Bibliogryphon

This was one of the hymns we had at our wedding. A carol is not just for Christmas

3/12/24 56 Shania Twain - That Don’t Impress Me Much +1 44 Stereophonics - The Bartender and the Thief 44 Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing) 37 The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl 36 Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin 34 TLC - No Scrubs +1 32 Bran Van 300 - Drinking in L.A. 30 Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like a Woman 25 Catatonia - Mulder and Scully +1 24 Savage Garden - To the Moon and Back 24 Kula Shaker - Sound of Drums 24 U2 - Sweetest Thing 22 Blockster - You Should Be 22 2Pac - Changes -3 21 The Corrs - What Can I Do (Tin Tin Out Remix) 20 Sash! - La Primavera 20 Tatyana Ali ft. Will Smith - Boy You Knock Me Out 20 Britney Spears - Sometimes 20 Bob Marley Vs Funkstar De Luxe - Sun Is Shining 20 ATB - Don’t Stop! 20 A1 - Everytime/Ready or Not 20 The Tamperer featuring Maya - If You Buy This Record (Your Life Will Be Better) 20 Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You +1 17 Bryan Adams ft. Melanie C. - When You’re Gone 11 Will Smith - Gettin’ Jiggy wit It 11 Billie - Honey to the Bee 08 Billie - She Wants You -3 04 Vengaboys - Kiss (When the Sun Don’t Shine)

Just heading to City airport for my fifth and final work trip to Europe in 2024. Flying to Zurich. If I see Esther on the plane I will let you know

03/12/24 48 Katy Perry — Teenage Dream 46 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human 35 Emeli Sande — Heaven 34 Adele — Rolling In The Deep -3  34 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason +2 30 Bastille — Pompeii 22 Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera — Moves Like Jagger 18 George Ezra — Paradise 14 Bruno Mars — Locked Out Of Heaven +2 11 Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble 10 The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk — Starboy -3

3/12/2024 41 Mykola Leontovych — Carol Of The Bells 36 David Willcocks — God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen 33 Charles Wesley — Hark! The Herald Angels Sing +3 25 Isaac Watts — Joy To The World +3 23 Franz Xaver Gruber — Silent Night 23 Lewis Redner — O Little Town Of Bethlehem 23 Edmund Sears — It Came Upon A Midnight Clear 23 John Mason Neale — Good King Wenceslas 23 Thomas Oliphant — Deck The Halls 23 John Williams — O Holy Night -3 22 Frederick Oakeley — O Come All Ye Faithful 20 John Mason Neale — O Come, O Come, Emmanuel 20 Cecil Frances Alexander — Once In Royal David’s City 20 John Henry Hopkins Jr. — We Three Kings 20 Cecil Sharp — The Holly And The Ivy 20 Jehan Tabourot — Ding Dong! Merrily On High 20 John Mason Neale — A Great And Mighty Wonder 20 William Sandys — I Saw Three Ships 20 James Chadwick — Angels We Have Heard On High 14 Michael Perry — Calypso Carol 14 Nahum Tate — While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks 13 Ernst Anschütz — O Tannenbaum -3 12 Cynthia Clawson - Come, Thou Long Expected Jesusl (NEW) 12 Edward Caswall - See Amid The Winter's Snow 12 Eric Boswell - Little Donkey 11 Davies Gilbert — The First Noël  08 James Pierpont — One Horse Open Sleigh -3

I have cobbled a team together and submitted it. Trusting to luck but I am not just sending my shadow team this year

02/12/24 65 Pink Floyd — Another Brick In The Wall 64 Pet Shop Boys — Always On My Mind +3 63 Wham! - Last Christmas 47 Tom Jones — Green, Green Grass Of Home -3 22 The Human League — Don’t You Want Me 16 Girls Aloud — Sound Of The Underground -3 09 The Flying Pickets — Only You +3

02/12/24 51 Shania Twain - That Don’t Impress Me Much +1 44 Stereophonics - The Bartender and the Thief 40 Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing) 34 Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin 34 The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl 32 The Tamperer featuring Maya - If You Buy This Record (Your Life Will Be Better) 32 Bran Van 300 - Drinking in L.A. 31 Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like a Woman 29 TLC - No Scrubs +1 24 Blockster - You Should Be… 24 2Pac - Changes 22 Kula Shaker - Sound of Drums 22 Catatonia - Mulder and Scully +1 20 Will Smith - Gettin’ Jiggy wit It 20 Sash! - La Primavera 20 Savage Garden - To the Moon and Back 20 The Corrs - What Can I Do (Tin Tin Out Remix) 20 U2 - Sweetest Thing 20 Bryan Adams ft. Melanie C. - When You’re Gone 20 Tatyana Ali ft. Will Smith - Boy You Knock Me Out 20 Britney Spears - Sometimes 20 Bob Marley Vs Funkstar De Luxe - Sun Is Shining 20 ATB - Don’t Stop! 20 A1 - Everytime/Ready or Not 19 Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You +1 16 Billie - Honey to the Bee 15 Billie - She Wants You. -1 14 Vengaboys - Kiss (When the Sun Don’t Shine) 05 911 - Private Number   00 Wyclef Jean - Gone till November -5

02/12/24 48 Adele — Rolling In The Deep -2 46 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason +1 42 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human +1 33 Emeli Sande — Heaven -2 32 Katy Perry — Teenage Dream 26 Bastille — Pompeii 25 The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk — Starboy -2 22 Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera — Moves Like Jagger +1 21 George Ezra — Paradise 19 Bruno Mars — Locked Out Of Heaven +1 11 Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble 09 James Bay — Hold Back The River

1st December 46 Shania Twain - That Don’t Impress Me Much +1 44 Stereophonics - The Bartender and the Thief 36 Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing) 34 The Tamperer featuring Maya - If You Buy This Record (Your Life Will Be Better) 33 Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like a Woman 30 Bran Van 300 - Drinking in L.A. 30 Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin 28 TLC - No Scrubs +1 26 The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl 24 Blockster - You Should Be… 22 2Pac - Changes -2 22 Kula Shaker - Sound of Drums 21 Catatonia - Mulder and Scully +1 20 Will Smith - Gettin’ Jiggy wit It 20 Sash! - La Primavera 20 Savage Garden - To the Moon and Back 20 The Corrs - What Can I Do (Tin Tin Out Remix) 20 U2 - Sweetest Thing 20 Bryan Adams ft. Melanie C. - When You’re Gone 20 Tatyana Ali ft. Will Smith - Boy You Knock Me Out 20 Billie - Honey to the Bee 20 Britney Spears - Sometimes 20 Bob Marley Vs Funkstar De Luxe - Sun Is Shining 20 ATB - Don’t Stop! 20 A1 - Everytime/Ready or Not 20 Vengaboys - Kiss (When the Sun Don’t Shine) 18 Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You +1 18 Billie - She Wants You -2 14 Wyclef Jean - Gone till November 14 911 - Private Number  06 Denise & Johnny - Especially for You -2

1/12/2024 44 Adele — Rolling In The Deep 37Rag’n’Bone Man — Human +1 37 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason +1 36 Emeli Sande — Heaven 29 Bastille — Pompeii 28 Katy Perry — Teenage Dream 26 Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera — Moves Like Jagger +1 25 The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk — Starboy -1 25 George Ezra — Paradise 23 Bruno Mars — Locked Out Of Heaven +1 16 Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble 14 Adele — Skyfall 13 James Bay — Hold Back The River 09 Justin Timberlake — Can’t Stop The Feeling 00 Years & Years — Shine -5

1/12/2024 70 Pet Shop Boys — Always On My Mind +2 53 Pink Floyd — Another Brick In The Wall 48 Wham! - Last Christmas 45 Tom Jones — Green, Green Grass Of Home -3 33 The Flying Pickets — Only You +2 31 Girls Aloud — Sound Of The Underground -3 19 Mud — Lonely This Christmas 18 Michael Andrews & Gary Jules — Mad World +2 17 Rage Against The Machine — Killing in the Name -3 10 Dave Edmunds — I Hear You Knocking 05 The Human League — Don’t You Want Me

Congrats @ladyfiona 1924 Russell M. Nelson/Eva Marie Saint 1925 Pete Murray/Brigitte Auber 1926  Alan Greenspan/Judith Magre 1927 Sandy Gall/Hazel Chinnery 1928 James Ivory/Jane Gardam 1929 John Woodvine/Thelma Barlow 1930 Roy Clarke/Katherine Jackson  1931 Ken Bates/Eileen Derbyshire 1932 Roy Hattersley/Carmen Munroe 1933 Tinto Brass/Kim Novak

I had five names in mind before I logged on. I was on at 12.05 and two of my five names had been taken. However no-one used the other two names I was thinking of Joanne Woodward and Arnold Yarrow

Noam Chomsky