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List of the Missed! Picked last year, not this year, by looks of it? Genuinely surprised.

Yeah, I listened to the ones I couldn't put a tune to on YouTube. Usually quickly followed by "Oh christ, not that one..."

First Briton to win Tour de France stage Brian Robinson dies at age of 91 (yahoo.com) Confirmed (with QO). Nearly (a week off) a decade to the day another British cycling legend, Tommy Godwin, died at the same age.

Omar Borras, who as Uruguay manager in 1986 coined the "Group of Death" moniker, has died aged 93. This happened last week, @Octopus of Odstock, but a quick forum search suggested it hadn't been mentioned yet. All Scotland had to do was beat his ten-man side. Sigh.

Fergie's famous racehorse, Rock of Gibraltar, has died aged 23.

34 Dave & Ansel Collins – Double Barrel 32 Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) 30 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears of a Clown 29  Freda Payne – Band of Gold 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 25 Slade - Coz I luv you 19 Rod Stewart - Maggie May +2 17 T. Rex – Hot Love 17 Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West) 15 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord 14 Lee Marvin - Wanderin' Star +2 13 Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting -3 12 Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime 5 Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock -3 3 Mungo Jerry – Baby Jump

It's cancer time and not one minute she can lose?

I mean, there is a lot to like about Harrison's output (more than Lennon, less than Macca imo*) and that album (All Things Must Pass) is great. But the number one single off it is one of the lesser tracks on the thing, for me at least. *tbf, Paul McCartney has written about twenty billion songs since 1962.

36  Freda Payne – Band of Gold 29 - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Tears of a Clown 28 Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) 28 T. Rex – Get It On 27 Jimi Hendrix Experience – Voodoo Chile 27 Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over troubled water 27 Dave & Ansel Collins – Double Barrel 23 Slade - Coz I Luv You 23 Rod Stewart - Maggie May 23 Dave Edmunds – I Hear You Knocking 21 Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting 17 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord +2 17 T. Rex – Hot Love 15 Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West) 15 Lee Marvin - Wanderin' Star +2 11 Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime  10 Elvis - The Wonder of You 9 Mungo Jerry – Baby Jump 8 Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock -2 8 Christie - Yellow River -4 EDITED in Great Uncle Bulgaria's response.

At least people get my Simpsons references these days. The first time I tried the "upgraded to a better hospital" gag, someone thought I was referencing the US health care system!

"It's November 24th, the Tory MPs are voting on two candidates to be the next Prime Minister, Penny Mordaunt, or an inanimate carbon rod. And the carbon rod has won!"

Via Chibnall and fan gossip, Tom was invited to take part in the latest Dr Who story (filmed last year) but wasn't up to it physically at the time.

The acoustics in that room aren't great, but it's yer Michael Jayston and Colin Baker at a fan event yesterday.

100 MPs to get on the ballot. So if there's 2, and the second doesn't pull out, it goes to the membership.

So far, I have avoided temptation of picking former German football manager Otto Pfister on the same grounds.

33 Freda Payne – Band of Gold 32 Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) +4 28 Dave Edmunds – I Hear You Knocking 28 T. Rex – Get It On 27 Jimi Hendrix Experience – Voodoo Chile 26 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears of a Clown 26 Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over troubled water 26 Dave & Ansel Collins – Double Barrel 22 Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West) 20 T. Rex – Hot Love 20 Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting 19 Slade - Coz I Luv You +4 19 Rod Stewart - Maggie May 17 Lee Marvin - Wanderin' Star  17 Mungo Jerry – Baby Jump 15 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord 15 Christie - Yellow River -3 10 Elvis - The Wonder of You 9 Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime 9 Dana – All Kinds of Everything 7 Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock -3 5 The Tams - Hey, Girl, Don't Bother Me With its Django Reinhardt inspired chords, and Jim Lea's violin section, Coz I Luv You is easily the best of Slade's big hits, and much better than some of the middle of the road stuff lingering here.

No idea when it was filmed, looked a while ago, but surprised and delighted to see a TV legend make one more appearance like that.

Cause of death was a combination of obesity, heart failure, sepsis, diabetes, multiple organ failure, and a respiratory infection. Practically a full bingo card.

40 Freda Payne – Band of Gold 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 26 T. Rex – Get It On 26 Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over troubled water 26 Jimi Hendrix Experience – Voodoo Chile 22 Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West) 21 Rod Stewart - Maggie May 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  16 Slade - Coz I Luv You +4 14 Dana – All Kinds of Everything 12 Elvis - The Wonder of You 10 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord 8 Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime  6 The Tams - Hey, Girl, Don't Bother Me -6

Out of respect for the guy just dying I wasn't going to mention how shite those episodes were!

Churchill's big return was to the cabinet after a decade out in the cold. Also because he was blatantly the right man at the right time. Johnsons proposed big return would come after six weeks of sunning himself after being ousted.

None of Led Zeppelin's songs were released as singles in the UK until 1997, at the bands request. (It boosted their gig and album revenue considerably, apparently.0

33 Freda Payne – Band of Gold 30 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears of a Clown 28 T.Rex – Get it on 26 Rod Stewart - Maggie May 25 Edison Lighthouse - Love grows (where my Rosemary goes) -6 25 Jimi Hendrix Experience – Voodoo Chile 25 Dave Edmunds – I hear you knocking 25 Dave & Ansil Collins – Double Barrel 24 Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over troubled water 24 - George Harrison - My Sweet Lord 22 Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock 21 Christie - Yellow River 20 Diana Ross – I´m still waiting 20 T.Rex – Hot love 20 Benny Hill - Ernie (The fastest milkman in the west) 19 Mungo Jerry – Baby Jump 19 Lee Marvin - Wanderin` Star 18 The Tams – Hey girl, don´t bother me 17 Dana – All kinds of everything 12 Elvis - The Wonder of You 11 Slade - Coz I luv you +4 8 Mungo Jerry - In the summertime 4 Norman Greenbaum – Spirit in the sky Losing battle here for the Slade fans. EDIT - @ladyfiona posted simultaneously so I've edited her scoring into this one (and fixed the maths)!

Well, they would back down. No They'll quit their ground They'll be turned around To keep the voters from draggin' them down Gonna quit their frown And they will back down (Apologies to Tom Petty)

As an apparent millennial too, I agree on Love Grows and also love Slade. Can't agree with the Spirit in the Sky hate though, it's a hilariously daft song imo. I don't actually mind Grandad or Ernie. Both are simple novelty tracks, inoffensive fluff. The Mungo Jerry dislike really surprises me though. Anyhow this round is quite light next to the horrors of 1972-73 - who was the bigger stain on the charts - Gary Glitter, or the fucking Osmonds? @YoungWillz I'd guess via PM your top 4 picks but last I checked your PM box was full!