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 )

[Mi-Amigo]

A14 - D1 [another diagonal] ALWAYS ON MY MIND - Pet Shop Boys No 1 Xmas 1987

ooops sorry jumped the gun with that one 

[Mi-Amigo]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

Z1 - Z17 CHRISTMAS ALPHABET - Dickie Valentine - you`ve beaten me @pgn No idea of the year it was No 1

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1955 @Mi-Amigo ?

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You could well be right @Cleoriff 1950s makes sense now...

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@Cleoriff wrote:

23G -23A Only You... THe Flying Pickets...1983

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Yes, @Cleoriff is picking up the form, title, date and band for a total of 2 points!

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

Z1 - Z17 CHRISTMAS ALPHABET - Dickie Valentine - you`ve beaten me @pgn No idea of the year it was No 1

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Good one with the title, @Cleoriff offered the date - now how do I split that score? Hmm, we'll see 😆

[Mi-Amigo]

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Gotta give @Cleoriff a point for the date - that`s gotta be the toughest one so far 

[Mi-Amigo]

T11 - T1 LILY THE PINK - The Scaffold Xmas No 1 1968 

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

A14 - D1 [another diagonal] ALWAYS ON MY MIND - Pet Shop Boys No 1 Xmas 1987

ooops sorry jumped the gun with that one 

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Getting carried away? A bit like Joss Ackland in the back seat in this one:

[pgn]

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

T11 - T1 LILY THE PINK - The Scaffold Xmas No 1 1968 

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Oh yes, most efficacious, @Mi-Amigo - and one of my favourites too:

[J9el]

17 - Stay another Day - E17 - 1994

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

@pgn 

Gotta give @Cleoriff a point for the date - that`s gotta be the toughest one so far 

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OK, a point for @Mi-Amigo and the bonus to @Cleoriff for Dickie Valentine's 1955 Christmas Alphabet it is!👍