O2 Community Forum 2021 - Christmas Singles Mega Word Grid Part 1

[pgn]

Welcome all, another chance for the Forum Festive Frivolities to continue - come join the fun!

Hidden in a straight line across, up, down or diagonally (backwards or forwards too!) in the grid below are 31 singles titles. Each has been a #1 hit in the UK in the week in which Christmas Day fell, from the 1950s to last year, 

The rules are simple:

 - Find a title in the grid, give me the full title as printed in the grid, the start and end co-ordinates of the title and the title's group/singer/band name for a point;

 - For a bonus, give me the year (or years - a bonus point per year) that the title by that artist was at the top in the Christmas Week chart;

 - First person to tell me the year or years gets the bonus.

Then give someone else a chance, and repeat.

I'll be back to update the grid and keep track of the scores at intervals during the day. I will compile the winners towards the end of day.

NB: There are a few tricky ones in there, where a song or variant of a song was released by different artists, or where a release was a double A-side, watch out!

PS. Feel free to use any tool at your disposal to check date(s) and/or artist/s once you have found a title in the grid.

Here's an Example answer:

  R1 - L8 "Mr Blobby", by Mr Blobby, in 1993  - this would score 1 point + 1 bonus point

Over to you, happy hunting: @Cleoriff @Bambino @blissgirl @BobM @Cairdeas1 @gmarkj @J9el @lewys-gp @madasaf1sh @MAKAZAGA @Martin-O2 @Mi-Amigo 

@MI5 @Pennywren @Projectionist @RafaC @RunrigForever @sheepdog @TallTrees and anyone else who fancies a go!  (@jonsie has a buy-ball in this one, by prior arrangement )

[J9el]

Girls School - Wings - 1977

17Y 7N backwards

[pgn]

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@J9el wrote:

Rockabye - Clean Bandit - 2016

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Need the grid ref too, please, @J9el, to qualify - will upload an updated one shortly.

[J9el]

Sorry @pgn - U1 to U8

[pgn]

And a Grid Update - 2 answers incomplete, 27 of 31 given:

(don't forget I need the Start and End co-ordinates from the grid for your answer to be valid!)

[J9el]

Really struggling now @pgn - but this is great! 🎄

[pgn]

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@J9el wrote:

Reet Petite - Jackie Wilson - 1986?

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This is why I need the Grid reference for your answer:

@Mi-Amigo's answer is correct, yours @J9el lacks the grid ref so is incomplete, but was the earlier answer...

[Mi-Amigo]

A couple by me and @J9el not in latest grid @pgn 

[J9el]

Ahhh no probs @pgn - if I do manage to find any more I’ll add in the ref 👍🏼

[BobM]

1I - 10R ... SKYSCRAPER ... SAM BAILEY ... 2013

[Cleoriff]

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@pgn wrote:

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@Cleoriff wrote:

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

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E8 - L1 [another diagonal] - MAD WORLD - got no idea of who did it nor the date but think it`s after 2000 ??

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MICHAEL ANDREWS 2003

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@Cleoriff has got the date, but still a little shy on artis(s) 😃

PS, no 0.5 or 1/2 or half points here, peeps! lol!

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Michael Andrews and Gary Jules 2003