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

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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! 

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@BobM wrote:

Can't stay too long..

3B - 21B ... LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS ... MUD ... 1974.

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Spot-on @BobM:

1974

Mud

LonelyThisChristmas

B3

B21

[BobM]

19E - 1W ... JUST WALKING IN THE RAIN ... JOHNNIE RAY ... 1956

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

@TallTrees gave

K16 - Z16 I Hear You Knocking

I think the singer is Dave Edmunds

don`t know the year

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Hey, we have a tag-team effort here, cool!

@TallTrees and @Mi-Amigo get a point for:

Dave Edmunds

IHearYouKnocking

K16

Z16

There's a bonus point for the year going for somebody

[TallTrees]

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

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@TallTrees wrote:

11 B - 11 I

I LOVE YOU  Title now over to @Mi-Amigo 

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OMG - now you`re testing me @TallTrees 

This is a wild guess but might be a very early Cliff Richard single but no idea of date - maybe late 50s...

If that is a Xmas single, then well done @pgn for a really tough one. 

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THANK YOU  ~ @Mi-Amigo 

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

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@TallTrees wrote:

11 B - 11 I

I LOVE YOU  Title now over to @Mi-Amigo 

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OMG - now you`re testing me @TallTrees 

This is a wild guess but might be a very early Cliff Richard single but no idea of date - maybe late 50s...

If that is a Xmas single, then well done @pgn for a really tough one. 

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You're on the right track - need the full band/group for the point, TagTeam @TallTrees and @Mi-Amigo!

And you're a decade or so early

[Cleoriff]

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

@TallTrees I know the singer of your find I Hear You Knocking but would only be a guess at the year.... 

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I HEAR YOU KNOCKING DAVE EDMUNDS 1970

[TallTrees]

Have you every heard 

"When we collide"    @Mi-Amigo 

I put that up earlier

I don't even know whether I have heard the tune.

[Cleoriff]

11\B -11I I LOVE YOU Cliff Richard 1960

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@BobM wrote:

19E - 1W ... JUST WALKING IN THE RAIN ... JOHNNIE RAY ... 1956

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Another for @BobM:

1956

Johnnie Ray

JustWalkinintheRain

E19

W1

We'll not argue about the G, it's Christmas Eve 😆

[BobM]

24A - 5A ...

LET'S HAVE ANOTHER PARTY... WINIFRED ATWELL... 1954