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50 Manic Street Preachers — If you tolerate this…. Etc 49 B*witched – C’est La Vie 46 Jamiroquai - Deeper Underground 46 Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way 45 Fatboy Slim – Praise You 45 Britney Spears – Baby One More Time 42 Madonna – Frozen 41 All Saints – Never Ever 37 Cornershop — Brimful of Asha +4 35 Run DMC Vs. Jason Nevins – It’s Like That 33 Armand Van Helden ft. Duane Harden – You Don´t Know Me 28 ATB – 9 P.M. (Till I Come) 26 All Saints – Bootie Call 18 S Club 7 – Bring It All Back 09 Eiffel 65 – Blue (Da Ba Dee) 06 Steps – Heartbeat / Tragedy -6

Renowned Irish climber Noel Hanna has died during a descent of Annapurna; he was selected by @Grim Up Northfor the 2021 Deathrace. Peaked too early there, or summit!

Blair Tindall, oboe player from the New York Philharmonic & others, whose memoir Mozart in the Jungle was turned into a hit TV series, has died aged 63 from heart disease. She was due to marry her fiancé in two weeks and had previously been married to Bill Nye.

It's 19 years since the death of Canadian actor Bruce Boa. He was well known as a 'go to' actor whenever a Canadian/American character was required in British TV programmes. After a brief career in the CFL with the Calgary Stampeders, he embarked on a trip through Europe, beginning his acting career in the UK in 1956, settling permanently in the 1960s. Amongst his many films are Octopussy, Full Metal Jacket and The Empire Strikes Back. TV roles included appearances in Ace of Wands, Dempsey and Makepeace and The Avengers, but he's best known as the obnoxious American guest demanding a Waldorf salad in Fawlty Towers. He died from cancer, aged 73.

48 Manic Street Preachers – If You Tolerate This, Your Children Will Be Next +2 46 Fatboy Slim – Praise You 46 Britney Spears — Baby One More Time 43 ATB – 9 P.M. (Till I Come) 43 B*witched – C'est La Vie 43 Cornershop – Brimful of Asha +2 41 Run DMC Vs. Jason Nevin – It’s Like That 41 Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way 37 All Saints — Never Ever 36 Jamiroquai – Deeper Underground 35 All Saints – Bootie Call 34 Armand Van Helden ft. Duane Harden – You Don´t Know Me 33 S Club 7 – Bring It All Back 30 Madonna — Frozen 27 Shanks & Bigfoot – Sweet Like Chocolate 23 Mr. Oizo – Flat Beat  23 Aqua – Turn Back Time 22 Steps – Heartbeat / Tragedy 22 Offspring – Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) 17 Eiffel 65 – Blue (Da Ba Dee) 15 Billie – Girlfriend 11 Spice Girls – Viva Forever -6 7 Usher – You Make Me Wanna

Arnold Yarrow is 103 today.

Bob Heatlie report. (Sorry its the Scottish Sun, but The Times also has it, but paywalled)

Murray Melvin reported dead

You mean that Phyllida Law about whom has already been posted here 80 times?

Just watched The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die; ties up the Anglo-Saxon chronicles. No spoilers, pretty enjoyable and worth seeing if you've seen the previous series.

47 Cornershop – Brimful Of Asha +2 41 Fatboy Slim – Praise You 40 Britney Spears – Baby One More Time 37 B*witched – C'est La Vie 36 All Saints – Bootie Call 36 Manic Street Preachers – If You Tolerate This, Your Children Will Be Next +2 35 All Saints – Never Ever 35 Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way 35 ATB – 9P.M. (Till I Come) 33 Jamiroquai – Deeper Underground 33 Run DMC Vs. Jason Nevins – It´s Like That 32 S Club 7 – Bring It All Back 31 Shanks & Bigfoot – Sweet Like Chocolate 31 The Tamperer ft. Maya – Feel It 29 Spice Girls – Viva Forever 27 Armand Van Helden ft. Duane Harden – You Don´t Know Me 26 Madonna – Frozen 26 Wamdue Project – King Of My Castle 24 Billie – Because We Want To 23 B*Witched – Rollercoaster 22 Eiffel 65 – Blue (Da Ba Dee) 21 Billie – Girlfriend 21 Usher – You Make Me Wanna... 20 B*Witched – To You I Belong 20 Steps – Heartbeat / Tragedy 20 B*Witched – Blame It On The Weatherman 19 Mr. Oizo – Flat Beat 19 Aqua – Turn Back Time 16 Offspring – Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) 15 All Saints – Under The Bridge / Lady Marmalade 15 Aqua – Dr. Jones 15 Christina Aguilera – Genie In A Bottle  14 Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On 14 Five – Keep on Movin’ 11 Robbie Williams – Millennium 8 Lenny Kravitz – Fly Away 8 Blondie – Maria 0 Ronan Keating – When You Say Nothing At All (Nothing more to be said)-6

Brief moment of excitement as I knew I'd picked her for something, followed by the usual disappointment when I discover it was 2 years ago.

But is already on his way to recovery. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/apr/13/jamie-foxx-hospitalised-following-medical-complication

Or according to the Daily Record, as Bobby's father.

A trio of unlikely pearly gates mates 3 years ago, when Tim Brooke-Taylor (79), Peter Bonetti (78) and Stirling Moss (90) all died within hours of each other.

I don't hate Cher, I hate that song. I don't get the love for it. As someone said, autotuned garbage.

Its 33 years since the death of Johnny Reder. Reder was an (US) American sportsman born in Lublin, Poland in 1909, who emigrated as a child, with his family, settling in Fall River, Massachusetts. He played association football as a goalkeeper for several local teams before joining the Fall River Marksmen (named after their owner Sam Mark) in 1929. During his time there, the team won two American Soccer League titles, and two National Challenge Cups. then a further ASL title with the New Bedford Whalers (which was the same club, the franchise having relocated firstly to New York City, merging with New York Soccer Club to become the New York Yankees, then to New Bedford, Mass. merging with Fall River FC to become the Whalers). With the decline of the ASL, Reder reverted to baseball; he'd been a first-baseman at school, and had a brief MLB career with the Red Sox, before dropping to the minors, retiring at 28. He served with the US Navy in WW2, and died of heart disease aged 80.

41 Cornershop – Brimful Of Asha +2 36 Britney Spears – Baby one more time 35 The Tamperer ft. Maya – Feel It 35 Fatboy Slim – Praise You 35 All Saints – Never Ever 35 Manic Street Preachers – If You Tolerate This, Your Children Will Be Next +2 34 B*witched – C'est La Vie 34 Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way 34 Run DMC Vs. Jason Nevins – It´s Like That 33 ATB – 9P.M. (Till I Come) 32 All Saints – Bootie Call 31 Shanks & Bigfoot – Sweet Like Chocolate 30 S Club 7 – Bring It All Back 30 Jamiroquai – Deeper Underground 30 Armand Van Helden ft. Duane Harden – You Don´t Know Me 26 Spice Girls – Viva Forever 26 Wamdue Project – King Of My Castle 24 Billie – Because We Want To 23 B*Witched – Rollercoaster 21 Usher – You Make Me Wanna... 21 Billie – Girlfriend 21 Mr. Oizo – Flat Beat 21 Christina Aguilera – Genie In A Bottle 20 B*Witched – To You I Belong 20 Aqua – Turn Back Time 20 Five – Keep On Movin´ 20 Steps – Heartbeat / Tragedy 20 B*Witched – Blame It On The Weatherman 20 Aqua – Dr. Jones 20 Eiffel 65 – Blue (Da Ba Dee) 18 All Saints – Under The Bridge / Lady Marmalade 15 Blondie – Maria 15 Ricky Martin – Livin´ La Vida Loca 14 Offspring – Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) 14 Madonna – Frozen 13 Robbie Williams – Millennium 12 Robbie Williams – She´s The One / It's Only Us 12 Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On 11 Ronan Keating – When You Say Nothing At All 11 Boyzone – All That I Need 10 Geri Halliwell – Mi Chico Latino 09 Another Level – Freak Me 08 Geri Halliwell – Lift me up 08 Lenny Kravitz – Fly Away 05 Cher – Believe -6

39 ATB – 9 P.M. (Till I Come) 37 Manic Street Preachers – If You Tolerate This, Your Children Will Be Next +2 36 B*witched – C'est la Vie 35 Fatboy Slim – Praise You 35 Cornershop – Brimful Of Asha +2 33 Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way 33 The Tamperer ft. Maya – Feel It 32 Shanks & Bigfoot – Sweet Like Chocolate 32 Run DMC Vs. Jason Nevins – It´s Like That 30 All Saints – Never Ever 28 Britney Spears – Baby One More Time 28 All Saints – Bootie Call 27 Spice Girls – Viva Forever 26 S Club 7 – Bring It All Back 26 Christina Aguilera – Genie In A Bottle 24 Celine Dion – My Heart will go on 24 Wamdue Project – King Of My Castle 24 Armand Van Helden ft. Duane Harden – U Don´t Know Me 23 B*Witched – Rollercoaster 23 Billie – Because We Want To 21 Usher – You Make Me Wanna... 21 Five – Keep On Movin´ 21 Aqua – Dr. Jones 21 Eiffel 65 – Blue (Da Ba Dee) 21 Blondie – Maria +4 20 Boyzone – All That I Need 20 Boyzone – No Matter What 20 B*Witched – To You I Belong 20 Steps – Heartbeat / Tragedy 20 B*Witched – Blame It On The Weatherman 20 Ronan Keating – When You Say Nothing At All 19 Jamiroquai – Deeper Underground 19 Mr. Oizo – Flat Beat 19 Geri Halliwell – Lift Me Up 19 Geri Halliwell – Mi Chico Latino 18 Billie – Girlfriend 18 All Saints – Under The Bridge / Lady Marmalade 18 Madonna – Frozen 17 Another Level – Freak Me 17 Ricky Martin – Livin´ La Vida Loca 17 Aqua – Turn back time 16 Offspring – Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) 14 911 – A Little Bit More 13 Vengaboys – We're Going to Ibiza 13 Robbie Williams – Millennium -3 10 Lenny Kravitz – Fly Away 10 Robbie Williams – She´s The One / It's Only Us 08 Cher – Believe -3 08 Spice Girls – Goodbye

Sorry - must have been the hangover!

Its 33 years since the death of German chemist Gerhard Schrader, aged 87. As a 33 year-old employee of IG Farben, he was tasked to develop new insecticides, either to help the fight against hunger or to reduce Germany's reliance on imported food. In doing so he accidentally discovered the nerve agent Tabun. Under the Nazi regime, his teams discovered Sarin and Soman, and following the war, Cyclosarin.

35 ATB – 9 P.M. (Till I Come) 35 Manic Street Preachers – If You Tolerate This, Your Children Will Be Next +2 34 All Saints – Never Ever 34 Fatboy Slim – Praise You 31 Run DMC Vs. Jason Nevins – It´s Like That 30 B*witched - C'est la Vie 30 The Tamperer ft. Maya – Feel It 29 Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way 29 Cornershop – Brimful Of Asha +2 8 Shanks & Bigfoot – Sweet Like Chocolate 28 Spice Girls – Viva Forever 26 Eiffel 65 – Blue (Da Ba Dee) 25 Christina Aguilera – Genie In A Bottle 24 Celine Dion — My Heart will go on 24 S Club 7 – Bring It All Back 24 All Saints – Bootie Call 24 Britney Spears – Baby One More Time 24 Wamdue Project – King Of My Castle 23 B*Witched – Rollercoaster 21 Billie – Because We Want To 21 Usher – You Make Me Wanna... 21 Armand Van Helden ft. Duane Harden – You Don´t Know Me 20 Aqua – Dr. Jones 20 Boyzone – All That I Need 20 Boyzone – No Matter What 20 B*Witched – To You I Belong 20 Steps – Heartbeat / Tragedy 20 911 – A Little Bit More 20 B*Witched – Blame It On The Weatherman 20 Ronan Keating – When You Say Nothing At All 20 Five – Keep On Movin´ 20 Geri Halliwell – Lift Me Up 20 Madonna – Frozen 20 Chef – Chocolate Salty Balls 19 Geri Halliwell – Mi Chico Latino -3 19 Blondie - Maria 19 Boyzone – You Needed Me 18 Billie – Girlfriend 18 All Saints – Under The Bridge / Lady Marmalade 18 Aqua – Turn Back Time 18 Offspring – Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) 17 Jamiroquai - Deeper Underground 17 Mr. Oizo – Flat Beat 17 Another Level – Freak Me 17 Ricky Martin – Livin´ La Vida Loca 16 Robbie Williams – Millennium 14 Martine McCutcheon – Perfect Moment 14 Spice Girls – Goodbye 13 Vengaboys - We're Going to Ibiza 12 Lenny Kravitz – Fly Away 10 Cher – Believe -3 10 Robbie Williams – She´s The One / It's Only Us 10 Westlife – If I let you go 09 Mel B. ft. Missy Elliott – I Want You Back 06 Spacedust – Gym & Tonic.

At least you’d get a shirt.

Interview with 83 year old Chip Taylor, in which he reveals he's having treatment for throat cancer. Also, from which I just found out (I was today years old...) he's Jon Voight's brother/Angelina Jolie's Uncle.

@YoungWillz Junior English 'Other Lives' obit.