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! 

[Cleoriff]

Goodbye Spice Girls was 1998  @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thanks @Cleoriff - you should get the bonus for giving the date of Spice Girls Goodbye

and as I said I`ve no idea of grid ref, song title, artist or date of the two word song

Is that the last one to find @pgn ??

[Cleoriff]

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

Thanks @pgn 

Need @Cleoriff to give the date of Spice Girls Goodbye

and as I said I`ve no idea of grid ref, song title, artist or date of the two word song

Is that the last one to find @pgn ??

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Just said above @Mi-Amigo  The date is 1998

[pgn]

Here's the grid, just one, an oldie, left to find:

[Mi-Amigo]

Heehee - posts crossed @Cleoriff 

[Mi-Amigo]

OK - so the last one is two words and from the earlier clue from the 50s...

H8 - A1 ANSWER ME [I know there was a song with that title in 50s] no idea of the artist; or year it was Xmas No 1 

[pgn]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

Thanks @pgn 

Need @Cleoriff to give the date of Spice Girls Goodbye

and as I said I`ve no idea of grid ref, song title, artist or date of the two word song

Is that the last one to find @pgn ??

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Just said above @Mi-Amigo  The date is 1998

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And @Cleoriff has the bonus for the Spice Girls 1998 date.

One more to go - and (here's a clue) it points to Santa Claus 

[pgn]

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

OK - so the last one is two words and from the earlier clue from the 50s...

H8 - A1 ANSWER ME [I know there was a song with that title in 50s] no idea of the artist; or year it was Xmas No 1 

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You didn't need the clue, and, as noted on the first page:

• 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.

[Mi-Amigo]

I haven`t used any tools throughout the two games and don`t intend to. I just relied on my fading memory, which is why dates have eluded me this time... I`ll let others give the rest of the answer... if I`ve got the song title right 😀 

[pgn]

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

I haven`t used any tools throughout the two games and don`t intend to. I just relied on my fading memory, which is why dates have eluded me this time... I`ll let others give the rest of the answer... if I`ve got the song title right 😀 

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That's pretty good going, @Mi-Amigo - and you have the song title correct, although variants are

Answer Me, Lord Above

or

Answer Me, My Love

More than that at this point I cannot reveal...

Good luck!