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Photographer Mick Hutson being mourned on the twitter. Photographer of many a rock star.

Is this what's known as 'call and response'? 30 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running +4 25 Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin'

6/4/2023 58 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black 39 Procol Harum — A Whiter Shade Of Pale 34 The Monkees — I’m A Believer 32 The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain´t Gonna Shine Anymore 31 The Four Tops – Reach Out I´ll Be There 31 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me 30 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon 30 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running +4 25 Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin' 24 Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) 17 The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations 15 The Beatles – Hello, Goodbye 6 The Foundations – Baby, Now That I´ve Found You 5 The Bee Gees – Massachusetts -6

Sean Pertwee is 59 today.

It's 12 years since the death of actor Donald Hewlett, aged 90. He appeared in many staples of British TV (Coronation Street, The Saint, Doctor Who to name but three), predominantly as an upper-class official (he was born to a wealthy family, and his father was a conservative MP), but is particularly remembered for his roles in the Croft/Perry sitcoms It Ain't Half Hot, Mum, Come Back Mrs Noah and You Rang, M'Lord?, (alongside Michael Knowles in IAHHM and You Rang..., as well as the radio sitcom Anything Legal).

Is anyone downvoting songs purely because they're at/near the bottom of the list, not because they don't like them? Just asking, like.

6/3/2023 58 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black 39 The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain´t Gonna Shine Anymore 37 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me 34 Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale 33 Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin' 33 The Monkees – I´m A Believer 32 The Beatles – Hello, Goodbye 29 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon 26 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running 25 The Four Tops – Reach Out I´ll Be There 24 Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) 19 The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations 15 The Bee Gees – Massachusetts -6 11 The Small Faces – All Or Nothing +4 10 The Foundations – Baby, Now That I´ve Found You

There will, inevitably, be an appearance on I'm a Celebrity or Celebrity Big Brother (is that still going?) or something similar. Piers Morgan's Life Stories maybe, the man will speak to anyone.

Deadline has Marcus Plantin

It's the 85th birthday of British filmmaker, historian and author Kevin Brownlow. Known for his books on the silent era of film-making and preservation of films of that era, he received a Honorary Academy Award in 2010 for his role in preserving motion picture history. He's also known for the film It Happened Here (1964), an alternative history presuming Hitler had invaded and conquered Britain post-Dunkirk, which he co-write and directed.

Even the BBC reported it, which is surprising considering their tardiness with other names (even where it has been verified by the family).

I'm currently reading this... Not bad. It's the sort of book I can read a chapter as and when, rather than immerse myself in it, so taking longer than I anticipated. In other book news, the 'to read' pile has broken the 50 title mark!

Glenn Farr, one of the film editors who won the editing award for The Right Stuff, dead, aged 77, complications from a brain tumour.

Hugh Callaghan, of the Birmingham Six, dead at 93. He's the second of the six to go, following Richard McIlkenny in 2006.

The film below includes footage of 101-year-old ex-WW2 pilot Bernard Gardiner, celebrating his birthday flying in a Hawker Hurricane, which he last flew in 1944. Looks like he's still got years left in him!