O2 Community Forum 2021 - Christmas Singles Mega Word Grid Part 2

[pgn]

Welcome back everyone - Christmas Eve and bored of wrapping presents?  Well, here's 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 30 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 around 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.

Over to you, happy hunting: @Cleoriff @Bambino @blissgirl @BobM @Cairdeas1 @gmarkj @J9el @jonsie  @lewys-gp @madasaf1sh @MAKAZAGA @Martin-O2 @Mi-Amigo  @MI5 @Pennywren @Projectionist @RafaC @RunrigForever @sheepdog @TallTrees and anyone else who fancies a go! 

[lewys-gp]

T6-B24 I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles...

What year? I will guess 1964. Must be around that time, surely.

[pgn]

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

X1 - X14 RETURN TO SENDER - Elvis Presley 1962

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Uhuh, got that one @Mi-Amigo:

1962

Elvis Presley

ReturntoSender

X1

X14

[lewys-gp]

Love a bit of Elvis 🎸

@Mi-Amigo @pgn 

[TallTrees]

Unfortunately @pgn 

I do not know who sung it or when it was in the charts

but I do know what the tune sounds like!

[pgn]

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@lewys-gp wrote:

T6-B24 I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles...

What year? I will guess 1964. Must be around that time, surely.

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Well, @lewys-gp  you get a point for a title, correct co-ordinates and group, but the year bonus is still up for grabs - first to give me the year gts the bonus and the video goes up...

[Mi-Amigo]

@lewys-gp was so close with I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles

he hit the post but Salah Mi-Amigo scores with 1963  

[TallTrees]

I can see a Title @pgn   

"When we collide"

24D 24P

Edited to add never heard this tune ~ over to you @Mi-Amigo ?

Edited to add No idea who or when

[pgn]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Z26- Z17 - Hallelujah - Alexandra Burke (2008)

(thought the singer was in the grid too, apparently not)

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Well done, @Anonymous :

2008

Alexandra Burke

Hallelujah

Z26

Z17

Point and bonus in the bag!

[TallTrees]

Thanks for the  Christmas Singles grid

I can see titles but don't know the rest of the game @pgn 

Not fair to others who can play the game properly

so will follow the experts in Music Charts.

Bye for now 

Merry Christmas to you @pgn 

[pgn]

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@TallTrees wrote:

Unfortunately @pgn 

I do not know who sung it or when it was in the charts

but I do know what the tune sounds like!

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Keep looking, @TallTrees  - I'm sure someone will give artist and/or year, and the video will go up for you to tap your feet along to 👍 It's a good one!