Bibliogryphon

01/16/25 26 The Selecter - On My Radio 25 Kate Bush - The Man With the Child in his Eyes +1 25 Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky 25 Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town 24 Madness - One Step Beyond 24 The Specials - Gangsters 23 Carole Bayer Sager - You're Moving Out Today +1 23 Plastic Bertrand - Ça Plane Pour Moi 23 Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing 23 Queen - Don't Stop Me Now +1 22 Elton John - Pinball Wizard 22 Manfred Manns Earth Band - Blinded By The Light 22 Gary Moore - Parisian Walkways 22 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia 22 Stranglers - No More Heroes  22 Supertramp - Breakfast in America 22 Skids - Into The Valley -2 21 Electric Light Orchestra - Wild West Hero +1 21 Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant 21 David Bowie - Golden Years 21 Joan Armatrading - Love And Affection 21 Stranglers - Peaches 21 Bill Withers - Lovely Day 21 Ram Jam - Black Betty 20 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden 20 Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces 20 Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman 20 Eddie & The Hotrods - Do Anything You Wanna Do 20 Blondie - (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear 20 Sham 69 - Hersham Boys 18 Eagles - Hotel California 18 Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Delilah -2 17 Rubettes - I Can Do It  17 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Is This Love 14 Renaissance - Northern Lights 12 ABBA - SOS  10 Ian Dury & The Blockheads - What A Waste 08 Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun -2 04 The Beatles - Yesterday

16/1/25 42 Bobby Vee - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes 34 Carole King - It Might As Well Rain Until September 32 Buddy Holly - Brown-Eyed Handsome Man +4 31 Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou/Mean Woman Blues -2 31 Susan Maughan - Bobby’s Girl 29 Brian Hyland - Sealed With A Kiss -2 24 Billy Fury - Like I’ve Never Been Gone 22 Tommy Roe - Sheila 22 Sandy Nelson - Let There Be Drums 20 Eden Kane - Forget Me Not 17 Joe Brown & The Bruvvers - That’s What Love Will Do 14 Brenda Lee - Speak To Me Pretty 10 Maureen Evans - Like I Do 02 Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme - I Want To Stay Here -2

@ladyfiona extra points have not been carried over so my scoreboard will take these into account 16/1/25 25 The Selecter - On My Radio 24 Kate Bush - The Man With the Child in his Eyes +1 24 The Specials - Gangsters -2 23 Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town 23 Madness - One Step Beyond 22 Carole Bayer Sager - You're Moving Out Today +1 22 Plastic Bertrand - Ça Plane Pour Moi 22 Skids - Into The Valley 21 Queen - Don't Stop Me Now 21 Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky +1 21 Bill Withers - Lovely Day 21 Ram Jam - Black Betty 21 Stranglers - No More Heroes 21 Gary Moore - Parisian Walkways 21 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia 21 Joan Armatrading - Love And Affection 20 Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces 20 David Bowie - Golden Years 20 Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Delilah 20 Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman 20 Elton John - Pinball Wizard 20 Manfred Manns Earth Band - Blinded By The Light 20 Eddie & The Hotrods - Do Anything You Wanna Do 20 Stranglers - Peaches 20 Blondie - (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear 20 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Is This Love 20 Electric Light Orchestra - Wild West Hero 20 Renaissance - Northern Lights 20 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden 20 Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing 20 Sham 69 - Hersham Boys 20 Supertramp - Breakfast In America 20 Eagles - Hotel California 18 Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant 16 Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun -2 16 Rubettes - I Can Do It 15 ABBA - SOS  14 Ian Dury & The Blockheads - What A Waste 14 Pluto Shervington - Dat 11 The Beatles - Yesterday  07 10cc - I'm Mandy Fly Me +1 02 Pete Wingfield - Eighteen With A Bullet -2

I saw him play Julius Caeser at the RSC in a production directed by Sir Peter Hall. We had tickets for the opening night but they were not ready so they gave us better tickets for the following night even then the production was still a mess. There was a giant cast of Ceaser's head which dripped blood after the murder but the dripping was so loud it drowned out the actors. Another faller from the 1995 Pride and Prejudice

Only Yoko Ono (also six appearances) and Joanna Woodward (8th appearance) have this sort of longevity in this game

Douglas Hurd

Yes new list resets everyone's voting entitlement

Don't Make Graves

5th Feb (which would have been my Dad's 96th birthday)

This second hit puts the list of where it needs to be for a record breaking year but it is still behind the blistering start that last year delivered which ultimately ended in disappointment. I think the key will be the date that the third death comes in. If you discount 2024 the earliest dates for third deaths comes in the first week of February with the average date for the third hit being 19th March. Linda Nolan was was probably in the second tier of names this year which I think bodes well for a reasonable score but to break the record we perhaps need some of those punt names to go

This round could be brutal 15/1/25 21 Madness - One Step Beyond 21 Plastic Bertrand - Ça Plane Pour Moi 21 Carole Bayer Sager - You're Moving Out Today +1 21 Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant 21 Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town 21 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia 21 Joan Armatrading - Love And Affection 21 Gary Moore - Parisienne Walkways 21 Kate Bush - The Man With the Child in his Eyes +1 20 ABBA - SOS 20 Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces 20 David Bowie - Golden Years 20 Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Delilah 20 Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman 20 Elton John - Pinball Wizard 20 Manfred Manns Earth Band - Blinded By The Light 20 Pluto Shervington - Dat 20 Eddie & The Hotrods - Do Anything You Wanna Do 20 Ram Jam - Black Betty 20 Stranglers - No More Heroes 20 Stranglers - Peaches 20 Bill Withers - Lovely Day 20 Blondie - (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear 20 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Is This Love 20 Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky 20 Electric Light Orchestra - Wild West Hero 20 Renaissance - Northern Lights 20 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden 20 Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing 20 Queen - Don't Stop Me Now 20 Sham 69 - Hersham Boys 20 Skids - Into The Valley 20 Supertramp - Breakfast In America 20 The Selecter - On My Radio 20 The Specials - Gangsters 19 10cc - I'm Mandy Fly Me +1 19 Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun -2 18 Rubettes - I Can Do It 18 Ian Dury & The Blockheads - What A Waste 18 Beatles - Yesterday -2 18 Eagles - Hotel California +1 15 Pete Wingfield - Eighteen With A Bullet -2

I will pick Cleo Laine

You could have included some Chap Hop

15/1/25 40 Bobby Vee - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes 30 Carole King - It Might As Well Rain Until September 29 Susan Maughan - Bobby’s Girl 27 Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou/Mean Woman Blues -3 27 Brian Hyland - Sealed With A Kiss -3 26 Buddy Holly - Brown-Eyed Handsome Man 25 Tommy Roe - Sheila 20 Sandy Nelson - Let There Be Drums 20 Eden Kane - Forget Me Not 20 Maureen Evans - Like I Do 20 Joe Brown & The Bruvvers - That’s What Love Will Do 20 Billy Fury - Like I’ve Never Been Gone 20 Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme - I Want To Stay Here 18 Brenda Lee - Speak To Me Pretty 12 Freddie & The Dreamers - You Were Made For Me

15/1/25 86 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again  60 David Bowie - Starman 54 Derek & The Dominos - Layla 49 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You 45 Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar 40 Carole King - It's Too Late  38 Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye 37 Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side -3 27 Elton John - Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting 10 Golden Earring - Radar Love 08 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough +4 04 Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Prong Crown) -3