died" clickbait video in my recommendeds. Probably the same channel. Semi-relatedly, my recommendations also had an "oldest living celebrities" video that was mostly celebs in their early 80s, and used Alexander Imich as a preview image.

If I enjoy the song on its own merits I can typically look past the artist being an awful person. If the song is so-so or outright bad then it becomes far more untouchable for me. Inconsistent perhaps but so it goes!

44 Alice Cooper – School's Out +1 36 Don McLean - Vincent 32 Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough 32 The Sweet – Blockbuster 30 Suzi Quatro – Can the can +1 29 10CC – Rubber Bullets +2 26 Nilsson – Without you 26 T.Rex – Metal Guru 26 Slade – Cum On Feel The Noize 26 Rod Stewart – You Wear It Well 24 Wizzard – See My Baby Jive 23 Slade – Merry X-mas everybody 23 Chuck Berry – My ding-a-ling 21 Gilbert O´Sullivan – Get down 21 Simon Park Orchestra – Eye Level 21 Chicory Tip – Son of my father 20 The New Seekers – I'd like to teach the world to sing 20 T.Rex – Telegram Sam 20 Gilbert O´Sullivan – Clair 20 Slade – Skweeze me, pleeze me 20 Wizzard – Angel Fingers 20 David Cassidy – Daydreamer/ The Puppy Song 18 David Cassidy – How can I be sure 14 Slade – Take me back 'ome 14 Donny Osmond – The twelfth of never -6 8 Gary Glitter – I love you love me love

41 Alice Cooper – School's Out 31 The Sweet – Blockbuster 30 Don McLean – Vincent 28 Lieutenant Pigeon – Mouldy Old Dough 26 Suzi Quatro – Can the can +1 26 T.Rex – Metal Guru +1 26 Slade – Cum On Feel The Noize 24 Nilsson – Without you 24 Rod Stewart – You wear it well 24 Wizzard – See My Baby Jive +2 23 Slade – Merry X-mas everybody 23 Chuck Berry – My ding-a-ling 21 Gilbert O´Sullivan – Get down 21 Simon Park Orchestra – Eye Level 21 Chicory Tip – Son of my father 20 The New Seekers – I'd like to teach the world to sing 20 T.Rex – Telegram Sam 20 Slade – Take me back 'ome 20 Gilbert O´Sullivan – Clair 20 Donny Osmond – The twelfth of never 20 Slade – Skweeze me, pleeze me 20 Wizzard – Angel Fingers 20 David Cassidy – Daydreamer/ The Puppy Song 19 10CC – Rubber Bullets 19 David Cassidy – How can I be sure 17 Peters & Lee – Welcome Home 14 Gary Glitter – I love you love me love 9 Donny Osmond – Young love 3 Donny Osmond – Puppy love -6

The smallest death of this trio may well be the most important to the competition. Motorcyclist Phil Read was a unique for gcreptile in these crucial final laps of the game, worth 42 points (30 base + 12 bonus). Is there more fuel in his tank as he vrooms behind Book? As I was entering the teams for this year, it surprised me that Angela Lansbury was a first-timer to the HPDP (at least under my watch), and now she pens a unique panto hit for Bibliogryphon. The points he wrote are 18 (10 base + 8 bonus). Last up is a Million Dollar Quartet benefiting from the death of rock wildman Jerry Lee Lewis. Fired up are theoldlady and YoungWillz with 30 points, chilean way with 20 points, and CaptainChorizo keying in his first sub for 25 points. The scoreboard for a small update may nevertheless be a crucial one, as the Phil Read unique for gcreptile shoots him into striking distance of overtaking Book. With Vicky Phelan in precarious health and Nigel Starmer-Smith another who could go anytime, it's certainly possible for Reptile to take the lead, but under two months left for it to happen... 1. Book 360 2. gcreptile 335.81 3. Banana 300.81 4. Salmon Mousse 251 5. msc 250 6. drol 249 7. CaptainChorizo 247 8. maryportfuncity 245 9. Perhaps 223 10. markb4 220.99 11. Pedro67 212 12. DevonDeathTrip 208 13. theoldlady 193.82 14. Funeralopolis 161 15. Kenny 155 16. Annami 154 17. John Key 142.99 18. YoungWillz 132 19. Torva Messor 129 =20. CalebH 123 =20. MariNisia 123 =22. Thatcher 106 =22. Toast 106 24. An Fear Beag 103.81 25. six feet blunder 95 26. Doulton 92 =27. Great Uncle Bulgaria 73 =27. Valhalla One 73 29. Famous6Eva 68 30. YorkshireBanker 56 31. The Unknown Man 52 32. chilean way 45 33. JoeMoneypenny 39 34. BabyBlue 35 35. Exu 32 =36. Gooseberry Crumble 25 =36. GuyFromFuture 25 38. Joey Russ 22 39. Bibliogryphon 18 40. DeathByArsenic 15 41. The Old Crem 5.99 42. Hell 0.99 =43. Death Impends 0 =43. Dying Probably 0 =43. TheSpinosaurus 0 =43. time 0

Just Phil Read, Angela Lansbury, and Jerry Lee Lewis since the last update it seems? Will update momentarily.