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 )

[Cleoriff]

Bohemian Rhapsody 5I 20X Queen 1975

[pgn]

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@BobM wrote:

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

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Well done - @BobM has clinched the last title and grid location - but there's still a bonus available on this one, as it made top in Christmas Week not once but twice in the UK Singles Chart - any takers?

[BobM]

@pgn  ... @Again in 1991

[pgn]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Bohemian Rhapsody 5I 20X Queen 1975

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Ditto for you, @Cleoriff - this has been in the UK Christmas Week chart not once but twice - can you clinch the other year for a point?

[lewys-gp]

Wow, well done everyone 😅. Amazing effort, @pgn 👏🔥!

[pgn]

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@BobM wrote:

Again in 1991 ?

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Ah @BobM just slides the bonus point away from @Cleoriff - yes, 1991 and 1975 for this superb track:

A superb title on which to end this Part 1 Word Grid

Now I have to tot up the scores, coming shortly...

[Cleoriff]

Sorry @pgn  I left the grid to check out the news that Mercedes have dropped their appeal about the controversial race result on Sunday!!

Yes 1991 Backed with the wonderful 'These Are The Days Of Our Life'

[J9el]

Thanks @pgn - absolutely fantastic, thanks for organising 🎄🎄⛄️⛄️ 

[Mi-Amigo]

Brilliant game. Thanks for organising and running it @pgn 

31 songs to find; 13 pages; 129 posts - well done, everyone

Looking forward to Part 2 on Christmas Eve...

[pgn]

So - the final accounting and the complete grid below.

I hope you enjoyed the game, there'll be the other half, roughly, on 24-Dec-2021, another 30 titles to plough through, with not quite so many vertical or horizontal ones, just for kicks 🤣

Who	Score
@Mi-Amigo	28
@Cleoriff	10
@J9el	8
@RafaC	5
@BobM	5
@lewys-gp	4
Mr Blobby	2
@TallTrees	1
Well done!

Thank you all for your patience and for my being a stickler for some of the rules - see you here again Friday next week, I hope.

And the table of songs/dates/answers:

Year	Artist	Single
1952	Al Martino	Here in My Heart
1955	Dickie Valentine	Christmas Alphabet
1958	Conway Twitty	It's Only Make Believe
1966	Tom Jones	Green, Green Grass of Home
1968	The Scaffold	Lily the Pink
1975	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody
1976	Johnny Mathis	When a Child Is Born (Soleado)
1977	Wings	Girls' School
1979	Pink Floyd	Another Brick in the Wall
1983	The Flying Pickets	Only You
1985	Shakin' Stevens	Merry Christmas Everyone
1986	Jackie Wilson	Reet Petite
1987	Pet Shop Boys	Always on My Mind
1988	Cliff Richard	Mistletoe and Wine
1989	Band Aid II	Do They Know It's Christmas?
1990	Cliff Richard	Saviour's Day
1991	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are the Days of Our Lives
1992	Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You
1993	Mr Blobby	Mr Blobby
1994	East 17	Stay Another Day
1999	Westlife	I Have a Dream
2001	Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman	Somethin' Stupid
2003	Michael Andrews and Gary Jules	Mad World
2007	Leon Jackson	When You Believe
2009	Rage Against the Machine	Killing in the Name
2012	The Justice Collective	He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
2013	Sam Bailey	Skyscraper
2016	Clean Bandit	Rockabye
2018	LadBaby	We Built This City
2019	LadBaby	I Love Sausage Rolls
2020	LadBaby	Don't Stop Me Eatin'