Death Impends

Roughly a third of the songs I knew right off the bat, and a few more I went "ah yes" upon relistening. The rest weren't US hits so entirely new to me. That's the beauty of music, how you can brush up on your weak spots of knowledge far more quickly than TV etc. Some right classics like Johnny Remember Me I only know from this forum.

35  Freda Payne – Band of Gold +2 34 Dave & Ansel Collins – Double Barrel 32 Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) 32 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears of a Clown +2 29 Slade - Coz I luv you 28 T. Rex – Get It On 28 Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over troubled water 27 Jimi Hendrix Experience – Voodoo Chile 26 Dave Edmunds – I Hear You Knocking 18 Rod Stewart - Maggie May -1 17 T. Rex – Hot Love 17 Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West) 14 Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime 14 Lee Marvin - Wanderin' Star 8 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord 5 Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock 0 Diana Rots - I'm Still Waiting -5 Sorry Di, the solo stuff just doesn't have the same spark Supremes does for me

I like seeing Donald Trump and Napoleon XIV side by side on your list

SoCal scholar Mike Davis, one on many a 2023 shortlist, dead at 66.

Impressive that In the Summertime seemed about to go down on the second day but it's now outlasted ten songs

DDP pick thanks to a Christmas theme team.

She was picked by a team this year, but because her 2014 death was uncovered by mid-January, it was early enough for us to institute the sub. Whereas it's far too late in the day to do the same for Joyce Reynolds.

36 Freda Payne – Band of Gold 32 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears of a Clown 31 Dave & Ansel Collins – Double Barrel 28 Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) 28 T. Rex – Get It On 28 Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over troubled water +1 27 Jimi Hendrix Experience – Voodoo Chile 26 Dave Edmunds – I Hear You Knocking +3 23 Rod Stewart - Maggie May -4 23 Slade - Coz I Luv You 17 T. Rex – Hot Love 16 Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West) 15 Lee Marvin - Wanderin' Star 13 Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting -2 12 Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime 11 Mungo Jerry – Baby Jump 9 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord 8 Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock 5 Christie - Yellow River 4 Elvis - The Wonder of You 

36 Freda Payne – Band of Gold +2 30 Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) 28 T. Rex – Get It On 27 Jimi Hendrix Experience – Voodoo Chile 27 Dave & Ansel Collins – Double Barrel 27 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears of a Clown 26 Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over troubled water 25 Slade - Coz I Luv You +2 23 Rod Stewart - Maggie May 23 Dave Edmunds – I Hear You Knocking 22 Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West) 20 T. Rex – Hot Love 17 Lee Marvin - Wanderin' Star  15 Mungo Jerry – Baby Jump 15 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord 15 Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting -3 14 Christie - Yellow River  10 Elvis - The Wonder of You 9 Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime 7 Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock 6 Dana – All Kinds of Everything -3

Five years and a few days ago, Fats Domino was looking great and sure to see 90

We call this the Spanky Manikan Law.

40 Freda Payne – Band of Gold +2 29 Dave & Ansel Collins – Double Barrel 28 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears of a Clown 28 Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) 27 Dave Edmunds – I Hear You Knocking +1 26 T. Rex – Get It On 26 Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over troubled water 26 Jimi Hendrix Experience – Voodoo Chile +1 22 Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West) 21 Rod Stewart - Maggie May -3 20 Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock 20 T. Rex – Hot Love 19 Mungo Jerry – Baby Jump 18 Christie - Yellow River 17 Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting 17 Lee Marvin - Wanderin' Star  14 Dana – All Kinds of Everything -3 12 Elvis - The Wonder of You 12 Slade - Coz I Luv You 12 The Tams – Hey Girl, Don't Bother Me 10 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord 8 Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime 

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Twice on the coffin *two wooden knocks* if the answer is no

33 Freda Payne – Band of Gold 31 Edison Lighthouse – Love grows (where my Rosemary goes) 30 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears of a Clown +4 26 Rod Stewart - Maggie May 25 Jimi Hendrix Experience – Voodoo Chile 25 Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock 25 Dave Edmunds – I hear you knocking 25 Dave & Ansil Collins – Double Barrel 24 T.Rex – Get it on 24 Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over troubled water 20 Diana Ross – I´m still waiting 20 The Tams – Hey girl, don´t bother me 20 T.Rex – Hot love 20 Elvis Presley – The wonder of you 20 Benny Hill - Ernie (The fastest milkman in the west) 19 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord 19 Mungo Jerry – Baby Jump 19 Lee Marvin - Wanderin` Star 17 Christie - Yellow River 17 Dana – All kinds of everything 11 Slade – Coz I luv you 06 Dawn – Knock three times -6 05 Norman Greenbaum – Spirit in the sky 05 Mungo Jerry - In the summertime Tony Orlando's hokey ragtime should easily go down before Greenbaum/Mungo Jerry

Time to send them back home 29 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord 27 Edison Lighthouse – Love grows (where my Rosemary goes) 27 Freda Payne – Band of Gold 26 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears of a Clown +2 25 Jimi Hendrix Experience – Voodoo Chile 25 Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over troubled water 23 T.Rex – Get it on 23 Rod Stewart - Maggie May 23 Dave & Ansil Collins – Double Barrel 23 Dave Edmunds – I hear you knocking +1 21 Diana Ross – I´m still waiting 20 Dana – All kinds of everything 20 Elvis Presley – The wonder of you 20 T.Rex – Hot love 20 The Tams – Hey girl, don´t bother me 19 Christie - Yellow River 19 Lee Marvin - Wanderin` Star 19 Mungo Jerry – Baby Jump 18 Dawn – Knock three times -2 17 Matthews Southern Comfort – Woodstock 17 Benny Hill - Ernie (The fastest milkman in the west) 15 Slade – Coz I luv you +1 10 Norman Greenbaum – Spirit in the sky 10 Mungo Jerry – In the summertime 8 Clive Dunn – Grandad -3 6 Middle of the road – Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep 0 England World Cup Squad — Back Home -1

He gets a QO: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/iranian-opponent-cleric-relative-top-101510464.html

I'm making sure to listen to all the songs unfamiliar in the States, even the dumb ones. However I note for 1972 and 73 there's several Osmonds songs that evaded US success; I choose to take that as a sign from God and steer clear! 26 Freda Payne – Band of Gold +2 24 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord 24 Jimi Hendrix Experience – Voodoo Chile 24 Edison Lighthouse – Love grows (where my Rosemary goes) 22 Dave Edmunds – I hear you knocking 22 Dave & Ansil Collins – Double Barrel 22 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears of a Clown 22 Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over troubled water +2 21 Lee Marvin - Wanderin` Star 20 Christie - Yellow River 20 Dana – All kinds of everything 20 Elvis Presley – The wonder of you 20 Matthews Southern Comfort – Woodstock 20 Mungo Jerry – Baby Jump 20 T.Rex – Hot love 20 Dawn – Knock three times 20 T.Rex – Get it on 20 Diana Ross – I´m still waiting 20 The Tams – Hey girl, don´t bother me 20 Rod Stewart – Maggie May 19 Clive Dunn – Grandad 19 Benny Hill - Ernie (The fastest milkman in the west) 17 Rolf Harris - Two little boys -3 16 Slade – Coz I luv you 16 Norman Greenbaum – Spirit in the sky 10 Middle of the road – Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep 8 Mungo Jerry – In the summertime 6 England World Cup Squad — Back Home -3

My older guinea pig was born in the final weeks of the Cameron government. Five prime ministers in a guinea pig's lifetime!

The 'Gers official site has it: https://www.rangers.co.uk/article/jimmy-millar/4w0loyoGq3wkU3ak2DHaBB

Annoyingly Wikipedia is scrubbing DOBs from lots of articles that you instead have to find via Google. I've encountered that with more small-name actors than I care to remember.

Probably the latter, Wiki rules require proper news sources to report a death before death dates can stick

At this rate you half wonder if there are suspicious peanut shell trails at the houses of the dead ones

Never picked in the DDP.

It's hard to be bigger than Robbie Coltrane