UK Singles Chart

[Ulitzer95 11,001]

9 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Peppers.

 

Seems to be 5 of them on the album?

 

 

I'm off to bed, I'll see if there's anything I can help with tomorrow.

Yes, I did spot this myself from another picture. I couldn't find the names of the other two but I see they're there so added them both.

[CoffinLodger 1,247]

Cookie Monsta is dead at 31.https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/9459272/cookie-monsta-dead/ Sad loss to the dubstep world...

[Ulitzer95 11,001]

33 minutes ago, CoffinLodger said:

Cookie Monsta is dead at 31.https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/9459272/cookie-monsta-dead/ Sad loss to the dubstep world...

Didn’t have any UK hits, but you knew that. 
 

The mods on here are far too tolerant of your shit.

[Paul Bearer 5,645]

12 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Didn’t have any UK hits, but you knew that. 
 

The mods on here are far too tolerant of your shit.

Give us time.   He's no idea how close he is.  

[Ulitzer95 11,001]

On 01/10/2020 at 12:23, YoungWillz said:

Report here of the death of Tony Baylis of The Wurzels, during their most successful chart period in the 1970s:

Gawd bless 'im for Cider Drinker and Combine Harvester! RIP.

Local obit courtesy of Bristol Live:

 

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/tributes-paid-chart-topping-member-4571333

 

(My phone is being a dick and won’t let me embed the link).

[Ulitzer95 11,001]

P (part 3/4)

Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers 11 Feb 1938 – 25 Apr 2007 (69) Guardian obit
Wiki American singer-songwriter, actor and comedian from Somerville, Massachusetts
01/09/1973 Monster Mash #3

Pickettywitch
Wiki UK pop group, formed in 1969 and disbanded in 1973, purported to be named after a Cornish village but in reality no such place exists, singer Polly Brown was also one half of the duo Sweet Dreams – she was once "engaged" to television and radio personality Sir Jimmy Savile (1926–2011) in a sham event set up for publicity purposes
Martin Bridges no info available
Bob Brittain no info available
Polly Brown 18 Apr 1947 – Living
Keith Hall 24 Apr 1951 – Living
Dave Martyr no info available
Mike Tomich no info available
Chris Warren no info available
28/02/1970 That Same Old Feeling #5
04/07/1970 (It's Like a) Sad Old Kinda Movie #16
07/11/1970 Baby I Won't Let You Down #27
NB: Credits for the first single here. Tomich must have played on the second and/or third as per this. Unclear to me if Peter Hawkins (died 2014) and Brain Stewart had joined before or after the recording of the third single.
NB2: Other than Brown, all other members seem to have faded into complete obscurity. Hall was interviewed about the Savile "engagement" several years ago in the Daily Mail here.

The Piglets
Wiki UK novelty outfit composed of female session singers, put together by producer Jonathan King
Barbara Kay c. 1940 – Living
06/11/1971 Johnny Reggae #3
NB: King originally claimed the lead vocals were by him according to the Collins Complete UK Hit Singles book. In reality they were sung by Barbara Kay. Here King says that there were three of them, all in their 40s at the time of the recording. This suggests there were only two, and mentions that another biography claims singer and actress Adrienne Posta (b. 1949) was involved. This is dismissed elsewhere, and she would have only been in her 20s at the time of recording. Kay was actually born c. 1940 and was from Bristol as per a newspaper cutout here.

Pilot
Wiki UK pop rock band from Edinburgh, Scotland, formed in 1973 and disbanded in 1977, Billy Lyall and David Paton had briefly been members of the Bay City Rollers, Lyall died from AIDS complications in December 1989
Ian Bairnson 03 Aug 1953 – 07 Apr 2023 (69) Guardian obit
Billy Lyall 26 Mar 1953 – 01 Dec 1989 (36) FindAGrave memorial
David Paton 29 Oct 1949 – Living
Stuart Tosh 26 Sep 1948 – Living
02/11/1974 Magic #11
18/01/1975 January #1
19/04/1975 Call Me Round #34
27/09/1975 Just a Smile #31

Pink Floyd
Wiki UK psychedelic and progressive rock band from London, one of the most commercially successful and influential bands in popular music history, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, guitarist and co-lead vocalist David Gilmour was awarded a CBE in 2003
David Gilmour 06 Mar 1946 – Living
Nick Mason 27 Jan 1944 – Living
Roger Waters 06 Sep 1943 – Living
Rick Wright 28 Jul 1943 – 15 Sep 2008 (65) Guardian obit
01/12/1979 Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) #1

The Pioneers
Wiki Jamaican reggae vocal trio, formed in 1962, George Dekker is the brother of Desmond Dekker
Sydney Crooks 24 Feb 1945 – Living
George Dekker (aka George Agard) 17 Oct 1946 – Living
Jackie Robinson 21 Jul 1951 – Living
31/07/1971 Let Your Yeah be Yeah #5
15/01/1972 Give and Take #35

The Pipkins
Wiki UK novelty duo, Greenaway is better known as a songwriter and record producer – he was awarded an OBE in 1998 and inducted into the Songwriter Hall of Fame in 2009, Burrows was also a member of The Flower Pot Men, The Ivy League, Brotherhood of Man and Edison Lighthouse
Tony Burrows 14 Apr 1942 – Living
Roger Greenaway 23 Aug 1938 – Living
28/03/1970 Gimme Dat Ding #6

Gene Pitney 17 Feb 1941 – 05 Apr 2006 (65) Guardian obit
Wiki American pop singer-songwriter, instrumentalist and sound engineer, born in Hartford, Connecticut and raised in Rockville, Connecticut, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002
14/03/1970 A Street Called Hope #37
03/10/1970 Shady Lady #29
28/04/1973 24 Sycamore #34
02/11/1974 Blue Angel #39

The Planets
Discogs UK new wave and synthpop band from Liverpool, formed in 1979, Charles, Gallagher and Turnbull were better known as members of Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Lindsey was previously a member of Deaf School
Charlie Charles 17 May 1945 – 05 Sep 1990 (45) Mention of death
Mick Gallagher 29 Oct 1945 – Living
Steve Lindsey Mar 1955 – Living
John Turnbull 27 Aug 1950 – Living
18/08/1979 Lines #36
NB: This group is a bit strange. For the accompanying album, there are more members credited. My guess is Charles, Gallagher and Turnbull were used for the recording of the initial single, and then were replaced by permanent members after its success.

Plastic Bertrand 24 Feb 1954 – Living
Wiki Belgian new wave and punk singer-songwriter and producer from Brussels, real name Roger François Jouret
13/05/1978 Ça plane pour moi #8
05/08/1978 Sha La La La Lee #39

Platinum Hook
Wiki American funk band from New Jersey, formed in 1977 after changing their name from the Soul Dukes
Robin Corley 09 Nov c. 1953 – Living
Stephen Daniels no info available
Robert "Bobby" Douglas no info available
Skipp Ingram 28 Jul 1945 – Living
Victor Jones no info available
Tina Stanford no info available
Glenn Wallace 16 Nov 1951 – 29 Nov 2009 (58) Legacy obit
02/09/1978 Standing on the Verge (of Getting it on) #72

Player
Wiki American soft rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1976 and disbanded in 1982 before reuniting in 1995
Peter Beckett 10 Aug 1948 – Living
J. C. Crowley 13 Nov 1947 – Living
John Friesen 1951 – Living
Ronn Moss 04 Mar 1952 – Living
25/02/1978 Baby Come Back #32

The Players Association
Wiki American disco studio group from New York City, New York, formed in 1977 and disbanded in 1981, the lineup consistently changed over time as only session musicians were used, tenor saxophonist Bob Berg was killed in a road accident in December 2002
Sessions musicians:
Gary Anderson 31 Oct 1947 – Living
Bob Berg 07 Apr 1951 – 05 Dec 2002 (51) Guardian obit
Herb Bushler 07 Mar 1939 – Living
Ed Byrne 30 Dec 1946 – Living
Tom Harrell 16 Jun 1946 – Living
Chris Hills 18 Jul 1946 – Living
David Earle Johnson 10 Apr 1938 – 22 Dec 1998 (60) Mention of death
Mike Mandel no info available
Ray Mantilla 22 Jun 1934 – 21 Mar 2020 (85) Obit
Bob Mover 22 Mar 1952 – Living
Victor Paz 30 Aug 1932 – 03 Apr 2021 (89) Obit
Karl Ratzer 04 Jul 1950 – Living
Pat Rebillot 21 Apr 1935 – Living
Marvin Stamm 23 May 1939 – Living
10/03/1979 Turn the Music Up! #8
05/05/1979 Ride the Groove #42

Pointer Sisters
Wiki American R&B and soul vocal group from Oakland, California, formed in 1970, the group consisted of four sisters until Bonnie Pointer (1950–2020) left in 1978
Anita Pointer 23 Jan 1948 – 31 Dec 2022 (74) BBC obit
Ruth Pointer 19 Mar 1946 – Living
June Pointer 30 Nov 1953 – 11 Apr 2006 (52) Guardian obit
03/02/1979 Everybody is a Star #61
17/03/1979 Fire #34 Cover of a single by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

The Police
Wiki UK new wave and reggae rock band from London, formed in 1977 and disbanded in 1984, with reunions in 1986 and 2007–2008, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003, frontman Sting later had a hugely successful solo career and was awarded a CBE in 2003, drummer Stewart Copeland was previously a member of Curved Air
Stewart Copeland 16 Jul 1952 – Living
Henry Padovani 13 Oct 1952 – Living
Sting 02 Oct 1951 – Living
Andy Summers 31 Dec 1942 – Living
07/10/1978 Roxanne #42
28/04/1979 Roxanne (re-release) #12
07/07/1979 Can't Stand Losing You #2
22/09/1979 Message in a Bottle #1
17/11/1979 Fall Out #47 Originally released in 1977 but failed to chart
01/12/1979 Walking on the Moon #1

Glyn Poole Nov 1961 – Living
Discogs UK singer-songwriter and producer from Castleford, West Yorkshire, part of the Poole Family who won TV talent show Opportunity Knocks, later starred in ITV variety show Junior Showtime
03/11/1973 Milly Molly Mandy #35

The Poppy Family
Wiki Canadian psychedelic pop group from Vancouver, British Columbia, formed in 1968 and disbanded in 1972, Terry Jacks had a successful solo career – he married fellow member Susan Jacks (née Pesklevits) in 1967 (they divorced in 1973)
Susan Jacks 19 Aug 1948 – 25 Apr 2022 (73) Obit
Terry Jacks 29 Mar 1944 – Living
Promotional members:
Craig McCaw c. 1943 – Living
Satwant Singh c. 1948 – Living
15/08/1970 Which Way You Goin' Billy? #7
NB: Although McCaw and Singh were already members of the group at this time, and were credited on the accompanying album, they did not feature on the single. Session musicians were instead brought in by Terry Jacks.

[YoungWillz 19,014]

Pickettywitch.

 

This may come in dribs and drabs, because of the windows I'd have to open.

 

Straight off the bat, Keith Hall was living in Finland in 2012 - article helpfully includes his date of birth: https://www.6d.fi/index.php/wemet/463-moving-to-his-own-beat

[Ulitzer95 11,001]

19 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Pickettywitch.

 

This may come in dribs and drabs, because of the windows I'd have to open.

 

Straight off the bat, Keith Hall was living in Finland in 2012 - article helpfully includes his date of birth: https://www.6d.fi/index.php/wemet/463-moving-to-his-own-beat

Thanks, added. I'm more or less done my end, the only act I haven't attempted yet is The Players Association. It's just a long list of session musicians, I'll do it before I go to bed.

[YoungWillz 19,014]

Damn Pickettywitch, hard walls everywhere!

 

Anyway, The Planets.

 

Steve Lindsey is on bloody Twitter as are Deaf School but could I find any birthday wishes? No! However, through a myriad route we find that Stephen Lindsey was born March 1955 via this https://www.imro.ie/about-imro/our-board/steve-lindsey/ and this https://ie.globaldatabase.com/company/elevate-music-productions-limited I'm assuming from Liverpool given his extensive links as shown on his Twitter, now living in Dublin.

[YoungWillz 19,014]

Platinum Hook.

 

Hard this one. Bobby Douglas and Robin Corley are in a band called Tupelo Honey.

 

This is Bobby Douglas' FB page accessed via the Platinum Hook page: https://www.facebook.com/TIPHUN?hc_ref=ARRpwNMX6BJhMCTVgfPuzCttbAZ5dA-OaRrs7C_GV1yPAytNSrWlZxCEb4nOU10xmFg&ref=nf_target&__tn__=lC-R

 

Tupelo Honey Page here: https://www.facebook.com/pg/Tupelo-Honey-A-Van-Morrison-Celebration-961680384028560/posts/ Robin Corley comments on the T Shirt post but his FB is inaccessible to me as a non-member of FB - perhaps that might be available to you?

 

Otherwise dead ends.

[YoungWillz 19,014]

Poppy Family.

 

This article from 2014 indicates the relative ages of the band. http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Poppy+Family+blooms+again+Experience/10015057/story.html

 

Essentially Satwant Singh is similar in age to Susan Jacks, so probably born between 1947/49. Craig McCaw is 4-5 years older, so probably born between 1942/44.

 

There's a link here that I can't access as not on FB also from 2014: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=677851995630454&id=576025122479809 and that might give you further links.

[YoungWillz 19,014]

Poppy Family 2.

 

It might not matter. This link has Terry Jacks indicate that McCaw and Singh were not on the single: https://theprovince.com/entertainment/music/ebook-excerpt-which-way-you-goin-poppy-family and it was probably session musicians who did the recording!

 

Gah!

[Ulitzer95 11,001]

1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

Poppy Family 2.

 

It might not matter. This link has Terry Jacks indicate that McCaw and Singh were not on the single: https://theprovince.com/entertainment/music/ebook-excerpt-which-way-you-goin-poppy-family and it was probably session musicians who did the recording!

 

Gah!

Cheers YW. Finished the section now and added The Players Association members in (14 of them and only missing bio deets for one).

Platinum Hook – came across both of these FB pages earlier and this is where I got Corley's birth date. Bobby D has his privacy settings way up so can't see anything sadly!

The Poppy Family – this is a difficult one. All four are credited on the album, with McCaw and Singh being an integral part of the group already at this point. So I've put them down as promotional members instead rather than scrubbing them off completely.

That was a ballache of a section. Too many blanks. I'll finish P by Monday.

[Sir Creep 7,012]

On 02/10/2020 at 16:02, CoffinLodger said:

Cookie Monsta is dead at 31.https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/9459272/cookie-monsta-dead/ Sad loss to the dubstep world...

Why is this posted here and not Pop Star thread or .... well hell, Tuskegee Airmen thread more appropriate.

Theres no reason for this thread to exist as it was totally represented by a number of other existing threads - so I never open it. I’m responding to why it took five days for Sir Creep to complain before it is asked.

SC

[Ulitzer95 11,001]

5 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

Why is this posted here and not Pop Star thread or .... well hell, Tuskegee Airmen thread more appropriate.

Theres no reason for this thread to exist as it was totally represented by a number of other existing threads - so I never open it. I’m responding to why it took five days for Sir Creep to complain before it is asked.

SC

Stop referring to yourself in the third person you total nonce.

[TQR 12,120]

13 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

...so I never open it. I’m responding to why it took five days for Sir Creep to complain before it is asked.

SC

I mean I largely approve of your post because Iain is a twat, but this bit...please, decide whether you want to refer to yourself in the first or third person. Illeism is wankish enough but such inconsistency gets right on The Quim Reaper’s tits.

 

EDIT: Ah, Ulitzer puts it much more succinctly than me/Quim

[msc 17,759]

47 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

Why is this posted here and not Pop Star thread or .... well hell, Tuskegee Airmen thread more appropriate.

Theres no reason for this thread to exist as it was totally represented by a number of other existing threads - so I never open it. I’m responding to why it took five days for Sir Creep to complain before it is asked.

SC

 

I assume you must have Ulitzer blocked as he told off the fuckwit for this on the same day it was posted.

 

Also if you have blocked him,  you might miss that this is a *research* thread to find out if various pick worthy names are alive or not so wouldn't fit in with the general death threads.

 

Are you OK? You're being surprising scatterbrained of late.

[YoungWillz 19,014]

I've personally never understood the ALS thread.

 

Defining people and their achievements by the disease from which they are suffering? Yuk, yuk, yuk!

 

All hail the Singles Thread! And someone else can chip in with the research you know.....

[Paul Bearer 5,645]

I think this is one of the better threads on this forum. 

[Bentrovato 995]

1 minute ago, Paul Bearer said:

I think this is one of the better threads on this forum. 

 

1. Instant childish reaction "what the fuck do you know"

2. Second grown up reaction. "yes you are probably right".

 

[Ulitzer95 11,001]

P (part 4/4)

Sandy Posey 18 Jun 1944 – Living
Wiki American pop and country singer from Jasper, Alabama
06/09/1975 Single Girl (re-release) #35

Positive Force 
Discogs American funk band from Pennsylvania, the group also provided backing on Rapper's Delight by The Sugarhill Gang
Vickie Drayton no info available
Bryan Horton 15 Mar 19?? – Living
Albert Pittman no info available
Brenda Reynolds 16 Aug 1960 – Living
Bernard Roland Jr. no info available
Moncy Smith no info available
Albert Williams no info available
22/12/1979 We Got the Funk #18
NB: There were two females and six males in the group, and they only produced the one album. Had trouble getting the seven above as it was by piecing together little bits here and there online, but still missing one.

Mike Post Coalition 29 Sep 1944 – Living
Wiki American composer and producer from Berkeley, California, known for his scoring the themes for television shows such as Law & Order, The A-Team, The Rockford Files and Quantum Leap
09/08/1975 Afternoon of the Rhino #47

The Potters 
Discogs UK vocal group comprising of supporters of Stoke City F.C. who reached the League Cup Final in 1972 before beating Chelsea F.C. 2–1 to win their first major trophy since forming in 1863
01/04/1972 We'll be with You #34

Cozy Powell 29 Dec 1947 – 05 Apr 1998 (50) Independent obit
Wiki UK rock drummer from Cirencester, Gloucestershire, also a member of The Jeff Beck Group, Rainbow, Whitesnake, Emerson, Lake & Powell and Black Sabbath, died in a road accident near Bristol in April 1998
08/12/1973 Dance with the Devil #3
25/05/1974 The Man in Black #18
10/08/1974 Na Na Na #10
10/11/1979 Theme One #62

Pratt & McClain with Brother Love 
Wiki American rock 'n' roll duo, "Brother Love" was their original name before changing it to Pratt & McClain but in this instance referred to the backing band
Jerry McClain 15 Feb 1943 – Living
Truett Pratt 22 Oct 1949 – Living
01/10/1977 Happy Days #31 Theme to the American sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984)

Prelude 
Wiki UK folk vocal trio from Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, formed in 1970, members Brian and Irene Hume were married in 1968
Brian Hume 21 Jun 1947 – Living
Irene Hume 05 Aug 1948 – Living
Ian Vardy 21 Mar 1947 – Living
26/01/1974 After the Goldrush #21 Cover of a song by Neil Young and Crazy Horse

Elvis Presley 08 Jan 1935 – 16 Aug 1977 (42) LA Times obit
Wiki American rock and roll and pop singer and actor from Tupelo, Mississippi, regarded as one of the biggest cultural icons of the 20th century, nicknamed the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "The King", music career started in 1954, he is regarded as the best-selling solo music artist of all time with sales estimates ranging from 600 million to 1 billion records, won three Grammy Awards, posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018, inaugural inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986
28/02/1970 Don't Cry Daddy #8
16/05/1970 Kentucky Rain #21
11/07/1970 The Wonder of You #1 Cover of a single by Ray Peterson
14/11/1970 I've Lost You #9
09/01/1971 You Don't have to Say You Love Me #9 Cover of a single by Dusty Springfield
20/03/1971 There Goes My Everything #6 Released as Elvis Presley, vocal accompaniment: The Imperials Quartet
15/05/1971 Rags to Riches #9
17/07/1971 Heartbreak Hotel (re-release) / Hound Dog (re-release) #10
02/10/1971 I'm Leavin' #23 Released as Elvis Presley, vocal accompaniment: The Imperials Quartet
04/12/1971 I Just Can't Help Believing #6 Released as Elvis Presley, vocal accompaniment: The Imperials Quartet & The Sweet Inspirations / Cover of a single by B.J. Thomas
11/12/1971 Jailhouse Rock (re-release) #42
01/04/1972 Until it's Time For You to Go #5 Released as Elvis Presley, vocal accompaniment: The Imperials Quartet
17/06/1972 An American Trilogy #8 Cover of a single by Mickey Newbury
30/09/1972 Burning Love #7
16/12/1972 Always on My Mind #9 Released as Elvis Presley, vocal accompaniment: J. D. Sumner and The Stamps / Cover of a song by B.J. Thomas
26/05/1973 Polk Salad Annie #23 Cover of a single by Tony Joe White
11/08/1973 Fool #15
24/11/1973 Raised on Rock #36
16/03/1974 I've Got a Thing About You Baby #33 Released as Elvis Presley, vocal accompaniment: J. D. Sumner and The Stamps
13/07/1974 If You Talk in Your Sleep #40
16/11/1974 My Boy #5
18/01/1975 Promised Land #9 Cover of a single by Chuck Berry
24/05/1975 T-R-O-U-B-L-E #31
29/11/1975 Green Green Grass of Home #29 Cover of a single by Porter Wagoner, popularised by Tom Jones
01/05/1976 Hurt #37 Cover of a single by Roy Hamilton
04/09/1976 The Girl of My Best Friend #9
25/12/1976 Suspicion #9 Cover of a single by Terry Stafford
05/03/1977 Moody Blue #6 Released as Elvis Presley, vocal accompaniment: J. D. Sumner and The Stamps Quartet, Kathy Westmoreland, Myrna Smith
13/08/1977 Way Down #1 Released as Elvis Presley, vocal accompaniment: J. D. Sumner and The Stamps Quartet, K. Westmoreland, S. Nielsen and M. Smith / Posthumous #1
03/09/1977 All Shook Up (re-release) #41 Released as Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires
03/09/1977 Are You Lonesome Tonight? (re-release) #46 Released as Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires
03/09/1977 Crying in the Chapel (re-release) #43 Released as Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires
03/09/1977 It's Now or Never (re-release) #39 Released as Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires
03/09/1977 Jailhouse Rock (2nd re-release) #44
03/09/1977 Return to Sender (re-release) #42 Released as Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires
03/09/1977 The Wonder of You (re-release) #48
03/09/1977 Wooden Heart (re-release) #49
10/12/1977 My Way #9 Released as Elvis Presley, vocal accompaniment: J. D. Sumner and The Stamps, The Sweet Inspirations and Kathy Westmoreland / Cover of a single by Frank Sinatra
24/06/1978 Don't be Cruel #24
15/12/1979 It Won't Seem like Christmas (Without You) #13

Billy Preston 02 Sep 1946 – 06 Jun 2006 (59) Guardian obit
Wiki American R&B, soul and rock musician from Houston, Texas, as a session keyboardist he backed performers like Little Richard, Sam Cooke and Ray Charles, one of only five musicians credited on a record by The Beatles other than their members
16/09/1972 Outa Space #44
03/04/1976 Get Back (re-release) #28 Released as The Beatles with Billy Preston (played electric piano on the record)
15/12/1979 With You I'm Born Again #2 Released as Billy Preston & Syreeta

The Pretenders 
Wiki UK rock band from Hereford, Herefordshire, formed in 1978, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005, bassist Pete Farndon was fired from the band for drug problems on 14th June 1982 after guitarist James Honeyman-Scott threatened to quit if he wasn't dismissed, Honeyman-Scott died two days later from a cocaine overdose, Farndon died less than a year later in April 1983 from a heroin overdose, lead singer Chrissie Hynde later had a successful solo career
Martin Chambers 04 Sep 1951 – Living
Pete Farndon 12 Jun 1952 – 14 Apr 1983 (30) FindAGrave memorial
James Honeyman-Scott 04 Nov 1956 – 16 Jun 1982 (25) FindAGrave memorial
Chrissie Hynde 07 Sep 1951 – Living
10/02/1979 Stop Your Sobbing #34
14/07/1979 Kid #33
17/11/1979 Brass in Pocket #1

Alan Price 19 Apr 1942 – Living
Wiki UK singer-songwriter, arranger and instrumentalist from Washington, County Durham, perhaps best known as the original keyboardist for The Animals, later achieved success with film scores
10/04/1971 Rosetta #11 Released as Georgie Fame and Alan Price Together
25/05/1974 Jarrow Song #6
29/04/1978 Just For You #43
17/02/1979 Baby of Mine / Just For You (re-release) #32

Procol Harum
Wiki UK progressive and psychedelic rock band from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, formed in 1967, Brooker was awarded an MBE in 2003
Dave Ball 30 Mar 1950 – 01 Apr 2015 (65) Independent obit
Gary Brooker 29 May 1945 – 19 Feb 2022 (76) Guardian obit
Alan Cartwright 10 Oct 1945 – 04 Mar 2021 (75) Obit
Chris Copping 29 Aug 1945 – Living
Matthew Fisher 07 Mar 1946 – Living
Mick Grabham 22 Jan 1948 – Living
David Knights 28 Jun 1945 – Living
Keith Reid 19 Oct 1946 – 23 Mar 2023 (76) Obit
Ray Royer 08 Oct 1945 – Living
B. J. Wilson 18 Mar 1947 – 08 Oct 1990 (43) Obit
22/04/1972 A Whiter Shade of Pale (re-release) #13
05/08/1972 Conquistador #22
23/08/1975 Pandora's Box #16

Brian Protheroe 16 Jun 1944 – Living
Wiki UK actor and singer from Salisbury, Wiltshire, has narrated the Channel 4 show First Dates since its original release in 2013
07/09/1974 Pinball #22

Public Image Ltd. 
Wiki UK post-punk band from London, formed in 1978 and disbanded in 1992 before reuniting in 2009, frontman John Lydon had previously been in the Sex Pistols
Richard Dudanski 1952 – Living
David Humphrey Sep 1959 – Living
Keith Levene 18 Jul 1957 – 11 Nov 2022 (65) NME obit
John Lydon 31 Jan 1956 – Living
Jim Walker 27 Mar 1955 – Living
Jah Wobble 11 Aug 1958 – Living
21/10/1978 Public Image #9
07/07/1979 Death Disco #20
20/10/1979 Memories #60

James and Bobby Purify 
Wiki American R&B and soul vocal duo from Florida, formed in 1965 and disbanded during the 1980s, James Lee Purify died from COVID-19 complications in January 2021
Robert Lee Dickey 02 Sep 1939 – 29 Dec 2011 (72) Billboard obit
James Lee Purify 12 May 1944 – 22 Jan 2021 (76) Local obit
24/04/1976 I'm Your Puppet #12 Originally a hit in the States in 1966
07/08/1976 Morning Glory #27

Purple Hearts 
Wiki UK mod revival band from Romford, London, formed in 1977 and disbanded in 1982, then active 1984–1986, 1999 and since 2009, originally called The Sockets
Bob Manton 1961 – Living
Jeff Shadbolt Jul 1961 – Living
Gary Sparks 1960 – Living
Simon Stebbing 1961 – Living
22/09/1979 Millions Like Us #57

Pussycat 
Wiki Dutch country and pop group from Brunssum, Limburg, formed in 1973 and disbanded in 1985, Marianne, Betty and Toni Kowalczyk were sisters – the latter married fellow member Lou Willé
Theo Coumans no info available
Betty Kowalczyk 23 Jun 1952 – Living
Marianne Kowalczyk 16 May 1951 – Living
Toni Kowalczyk 26 Jun 1953 – Living
John Theunissen 1949 – 19 Nov 2015 (66) Mention of death
Theo Wetzels no info available
Lou Willé no info available
28/08/1976 Mississippi #1
25/12/1976 Smile #24

Python Lee Jackson 
Wiki Australian rock band from Sydney, formed in 1965 and disbanded in 1972, Jamie Byrne was also a member of pop group The Groove
David Bentley 1943 – Living
Jamie Byrne no info available
Mick Lieber 01 Mar 1944 – Living
David Montgomery Sep 1945 – Living
30/09/1972 In a Broken Dream #3 Recorded in 1969 and features uncredited vocals by Rod Stewart, then a session musician

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The Quads
Wiki UK new wave and post-punk band from Acocks Green, Birmingham, formed in 1979 and disbanded in 1982, their single was a favourite of BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel (1939–2004), vocalist Josh Jones, guitarist Jack Jones and drummer Johnny Jones are brothers, Josh later became an Anglican priest and moved to New Zealand
Jim Doherty no info available
Jack Jones no info available
Johnny Jones no info available
Josh Jones no info available
22/09/1979 There Must be Thousands #66

Quantum Jump
Wiki UK experimental rock band, drummer Trevor Morais was also a member of jazz and pop trio The Pedddlers
Rupert Hine 21 Sep 1947 – 04 Jun 2020 (72) Guardian obit
Trevor Morais 10 Oct 1944 – Living
John G. Perry 19 Jan 1947 – Living
Mark Warner no info available
02/06/1979 The Lone Ranger #5 In the intro, Hine remarks the New Zealand hill Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukaka­piki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­ki­tana­tahu, the longest word in the world

Suzi Quatro 03 June 1950 – Living
Wiki American rock singer-songwriter, bass guitarist and actress from Detroit, Michigan, had a recurring role in the sitcom Happy Days as Leather Tuscadero, has sold over 50 million albums worldwide, married to her guitarist Len Tuckey from 1976 and 1992, now lives between Essex, England and Hamburg, Germany
19/05/1973 Can the Can #1
28/07/1973 48 Crash #3
27/10/1973 Daytona Demon #14
09/02/1974 Devil Gate Drive #1
29/06/1974 Too Big #14
09/11/1974 The Wild One #7
08/02/1975 Your Mama Won't Like Me #31
05/03/1977 Tear Me Apart #27
18/03/1978 If You Can't Give Me Love #4
22/07/1978 The Race is on #43
11/11/1978 Stumblin' in #41 Released as Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman
20/10/1979 She's in Love with You #11

Queen
Wiki UK rock band from London, formed in 1970, their Greatest Hits album is the best selling album in the UK to date and they have sold somewhere between 170 and 300 million records worldwide making them one of the most successful bands in history, the songs We Will Rock You and We are the Champions have become commonly used anthems at sporting events, their performance at Live Aid in 1985 is consistently ranked as one of the greatest in rock history by leading publications, frontman Freddie Mercury died from AIDS-related bronchopneumonia in November 1991, bassist John Deacon retired in 1997, and since 2004, guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor have toured as Queen + with former Free and Bad Company frontman Paul Rodgers taking over vocals until 2009, American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert took over in 2011, both Mercury and May had solo charting hits away from the band, May is also known as an astrophysicist and has appeared numerous times on the astronomy programme The Sky at Night, May was awarded a CBE in 2005 and Taylor an OBE in 2020, the band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001 and all four members were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003
John Deacon 19 Aug 1951 – Living
Brian May 19 Jul 1947 – Living
Freddie Mercury 05 Sep 1946 – 24 Nov 1991 (45) Guardian obit
Roger Taylor 26 Jul 1949 – Living
09/03/1974 Seven Seas of Rhye #10
26/10/1974 Killer Queen #2
25/01/1975 Now I'm Here #11
08/11/1975 Bohemian Rhapsody #1 Later reached #1 again in 1991 following the death of Freddie Mercury
03/07/1976 You're My Best Friend #7
27/11/1976 Somebody to Love #2
19/03/1977 Tie Your Mother Down #31
04/06/1977 Queen's First EP #17
22/10/1977 We are the Champions #2 The unlisted b-side is We Will Rock You, one of their best known songs
25/02/1978 Spread Your Wings #34
28/10/1978 Bicycle Race / Fat Bottomed Girls #11
10/02/1979 Don't Stop Me Now #9
14/07/1979 Love of My Life #63
20/10/1979 Crazy Little Thing Called Love #2

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What a band Queen were. There's not even any of their top ten listed above (it came mostly in the 80s and 90s imo) but most of that would be the greatest hits for another band.

 

Rafferty'll be in the next lot if I'm keeping score. The boozy grumpy genius didn't often trouble the charts after he took more to drinking instead, but Baker St and Night Owl (which I prefer) both made the top ten.

 

A fan digresses.

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Pratt & McClain.

 

Jerry McClain (out of Pasadena, California) contact details here include a reference to a School of Management: https://contactout.com/Jerry-McClain-13552475

 

This would fit in with this Jerry McClain who graduated from Pasadena High School in 1960: https://old-friends.co/studentRecord.php?s=139*477295&dd=

 

I'm not American, but is that going to take us back to early 1940s, born Pasadena?

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38 minutes ago, msc said:

What a band Queen were. There's not even any of their top ten listed above (it came mostly in the 80s and 90s imo) but most of that would be the greatest hits for another band.

 

Rafferty'll be in the next lot if I'm keeping score. The boozy grumpy genius didn't often trouble the charts after he took more to drinking instead, but Baker St and Night Owl (which I prefer) both made the top ten.

 

A fan digresses.

Yup, Rafferty will be in the next one. I have the Night Owl album on vinyl. Stick it on every now and then. Get it Right Next Time also one of my all time favourites.