UK Singles Chart

[Ulitzer95 11,085]

On 29/02/2020 at 20:12, Ulitzer95 said:

Sandy Nelson 01 Dec 1938 – 14 Feb 2022 (83) Local obit
Wiki American rock and roll drummer from Santa Monica, California
06/11/1959 Teen Beat #9
14/12/1961 Let There be Drums #3
22/03/1962 Drums are My Beat #30
07/06/1962 Drummin' Up a Storm #39

The Teddy Bears
Wiki American pop group from Los Angeles, California, Spector later went on to be a hugely successful songwriter and record producer but was convicted of murder in 2009 and sentenced to 19 years in prison – he died of COVID-19 complications in January 2021
Carol Connors (aka Annette Kleinbard) 13 Nov 1940 – Living
Marshall Leib 26 Jan 1939 – 15 Mar 2002 (63) FindAGrave memorial
Sandy Nelson 01 Dec 1938 – 14 Feb 2022 (83) Local obit
Phil Spector 26 Dec 1939 – 16 Jan 2021 (81) BBC obit
19/12/1958 To Know Him is to Love Him #2
NB: Wikipedia suggests that Harvey Goldstein, recorded on this as a fifth member, when in fact this link confirms that Nelson was a replacement for Goldstein on drums.
 

The Teddy Bears
Wiki American pop group from Los Angeles, California, Spector later went on to be a hugely successful songwriter and record producer but was convicted of murder in 2009 and sentenced to 19 years in prison – he died of COVID-19 complications in January 2021

Carol Connors (aka Annette Kleinbard) 13 Nov 1940 – Living
Marshall Leib 26 Jan 1939 – 15 Mar 2002 (63) FindAGrave memorial
Sandy Nelson 01 Dec 1938 – 14 Feb 2022 (83) Local obit
Phil Spector 26 Dec 1939 – 16 Jan 2021 (81) BBC obit
14/04/1979 To Know Him is to Love Him (re-release) #66 Single was coupled with Endless Sleep by Jody Reynolds

Updated 3 entries for the death of Sandy Nelson.

Carol Connors is now the sole surviving member of The Teddy Bears following the death of Spector and Nelson.

[Death Impends 7,373]

If Nelson QOs, that's a first hit for my US chartoppers theme team.

 

Bit interesting that three of four Teddy Bears had a noted musical claim to fame wholly unassociated with the group (Spector is obvious, Connors with the Rocky theme, and Nelson with his solo drum hits).

[Ulitzer95 11,085]

On 29/02/2020 at 20:13, Ulitzer95 said:

Procol Harum
Wiki UK progressive and psychedelic rock band from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, formed in 1967, Brooker was awarded an MBE in 2003
Gary Brooker 29 May 1945 – 19 Feb 2022 (76) Guardian obit
Matthew Fisher 07 Mar 1946 – Living
David Knights 28 Jun 1945 – Living
Keith Reid 19 Oct 1946 – Living
Ray Royer 08 Oct 1945 – Living
Robin Trower 09 Mar 1945 – Living
B. J. Wilson 18 Mar 1947 – 08 Oct 1990 (43) Obit
25/05/1967 A Whiter Shade of Pale #1
04/10/1967 Homburg #6
24/04/1968 Quite Rightly So #50
18/06/1969 A Salty Dog #44

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 – Living
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

Updated both of the 60s and 70s entries of Procol Harum for the death of Gary Brooker.

[YoungWillz 19,099]

10 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Updated both of the 60s and 70s entries of Procol Harum for the death of Gary Brooker.

Guardian breaks some proper news: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/feb/22/gary-brooker-lead-singer-procol-harum-dies-aged-76

[Ulitzer95 11,085]

4 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Guardian breaks some proper news: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/feb/22/gary-brooker-lead-singer-procol-harum-dies-aged-76

And that will serve as a QO for the team which has him as a unique DDP pick.

The QOs for Chor and Brooker now push us ahead again in # of hits vs. # of days (55 vs. 53).

[YoungWillz 19,099]

5 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

And that will serve as a QO for the team which has him as a unique DDP pick.

The QOs for Chor and Brooker now push us ahead again in # of hits vs. # of days (55 vs. 53).

Or as Gary would have said, "the ceiling flew away". 

[msc 17,762]

5 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

And that will serve as a QO for the team which has him as a unique DDP pick.

The QOs for Chor and Brooker now push us ahead again in # of hits vs. # of days (55 vs. 53).

 

For any passing @Gooseberry Crumbles, if that pace kept up across the year, the record would be broken by about 100. Highly unlikely of course, but if it did, DI would be referring to me as Calvin Coolidge for the rest of time... 

[Death Impends 7,373]

A Whiter Shade of Pale would be "play us out" worthy for me most other years. RIP...

[YoungWillz 19,099]

On 29/02/2020 at 20:09, Ulitzer95 said:

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Joni James 22 Sep 1930 – Living
Wiki American traditional pop singer from Chicago, Illinois
06/03/1953 Why Don't You Believe Me #11
30/01/1959 There Must be a Way #24

 

Joni James dead: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/joni-james-dead-singer-1950s-1235099860/

 

Why - don't you believe me? 

[Ulitzer95 11,085]

On 29/02/2020 at 20:09, Ulitzer95 said:

Joni James 22 Sep 1930 – 20 Feb 2022 (91) Obit
Wiki American traditional pop singer from Chicago, Illinois
06/03/1953 Why Don't You Believe Me #11
30/01/1959 There Must be a Way #24

Updated. Odd. Just hours ago I compiled a list of people over 90 who had stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame earlier (away to post it in the Hollywood thread), and she was on it.

[Sir Creep 7,013]

12 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Joni James dead: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/joni-james-dead-singer-1950s-1235099860/

 

Why - don't you believe me? 

Why don’t you post the song?

 

 

[Ulitzer95 11,085]

1 minute ago, Sir Creep said:

Why don’t you post the song?

 

 

It’s already linked in the post directly above yours…

[YoungWillz 19,099]

On 16/09/2020 at 17:41, Ulitzer95 said:

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The Members
Wiki UK punk rock band from Camberley, Surrey, formed in 1976 and disbanded in 1983, regrouped in 2007
Nigel Bennett no info available
JC Carroll 09 Feb 1956 – Living
Adrian Lillywhite 1957 – Living
Chris Payne no info available
Nicky Tesco no info available
03/02/1979 The Sound of the Suburbs #12
07/04/1979 Offshore Banking Business #31

 

Report of the death of Nicky Tesco: https://louderthanwar.com/nicky-tesco-the-members-rip/

[YoungWillz 19,099]

Could this be a Company Directorship for Nicky Tesco @Ulitzer95? https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/d5rpFyzfxbFsKmWyH99NJotAP7c/appointments

 

December 1944 birth would fit in. Maybe a full press obit will reveal - I'd frankly be astonished if he doesn't obit.

[Ulitzer95 11,085]

41 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Could this be a Company Directorship for Nicky Tesco @Ulitzer95? https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/d5rpFyzfxbFsKmWyH99NJotAP7c/appointments

 

December 1944 birth would fit in. Maybe a full press obit will reveal - I'd frankly be astonished if he doesn't obit.

I’m not convinced. Everywhere online says he was Lightowlers, not Lightowler. Either way, no matches in the birth records.

 

Looking at his Facebook, it would seem like he had blood cancer for several years so definitely a DDP miss given that it was all in the public domain.

 

A&E admission pic from 2021. 

 

[YoungWillz 19,099]

@Ulitzer95 this guy seems to have the inside scoop, Nicky Tesco born Belfast 1955? This be traced?

 

 

[Ulitzer95 11,085]

3 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

@Ulitzer95 this guy seems to have the inside scoop, Nicky Tesco born Belfast 1955? This be traced?

 

 

 

Name	Mr Nicholas G Lightowlers
Birth	1954-1956
Residence	2003-2008 London, London, England   Name Nicholas G Lightowlers Spouse Anna C F Cassavetti Marriage Apr 1988 Westminster, Greater London, United Kingdom There's a post on Tesco's FB from 2021 with a picture from his wedding day and he says "33 years today", so yes, this info is definitely correct. I can't get access to the record because it's NI, but at least we have the year confirmed now!                 Also, no idea what I just did to the format on my post

[Ulitzer95 11,085]

On 16/09/2020 at 17:41, Ulitzer95 said:

The Members
Wiki UK punk rock band from Camberley, Surrey, formed in 1976 and disbanded in 1983, regrouped in 2007
Nigel Bennett no info available
JC Carroll 09 Feb 1956 – Living
Adrian Lillywhite 1957 – Living
Chris Payne no info available
Nicky Tesco 03 Oct 1955 – 25 Feb 2022 (66) Obit
03/02/1979 The Sound of the Suburbs #12
07/04/1979 Offshore Banking Business #31

Updated.

@YoungWillz, birthday is 3rd October as per this post on FB, so he was 66. Presumably the guy on Twitter is just rounding to the year as he doesn't known a birthdate. Bandmate JC Carroll posts here that he died on Friday so 25th Feb...

"Nick Tesco left the room on Friday after various battles with different illnesses. Nick had not been well for a long long time but he battled his disability and he never complained ."

[Spade_Cooley 9,022]

MC Skibadee, probably the guy you think of when it comes to doubletime on drum & bass tracks, being reported dead on Twitter. Can go here thanks to his vocals on Shy FX and T-Power's seminal "Don't Wanna Know," a favourite of football highlight package soundtrackers back in the day, which got to #19 in 2002.

 

 

[Ulitzer95 11,085]

55 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

MC Skibadee, probably the guy you think of when it comes to doubletime on drum & beat tracks, being reported dead on Twitter. Can go here thanks to his vocals on Shy FX and T-Power's seminal "Don't Wanna Know," a favourite of football highlight package soundtrackers back in the day, which got to #19 in 2002.

 

Mirror obit for Skibadee.

[YoungWillz 19,099]

 

On 29/02/2020 at 20:13, Ulitzer95 said:

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The Paramounts
Wiki English beat group from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, Brooker, Trower and Wilson later formed Procol Harum
Gary Brooker 29 May 1945 – Living
Graham "Diz" Derrick 11 Dec 1944 – Living
Robin Trower 09 Mar 1945 – Living
B. J. Wilson 18 Mar 1947 – 08 Oct 1990 (43) FindAGrave memorial
16/01/1964 Poison Ivy #35 Cover of a single by The Coasters
 

I was reading @Death Impends marvellous obits on the DDP and did a double take as she brought to my attention that Gary Brooker was in The Paramounts and therefore this entry needs a wee update.

[Ulitzer95 11,085]

On 29/02/2020 at 20:13, Ulitzer95 said:

The Paramounts
Wiki English beat group from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, Brooker, Trower and Wilson later formed Procol Harum, Brooker was awarded an MBE in 2003
Gary Brooker 29 May 1945 – 19 Feb 2022 (76) Guardian obit
Graham "Diz" Derrick 11 Dec 1944 – Living
Robin Trower 09 Mar 1945 – Living
B. J. Wilson 18 Mar 1947 – 08 Oct 1990 (43) FindAGrave memorial
16/01/1964 Poison Ivy #35 Cover of a single by The Coasters

Done. Cheers!

[YoungWillz 19,099]

On 29/09/2020 at 19:53, Ulitzer95 said:

Right, here goes.

So there's also this. 

"Anonymous said:
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but KEVIN ROWAN known to his mates as DAN moved to BOSCOMBE DORSET some years ago and has now since died. He was a good friend and will be missed greatly." (July 2013)

FREEBMD: Kevin G Rowan, birth registered Sep 1963 in Liverpool North.

GRO: Nothing. No persons called Kevin Rowan with a birth year of 1963 have died since our last knowledge of him being alive (that reunion show in 2008). So he didn't die on British soil, unless he changed his name.

Ancestry: Electoral register from 2010 Kevin G Rowan b. 1963–1965, living in Bournemouth, Dorset. Ah ha! So he was alive in 2010.

So if he died, why did that anonymous poster say "some years ago", if he was alive just 3 years prior?

Also, that Aussie obit gives a spouse's name of Karen. Now, there are no records in the UK of a ROWAN, KEVIN ever marrying anyone by the name of Karen. Regardless, I don't believe he just up and left from Bournemouth at some point, moved to Oz, got married, fell ill and died within the space of just a few years. I just don't buy it. It just seems like someone is putting the cat among the pigeons to me. I'm more inclined to believe the comments saying he's "alive and well" or "I saw him the other day". Maybe just wants to be left alone.

If anyone knows where to access an electoral register subsequent to 2010 then we may get absolute confirmation that he's still alive and that YouTube commenters are pulling our leg or simply confused/misinformed.

My second choice for my exit music out of the cup was Our Kid.

 

The discussion above on Kevin Rowan fizzled out. Still alive and living in Bournemouth in 2015, I think @Ulitzer95 indicated the GRO may have been updated, could we revisit this?

 

[Ulitzer95 11,085]

23 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

My second choice for my exit music out of the cup was Our Kid.

 

The discussion above on Kevin Rowan fizzled out. Still alive and living in Bournemouth in 2015, I think @Ulitzer95 indicated the GRO may have been updated, could we revisit this?

 

He's not in the GRO Index up until Dec 2020, but I can go one better than that. He's still alive and based in Bournemouth as of 2022 (as per 192 People).

I wasn't too familiar with 192 when I did the 60s/70s entries. I've updated the entry for Our Kid with a note at the bottom clarifying that Rowan is alive (though I never marked him as deceased anyway as I strongly suspected the comments online declaring him dead were from a hoaxer).

[Ulitzer95 11,085]

On 01/11/2020 at 16:16, Ulitzer95 said:

Timmy Thomas 13 Nov 1944 – 11 March 2022 (77) Obit
Wiki American R&B singer-songwriter, keyboardist and record producer from Evansville, Indiana
24/02/1973 Why Can't We Live Together #12

Updated for the death of one hit wonder Timmy Thomas.