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! 

[TallTrees]

Marys boy child oh my lord (edited to complete)

25V 25A

Is that

Boney M 1970 ish

[Cleoriff]

Have to leave now @pgn. Grandson just rocked up.

[pgn]

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

V11 - L1 THATS MY GOAL - SHAYNE WARD 2005

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2005

Shayne Ward

ThatsMyGoal

V11

L1

I think @Mi-Amigo has the goal firmly in sight today, he's haring ahead!

[pgn]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Have to leave now @pgn. Grandson just rocked up.

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Thanks, @Cleoriff - enjoy the time with your family - hope the quiz was not too eye-crossing 🤣

[pgn]

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@TallTrees wrote:

Marys boy child oh my lord (edited to complete)

25V 25A

Is that

Boney M 1970 ish

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@Cleoriff already got that one a while back, @TallTrees - good to see you're still here, a foil to @Mi-Amigo's rapier memory for things musical! ⚔️

[Mi-Amigo]

Q1 - E13 MULL OF MINTYRE - WINGS [also credited Paul McCartney & Wings] 1977

- been there and seen my mate Macca`s cottage and farm

[Mi-Amigo]

Good to see you still digging the titles out @TallTrees .

I`ll do my best with the artist but no guarantee for the date

[pgn]

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

Q1 - E13 MULL OF MINTYRE - WINGS [also credited Paul McCartney & Wings] 1977

- been there and seen my mate Macca`s cottage and farm

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Yep - can be a bit bleak up there, I have visited Skye to the north, and Arran, tucked in beneath the Mull - wet too.

1977

Wings

MullofKintyre

Q1

F13

[Mi-Amigo]

Beatle Mi-Amigo...

J12 - U1 HELLO GOODBYE - The Beatles 1967

[Mi-Amigo]

Can we have an Update please @pgn