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Love this. It's a very iconic tune and I'm somewhat surprised it hasn't been resurrected in the charts by an act in recent times. When I was digging out the song for the section above, I learnt that there was a dance which accompanied it upon its original release. A dance so awful that anyone would be forgiven for thinking that Stevie Wonder choreographed it.

Cheers. No need to go through the parent route. Found him in the GRO okay. Born in Christchurch as Daniel G Balkwill, 1949. Also just found Malcolm "Mal" Player in there in 1952. John Jones is on FB. Now goes under Joe Jones and plays with the QED rock band. Says he's from Leicester originally on his profile, now lives in Yetminster. Born 14th April. Can't find him in GRO or Ancestry to get the year. Anyway, pretty happy with that haul of info. Moving on...

Interesting that not only did the British press completely miss this one, nobody on DL picked up on it at the time.

Cheers, added!

H (part 4/5) Holland-Dozier featuring Lamont Dozier Wiki American songwriting and production trio, better known as Holland-Dozier-Holland, as songwriters they coined many of the hits at Motown during the 1960s, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as songwriters in 1990 Lamont Dozier 16 Jun 1941 – 08 Aug 2022 (81) Guardian obit Brian Holland 15 Feb 1941 – Living Eddie Holland 30 Oct 1939 – Living 28/10/1972 Why Can't We Be Lovers #29 The Hollies Wiki UK rock group from Salford, formed in 1962, named after Buddy Holly, known for their their distinctive three-part vocal harmony, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010, one of the few groups from the early 1960s still together without ever disbanding Bernie Calvert 16 Sep 1942 – Living Allan Clarke 05 Apr 1942 – Living Bobby Elliott 08 Dec 1941 – Living Tony Hicks 16 Dec 1945 – Living Mikael Rickfors 04 Dec 1948 – Living Terry Sylvester 08 Jan 1947 – Living 18/04/1970 I Can't Tell the Bottom From the Top #7 03/10/1970 Gasoline Alley Bred #14 22/05/1971 Hey Willy #22 26/02/1972 The Baby #26 02/09/1972 Long Cool Woman (in a Black Dress) #32 13/10/1973 The Day That Curly Bill Shot Down Crazy Sam McGhee #24 09/02/1974 The Air That I Breathe #2 Cover of a song by Albert Hammond Eddie Holman 03 Jun 1946 – Living Wiki American R&B, soul and gospel singer from Norfolk, Virginia 19/10/1974 (Hey There) Lonely Girl #4 Reworded cover of the single Hey There Lonely Boy by Ruby and the Romantics John Holt 11 Jul 1947 – 19 Oct 2014 (67) Guardian obit Wiki Jamaican-born UK reggae singer-songwriter from Kingston, a member of ska vocal group The Paragons before going solo 14/12/1974 Help Me Make it Through the Night #6 Cover of a song by Kris Kristofferson Honky Discogs UK disco and funk group from Southampton Malcolm Baggott 1952 – Living Cliff Barks 1950 – Living Trevor Cummins no info available Clark Newton 1952 – Living Ray Othen 16 May 1956 – 03 Apr 2016 (59) Obit Ron Taylor no info available Bob White no info available 04/06/1977 Join the Party #28 NB: Can't find much on the members of this group at all. Any birth info came from the GRO. Baggott, Newton and White appear to be on Facebook and doing okay. Mary Hopkin 03 May 1950 – Living Wiki UK folk singer-songwriter from Pontardawe, Wales, won Opportunity Knocks in 1968 and upon being spotted by model Twiggy she was recommended to Paul McCartney who signed her to the Apple label, also recorded as Mary Visconti (as she was once married to American record producer Tony Visconti), later represented the UK in Eurovision in 1970 31/01/1970 Temma Harbour #6 28/03/1970 Knock Knock Who's There #2 31/10/1970 Think About Your Children #19 31/07/1971 Let My Name Be Sorrow #46 20/03/1976 If You Love Me #32 Hot Blood Discogs German disco studio group Peny Duc 22 Jun 1947 – Living Stefan Klinkhammer 26 Jul 1935 – 30 Mar 2001 (65) Mention of death 09/10/1976 Soul Dracula #32 NB: Seems to be some confusion over whether they were French or German. The Collins Complete UK Hit Singles book says French. Discogs says German, as does this page, so let's go with that. NB2: Not sure who to list as members here. The three songwriters – Stefan Klinkhammer, Peny Duc (aka Lana Sebastian) and her brother May Ambruster (aka Paul Sebastian) are listed as members on Discogs. However, it doesn't appear that Ambruster recorded on the above single. A list of session musicians are given on the Discogs page for the corresponding album but its unclear which ones were on the single, or if they were actual members. Hot Butter Wiki American instrumental band from New York City, New York, formed in 1971 and disbanded in 1978, Bill and Steve Jerome were brothers John Abbott n/a – 2004 Mention of death Stan Free 12 Apr 1922 – 17 Aug 1995 (73) Mention of death Bill Jerome 12 Nov 1944 – Living Steve Jerome 17 Aug 1939 – 05 Aug 2010 (70) Legacy obit Danny Jordan 25 Nov 1939 – Living Dave Mullaney 10 Oct 1931 – 21 Feb 2018 (86) Obit 22/07/1972 Popcorn #5 Hot Chocolate Wiki UK soul and disco band from West Hampstead, London, formed in 1968, had at least one hit every year from 1970 to 1984, vocalist Errol Brown was awarded an MBE in 2003, bass guitarist Tony Wilson was also a member of vocal duo The Soul Brothers during the 1960s, pianist Larry "Jim" Ferguson died in a car accident in June 2015 – just one month after attending the funeral of Errol Brown Errol Brown 12 Nov 1943 – 06 May 2015 (71) Guardian obit Tony Connor 06 Apr 1947 – Living Larry Ferguson 14 Apr 1948 – 04 Jun 2015 (67) Obit Harvey Hinsley 19 Jan 1948 – Living Derek Lewis no info available Patrick Olive 22 Mar 1947 – Living Tony Wilson 08 Oct 1947 – Living 15/08/1970 Love is Life #6 06/03/1971 You Could Have Been a Lady #22 28/08/1971 I Believe (in Love) #8 28/10/1972 You'll Always Be a Friend #23 14/04/1973 Brother Louie #7 18/08/1973 Rumours #44 16/03/1974 Emma #3 30/11/1974 Cheri Babe #31 24/05/1975 Disco Queen #11 09/08/1975 A Child's Prayer #7 08/11/1975 You Sexy Thing #2 20/03/1976 Don't Stop it Now #11 26/06/1976 Man to Man #14 21/08/1976 Heaven is in the Back Seat of My Cadillac #25 18/06/1977 So You Win Again #1 26/11/1977 Put Your Love in Me #10 04/03/1978 Every 1's a Winner #12 02/12/1978 I'll Put You Together Again #13 19/05/1979 Mindless Boogie #46 28/07/1979 Going Through the Motions #53 NB: All of the members listed above definitely recorded on their 70s singles. However, I'm only certain I've covered their lineups from "Disco Queen" onwards. Can't seem to get personnel listings for their earlier hits, mainly because a bulk of them weren't included on any albums! Hotlegs Wiki UK pop rock band from Manchester, formed in 1970 and disbanded in 1971 before being relaunched in 1972 as 10cc, Eric Stewart was previously a member of The Mindbenders, Lol Creme and Kevin Godley later formed the rock duo Godley & Creme Lol Creme 19 Sep 1947 – Living Kevin Godley 07 Oct 1945 – Living Eric Stewart 20 Jan 1945 – Living 04/07/1970 Neanderthal Man #2 The Hotshots Wiki UK ska group from Bournemouth, formed in 1973 and disbanded in 1975, previously called Wild Country and later recorded as Albatross Danny Balkwill 1949 – Living John Jones 14 Apr 19?? – Living Terry Keyworth 1949 – 04 Mar 2019 (69) Mention of death Malc Player 1952 – 21 Jul 2021 (68) Mention of death 02/06/1973 Snoop vs. The Red Baron #4 Cover of a single by The Royal Guardsmen Thelma Houston 07 May 1946 – Living Wiki American R&B and soul singer and actress from Leland, Mississippi, no relation to singer Whitney Houston despite popular belief 05/02/1977 Don't Leave Me This Way #13 Cover of a single by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

Obit.

Siphandon please

How many times do you need to be told? You have to wait until drol starts the round.

Francesc Badia Batalla, the last Episcopal Veguer of Andorra (a ceremonial state leader) from 1972 to 1993, dead at 97. Translation of article title: ”The last episcopal vicar, Francesc Badia Batalla, died at the age of 97 He held office from 1972 to 1993, when the Constitution was approved.”

Dead at 97.

Hope he’s got his copy of the Yellow Pages handy for a funeral director.

Are you a betting man? I’d quite like a cheeky £20 when the announcement is made.

Updated. Surely more of these guys are dead. Anybody know anything? Is Stevie Faye (b. 1927) still with us? He’d be the oldest.

Put all my faith in de Havilland. Old girl let me down! Cleary hasn’t been heard of much since her 101st. Atkins keeps cropping up now and now. I reckon he’ll win.

Marvin Creamer, academic and sailor, supposedly dead at 104. Edit says he died yesterday (12th). His last post on Facebook (yes, a 104 year old using FB!) was on 2nd.

Marcel Adams, Canadian property developer, billionaire and Holocaust survivor, dead at 100.

Albert Somit, academic, supposedly dead at 100.

I agree things are dire in the States. However, putting aside that they died back in April when the virus was much more prevalent, they were 83 and 85, and the son looks heavily overweight. Doesn’t put things into perspective beyond what we already know – if you’re old or fat then ‘rona gonna get ya.

Absolutely. At one point he was never off of the news.

Helen Yate, British Olympic swimmer supposedly dead at 99. The edit has been reverted but Canadian Paul has scrubbed her off his personal list which tends to confirm it’s true. She was the oldest female British Olympian (and the 2nd oldest overall after Jasper Blackall, who just turned 100).

Carlo Rolandi, a prominent name in Italian sailing, dead at 94. Mentioning because he participated in an incredible NINE Olympic Games between 1948 and 1992 – the first six as a competitor, the last three as a jurist.

Thanks. Added those three to Highly Likely. Yeah they were probably all just session musicians anyway. It looks like Hugg, McGuinness and Rivers were the primary ones though. I might have a digger deep Sunday when I’m back at my desk. Hi-Tension. Yes I agree. About 1/3 of the lineup above are not traceable e.g the early saxophonist Sydor. However, from looking at their Twitter/FB pages they have a good habit of alerting fans when an associated member of the group or a relative of a member dies. So there’s a possibility they’re all still about and we’ll hear when the first passes.

Added, cheers.

Depends. Isn’t the point of the List to score the most hits per annum and between drops/substitutions, try and minimise misses to the lowest number possible?