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Enzo Maresca is not a happy chappy and will consider his position if communications at Leicester City are not improved. He was apparently kept in the dark about some of the financial problems and doesn't think he will have enough to spend to make Leicester City PL ready

7/May/2024 34 Creedence Clearwater Revival- Up Around The Bend 30 Edwin Starr — War 26 Lynn Anderson- Rose Garden +1 26 Three Dog Night- Mama Told Me (Not To Come) 25 Bobby Bloom- Montego Bay 25 Neil Diamond — Cracklin’ Rosie 25 Don Fardon- Indian Reservation 22 Andy Williams- Can’t Help Falling In Love -3 23 Ashton, Gardner and Dyke- Resurrection Shuffle 21 Chairmen of the Board- Give Me Just A Little More Time +1 20 The Supremes- Stoned Love 20 The Elgins- Heaven Must Have Sent You 19 Blue Mink- Melting Pot +2 18 Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell- All I Have To Do Is Dream 14 The Four Tops- A Simple Game -3 11 Marmalade- Reflections Of My Life 11 Marmalade- Rainbow 06 Blue Mink- The Banner Man

7/5/2024 42 Lady Gaga — Bad Romance 31 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 27 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 26 Owl City — Fireflies +2 25 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 25 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls -2 24 Kesha — We R Who We R 24 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 24 Little Mix — Cannonball 22 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You 22 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 22 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 22 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat 22 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 21 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 21 The Black Eyed Peas — The Time (Dirty Bit) 21 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You 20 Iyaz — Replay 20 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 20 Usher ft. Will.I.Am — OMG 20 Diana Vickers — Once 20 Roll Deep — Good Times 20 Dizzee Rascal — Dirtee Disco 20 JLS — The Club Is Alive 20 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 20 The Wanted — All Time Low 20 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 20 Roll Deep — Green Light 20 Olly Murs — Please Don't Let Me Go 20 Alexandra Burke ft. Laza Morgan — Start Without You 20 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are 20 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 20 Cheryl Cole — Promise This 20 JLS — Love You More 20 Matt Cardle — When We Collide 20 Rihanna ft. Drake — What's My Name 20 Bruno Mars — Grenade 20 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 20 Adele — Someone Like You 20 Nicole Scherzinger — Don't Hold Your Breath 20 Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer — Give Me Everything 20 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 20 Jason Derulo — Don't Wanna Go Home 20 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 20 The Wanted — Glad You Came 20 JLS ft. Dev — She Makes Me Wanna 20 Nero — Promises 20 Wretch 32 ft. Josh Kumra — Don't Go 20 Example — Stay Awake 20 Pixie Lott — All About Tonight 20 One Direction — What Makes You Beautiful 20 Sak Noel — Loca People 20 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 18 Bruno Mars — The Lazy Song 18 Dizzee Rascal & James Corden — Shout -2 16 Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull — On The Floor +2 16 LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock — Party Rock Anthem 15 Jason Derulo — In My Head 14 Ne-Yo — Beautiful Monster 14 Dappy — No Regrets 12 Joe McElderry — The Climb -2 He is quite clearly a lampoon of the comic Messiah himself. Even the initials are the same

6/5/24 23 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 22 Lady Gaga — Bad Romance +2 22 Owl City — Fireflies +2 22 LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & Goonrock — Party Rock Anthem 22 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 20 Joe McElderry — The Climb 20 Iyaz — Replay 20 Jason Derulo — In My Head 20 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 20 Lady Gaga & Beyonce — Telephone 20 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 20 Usher ft. Will.I.Am — OMG 20 Diana Vickers — Once 20 Roll Deep — Good Times 20 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You 20 Dizzee Rascal — Dirtee Disco 20 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You 20 Dizzee Rascal & James Corden — Shout 20 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 20 JLS — The Club Is Alive 20 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 20 Wanted — All Time Low 20 Ne-Yo — Beautiful Monster 20 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 20 Roll Deep — Green Light 20 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 20 Olly Murs — Please Don't Let Me Go 20 Alexandra Burke ft. Laza Morgan — Start Without You 20 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are 20 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 20 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 20 Cheryl Cole — Promise This 20 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 20 JLS — Love You More 20 X Factor Finalists 2010 — Heroes 20 Black Eyed Peas — The Time (Dirty Bit) 20 Matt Cardle — When We Collide 20 Rihanna ft. Drake — What's My Name 20 Bruno Mars — Grenade 20 Kesha — We R Who We R 20 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 20 Adele — Someone Like You 20 Nicole Scherzinger — Don't Hold Your Breath 20 Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull — On The Floor 20 Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer — Give Me Everything 20 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 20 Jason Derulo — Don't Wanna Go Home 20 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 20 The Wanted — Glad You Came 20 JLS ft. Dev — She Makes Me Wanna 20 Nero — Promises 20 Wretch 32 ft. Josh Kumra — Don't Go 20 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat 20 Example — Stay Awake 20 All About Tonight — Pixie Lott 20 One Direction — What Makes You Beautiful 20 Dappy — No Regrets 20 Sak Noel — Loca People 20 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 20 X Factor Finalists 2011 — Wishing On A Star 20 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 20 Little Mix — Cannonball 20 Cher Lloyd — Swagger Jagger 15 Helping Haiti — Everybody Hurts 14 Bruno Mars — The Lazy Song 14 Military Wives With Gareth Malone — Wherever You Are -6

Mon 6 May 27 Edwin Starr- War 24 Creedence Clearwater Revival- Up Around The Bend 23 Lynn Anderson- Rose Garden +2 22 Chairmen of the Board- Give Me Just A Little More Time +2 20 Blue Mink- Melting Pot 20 Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell- All I Have To Do Is Dream 20 Marmalade- Reflections Of My Life 20 Andy Williams- Can’t Help Falling In Love 20 Marmalade- Rainbow 20 Three Dog Night- Mama Told Me (Not To Come) 20 Bobby Bloom- Montego Bay 20 Don Fardon- Indian Reservation 20 Neil Diamond- Cracklin’ Rosie 20 The Supremes- Stoned Love 20 Ashton, Gardner and Dyke- Resurrection Shuffle 20 The Elgins- Heaven Must Have Sent You 20 Blue Mink- The Banner Man 17 The Four Tops- A Simple Game -3 14 The Piglets- Johnny Reggae 14 Tony Orlando & Dawn- What Are You Doing Sunday? 11 Cilla Black- Something Tells Me (Something’s Gonna Happen Tonight) -3

You can add Philip Voss & David Collings to that list I would be more interested in a list of survivors the only name that I can recall off the top of my head is Bill Nighy Oz Clarke (yes that one) sang The Bard

Mon 6 May 64 Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Murder On The Dancefloor +4 12 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie -6

From 1985

Inspired by a conversation I had in the PMs with another poster I was thinking about who those deaths were that were important to me from a cultural perspective. Those people whose work has shaped me into the person I am today. I wanted to keep this separate from the National Treasures posts because that is more about a cultural collective consciousness whereas these will be individual. I have kept it to 20 as my first list contained almost double the number and I have kept it to the living but there are many people who have gone already who could have gone on the list in particular Terry Pratchett and Terrance Dicks Please post your own lists I have added mini explanations as to why they are there. 1. Rowen Atkinson (First comedy gig) 2. Tom Baker (You know why) 3. Johnny Ball (Stimulated my interest in science and maths) 4. Floella Benjamin (Televisual Joy) 5. Kate Bush (My favourite music artist) 6. Phil Collins (Genesis was the first concert I attended) 7. John Craven (Important part of growing up) 8. Harrison Ford (Brilliant actor whose popular status is deserved) 9. Stephen Fry (Comedian and actor who is brilliant) 10. Derek Griffiths (Children’s TV later saw at the RSC) 11. Bernard Hill (Macbeth on my first Theatre date with my now wife) 12. Michael Keating (B7 is almost as important to me as DW) 13. Stephen Lawhead (The living author I have read most book by) 14. Hazel O’Connor (First single I bought) 15. B A Robertson (First album I owned) 16. Michael Rodd (Made me pay attention to TV) 17. Patricia Routledge (Was in the first RSC production I saw) 18. J Michael Strazynski (B5 sits with DW & B7) 19. David Thacker (Theatre director who stunned with several RSC productions) 20. Julie Walters (Lady Macbeth on my first theatre date)

First one off my list to go

He played Macbeth opposite Julia Walters at Leicester Haymarket in 1986(?). This was my first theatre date with my future wife. Very sad news.

Being interviewed on The World This Weeked on R4 today.

The loss of the West Midlands mayoral election should also see off those people who believe Boris Johnson is the answer to all the Tory woes. He campaigned for Andy Street and tried to distance the contest from the actual Government but voters did not buy it

5/May/2024 66 Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Murder On The Dancefloor 22 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie -6 22 Kylie Minogue — Love At First Sight +4

I was thinking of you watching those goals go in across the league.

04.05.2024 64 Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Murder On The Dancefloor 32 Kylie Minogue — Love At First Sight +2 26 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie -3 13 Gorillaz — Feel Good Inc. +2 05 Coldplay — In My Place -3

John Curtice on Radio 4 just now says that it will be an enormous shock if Sadiq Khan does not win London

Labour has just won the PCC in Northamptonshire where at the last election all the constituencies elected a Conservative MP

We are about two weeks away from the average day for the 5th hit The latest third hit (in the last 10 years) is day 166 (14th June) but the latest day for the fourth hit is only 10 days later (2014) At this point in 2020 we were one week away from the ninth hit

03.05.2024 53 Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Murder On The Dancefloor 47 Kylie Minogue — Love At First Sight +4 37 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie 24 Gorillaz — Feel Good Inc. 11 Coldplay — In My Place -3 06 Manic Street Preachers — Your Love Alone Is Not Enough -3

David Moyes is out of contract at West Ham at the end of the season and contract negotiations will not take place until the end of the season but the owner is speculatively looking for a potential replacement (two players may get this as bonus)

Yeah it is really good Dare was new to me when we did No.1s as well

Paul Goldsmith is a popular pick in Scavenger Hunt Bingo - not a game ending hit but could shake up the scores a bit This could be important

I was mostly listening to Radio 4 at the time. It wasn't until I had to take my daughter to secondary school in the car and she put Radio 1 on that I began to hear modern stuff. I have a huge gap between about 92 and 07

Feel Good Inc has been my biggest discovery of these polls. I had not heard it before but it is very enjoyable