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! 

[Anonymous]

Z26- Z17 - Hallelujah - Alexandra Burke (2008)

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

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@Anonymous wrote:

Z26- Z17 - hallelujah

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First one out of the blocks @Anonymous  - have you got an artist name and/or year to get a point?

[TallTrees]

This will be a bit of a nightmare for me @pgn 

as you will know by now I don't know song titles, movies etc..... BUT

will give it a go for Christmas ~ don't hold breath though  

[Mi-Amigo]

Here we go

D1 - L9 MOON RIVER - Danny Williams No 1 1961 [me bing old helps 😁] 

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

Here we go

D1 - L9 MOON RIVER - Danny Williams No 1 1961 [me bing old helps 😁] 

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And the first score to @Mi-Amigo and a bonus for the year:

1961

Danny Williams

MoonRiver

D1

L9

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@TallTrees wrote:

This will be a bit of a nightmare for me @pgn 

as you will know by now I don't know song titles, movies etc..... BUT

will give it a go for Christmas ~ don't hold breath though  

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Go for it, @TallTrees - 28 left to get and 29 artists/dates to get

[RafaC]

24D - 24P: When we Collide - Matt Cardle - 2010

[Mi-Amigo]

W15 - W2 WE CAN WORK IT OUT - The Beatles No 1 1965 

[TallTrees]

YEH I found one  @pgn 

I hear you knocking

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