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

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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 )

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

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

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Working on them, @Mi-Amigo - grid refs help

Update again shortly.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thanks @pgn  

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@BobM wrote:

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

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And @BobM abseils down the side of the building for a stunning entrance:

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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

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Spot-on, with a prompt or two - a point each I guess, @Mi-Amigo and @Cleoriff?

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

L10 - C1 [another diagonal] REET PETITE - Jackie Wilson No1 Xmas 1986 

I knew it was there, couldn`t see it before...

... back in the game

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Splitting this one with @J9el, @Mi-Amigo - as I got an answer and date but no Grid Ref, and you answered with Grid Ref 2 mins later - I hope that's fair?

[Mi-Amigo]

More than fair @pgn - @J9el beat me to it.

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@J9el wrote:

Rockabye - Clean Bandit - 2016

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And the subsequent Row U answer clinch thi one for @J9el - well done!

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@J9el wrote:

Girls School - Wings - 1977

17Y 7N backwards

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And another storms in here for @J9el:

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Well, with 30 marked, just that elusive last regal title to get:

[BobM]

5I - 20X ... BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY ... QUEEN ... 1975