weeks 1 to 50

Week 50 Mononymous singer and song

• Believe - Cher

• Hunter - Dido

• Mercy – Duffy

• Lollipop – Mika

• Dreams – Gabrielle

• Joyride – Roxette

• Alive – Goldfrapp

• Chandelier – Sia

• Skyfall – Adele

• Crazy – Seal

• Roxanne – Sting

• Porcelain – Moby

• Slow – Rumer

• Kiss – Prince

• Party – Elvis Presley

• Vogue – Madonna

• Try – Pink

• Irreplaceable – Beyonce

• Scream – Usher

• Amarantine - Enya

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Week 49 Abbreviations (BED – The Man from U.N.C.L.E.)

• YMCA  - The Village People

• S.O.S. - ABBA

• D.I.V.O.R.C.E. - Tammy Wynette

• D.I.V.O.R.C.E. – Billy Connolly

• Harper Valley PTA - Jennie C Riley

• P.T.A. - Pulp

• N.I.B. – Black Sabbath

• L.A.F.S. – Nick Lowe

• T.V. Eye – The Stooges

• Back in the USSR – The Beatles

• Back in the USA – Chuck Berry

• Back in the UK – Scooter

• Highway to Hell – AC/DC

• Miss Murder - AFI

• Nothin’ On You ft Bruno Mars – B.o.B.

• Mr Blue Sky – The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)

• Justified and Ancient – People of K ft Crystal

• How Bizarre – OMC

• Shiny Happy People – REM

• Waterfalls – TLC

 

Week 48. In and Out

• Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs – I’m In With The Out Crowd

• Dobie Gray – The In Crowd

• Mitchel Musso – In Crowd

• The Jam – In The Crowd

• The Beatles – Got To Get You Into My Life

• Dean Martin - Face In A Crowd

• Bette Midler – In My Life

• Joyce Sims – Come Into My Life

• Joe Jackson – Is She Really Going Out With Him?

• [ pre-news - Black Lace – The Okey Cokey]

• Diana Ross and the Supremes – In And Out Of Love

• Diana Ross – I’m Coming Out

• Billy Joel – Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)

• Mitzi Gaynor – I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair

• Indeep – Last Night A DJ Saved My Life

• INXS – Devil Inside

• Elvis Presley – In The Ghetto

• Barbra Streisand – Send In The Clowns

• 10cc – I’m Not In Love

• Chris Farlowe – Out of Time

 

Week 47. Celebration / Birthday / Anniversary

• Celebration – Kool and the Gang

• Celebration – Madonna

• Happy Birthday Loretta Lynn

• Anniversary Waltz – Status Quo

• Peggy Sue – Buddy Holly (a request)

• It’s My Party – Lesley Gore

• Happy Birthday – Stevie Wonder

• Happy Birthday – Altered Images

• Birthday – The Beatles

• Birthday – Katy Perry

• Too Bad On Your Birthday – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

• Party – Elvis Presley

• Party Doll – Buddy Knox

• Party for Two – Shania Twain & Mark McGrath

• It’s My Party - Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin

• Party in the USA – Miley Cyrus

• Get The Party Started – Pink

• It’s My Party – Jessie J

• Dancin’ Party – Showaddywaddy

• Anniversary Song – Glenn Miller Orchestra

• Anniversary Song – Eva Cassidy

• Anniversary – Tony! Toni! Tone!

• A Town Called Jubilee – Elton John

• Jubilee Stomp – Duke Ellington

• The Party’s Over – Nat King Cole

 

Week 46. Me Myself Alone

• It’s My Party – Leslie Gore

• All By Myself – Celine Dion

• Alone - Heart

• Alone Again – Gilbert O’Sullivan

• Do That To Me One More Time – Captain and Tennile

• Go Your Own Way – Fleetwood Mac

• Only The Lonely – Roy Orbison

• You’re Not Alone – Joe and Jake

• You’ll Never Walk Alone – Gerry and the Pacemakers

• Wake Up Alone – Amy Winehouse

• Me Myself and I – Beyonce Knowles

• Knowing Me Knowing You – ABBA

• All of Me – John Legend

• Call On Me – Eric Prdydz

• Take On Me – AHA

• Lay It All On Me – Rudimental ft Ed Sheeran

• Stand By Me – Ben E King

• I Can’t Help Myself – The Four Tops

• I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself – Dusty Springfield

• I’m OK By Myself - Morrissey

• I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter – Nat King Cole

• I’m Not The Only On - Sam Smith

• Owner Of a Lonely Heart – Yes

• Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles

• Ain’t Got No – I Got Life – Nina Simone

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Week 45. Meals

• Bed and Breakfast Man – Madness

• Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Deep Blue

• Breakfast in America – Supertramp

• Breakfast in Bed – UB40

• Elevenses – Neil Halstead

• Lunch with Gina – Steely Dan

• Bills – Lunchmoney Lewis

• The Lunchbox has Landed – Anne Dudley

• Tea for Two – Sarah Vaughan

• Everything Stops for Tea – Jack Buchanan

• English Tea – Paul McCartney

• TV Dinners – ZZ Top

• Dinner with Gershwin – Donna Summer

• Digsy’s Dinner – Oasis

• The Second Sitting for the Last Supper – 10cc

• Suppertime – Levi Stubbs

• Sing for Your Supper – The Mamas & The Papas.

• Snack Attack – Godley & Crème

• After Supper – Count Basie

• The Teddy Bears’ Picnic – Anne Murray

• Banquet – Joni Mitchell

• (Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket – Elton John

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Week 44: Duets - unusual pairings

• Sister and Brother – Midge Ure ft Kate Bush

• Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves – Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin

• I Knew You Were Waiting For Me – Aretha Franklin & George Michael

• Chain Reaction – Diana Ross (it was a request not part of the theme of the week)

• Endless Love – Diana Ross & Lionel Ritchie

• Where the Wild Roses Grow - Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue

• Kids - Robbie Williams & Kylie Minogue

• Something Stupid – Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman

• The Greatest Thing – Lady Gaga & Cher

• The Lady is a Tramp – Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga

• Body & Soul – Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse

• Dancing in the Street – David Bowie & Mick Jagger

• I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Frank Sinatra & Bono

• Say Say Say – Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson

• What Have I Done to Deserve This - Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

• Islands in the Stream – Rob Brydon, Ruth Jones & Tom Jones

• Baby It’s Cold Outside – Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews

• 7 Seconds – Youssou N’Dour & Neneh Cherry

• Barcelona – Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballe

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​Week 43: Brother Sister

• We've Only Just Begun - The Carpenters

• The Same Old Ground - He's My Brother, She's My Sister

• He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother - The Hollies

• My Brother Jake - Free

• interview with Steve Rodgers so WEBSITE SPOTIFY BONUS: 100 Times

• The Harder I Try - Brother Beyond

• A Little Bit Country, A Little Bit Rock & Roll - Donny & Marie Osmond

• Save Your Kisses For Me - Brotherhood of Man

• My Brother - Terry Scott

• Apologise - Ben's Brother

• Everybody Needs Somebody - The Blues Brothers

• I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers

• Hello - Turn Your Radio On - Shakespears Sister

• Breathless - The Corrs

• Sister Moonshine - Supertramp

• Sister Jane - New World

• Sweet Soul Sister - The Cult

• Dance Little Sister - Terence Trent Darby

• I Don't Feel Like Dancin' - Scissor Sisters

• Breakout - Swing Out Sister

• Jump For My Love - The Pointer Sisters

• This Town Ain't Big Enough - Sparks

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Week 42: Mother Father

• Hello Mother, Hello Father - Allen Sherman

• Dream A Little Dream - Mamas and Papas

• Does Your Mother Know - ABBA

• Tie Your Mother Down - Queen

• Sylvia's Mother - Dr Hook and the Medicine Show

• Mother of Mine - Neil Reid

• Mother's Little Helper - The Rolling Stones

• On Mother Kelly's Doorstep - Barbara Windsor

• Holy Mother - Eric Clapton

• Mama - Spice Girls

• Mama Weer All Crazee Now - Slade

• Mama Mia - ABBA

• Mama Use To Say - Junior

• Monday Monday - Mamas and Papas

• Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - James Brown

• Papa Don't Preach - Madonna

• Papa Was A Rolling Stone - The Temptations

• Paparazzi - Lady Gaga

• Son Of My Father - Chicory Tip

  

Week 41: Here, There, Everywhere

• Here, There and Everywhere - The Beatles

• Good Girls Go To Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere) - Meatloaf

• I See You Everywhere - Chris Isaak

• Everywhere - Fleetwood Mac

• Everywhere - Michelle Branch

• Love Is Everywhere - Gracie Fields

• Dogs Are Everywhere – Pulp

• Here Comes The Rain Again – Eurythmics

• Here Comes The Sun – The Beatles

• Here I Go Again – Whitesnake

• Right Here Right Now – Fatboy Slim

• Here Comes the Night – Them, Van Morrison

• Here Comes Summer – Jerry Keller

• Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens – B.B. King

• I’ll Be There – Mariah Carey

• There’s a Kind of Hush – Herman’s Hermits

• There She Goes - The La’s

• There’s A Ghost In My House – R Dean Taylor

• There Must Be An Angel – Eurythmics

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Week 40: Clothes

• Baggy Trousers - Madness

• Girls in their Summer Clothes - Bruce Springsteen

• The Emperor's New Clothes - Panic at the Disco

• We Don't Have to (Take Our Clothes Off) - Jermaine Stewart

• The Girl in the Yellow Dress - David Gilmour

• Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress - The Hollies

• If you Wear that Velvet Dress - U2

• The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats

• Top Hat, White Tie and Tails - Fred Astaire

• You Can Leave Your Hat On - Tom Jones

• Badges, Posters, Stickers and T-Shirts - Dire Straits

• Forever in Blue Jeans - Neil Diamond

• Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top

• Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes - Paul Simon with Ladysmith Black Mambazo

• Dedicated Follower of Fashion - The Kinks

• Fashion - David Bowie

 

Week 39: Cats and Dogs

• Cool for Cats - Squeeze

• Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat – original cast recording from The Aristocats

• Cat's in the Cradle - Ugly Kid Joe

• The Lovecats - The Cure

• Stray Cat Strut - Stray Cats

• Skin This Cat - Scissor Sisters

• Tv Theme from Top Cat

• Year of the Cat - Al Stewart

• Eye of the Tiger - Survivor

• Delilah - Queen

• What's New Pussycat - Tom Jones

• Chihuahua (Cha Cha Cha) - The Golden Orchestra

• I Love My Dog - Cat Stevens

• I Think I Might Be a Dog - Daddy a Go Go

• Dog Days Are Over - Florence and the Machine

• I'm the Urban Spaceman - Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

• Hound Dog - Elvis Presley

• Me and You and a Dog Named Boo - Lobo

• Black Dog - Led Zeppelin

• Dogs of Lust - The The

• How Much Is That Doggie In The Window - Patti Page

• Mama Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night

 

Week 38: Home

• Homeless – Paul Simon & Ladysmith Black Mambazo

• Homeward Bound – Simon & Garfunkle

• Homeward – The Sundays

• When I Get Home – Ruby Turner & Jools Holland

• Take Me Home – Sophie Ellis Bexer

• Take Me Home – Jess Glynne

• Take Me Home – Phil Collins

• Still Take You Home – Arctic Monkeys

• Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd

• Run For Home – Lindisfarne

• Homesick – Catfish & The Bottlemen

• Call You Home – Kelvin Jones

• Can’t Go Home – Steve Aoki

• Hometown Glory – Adele

• Bring It On Home To Me – Sam Cooke

• Ain’t Nobody Home – BB King

• Coming Home – Sigma & Rita Ora

• Home – Jack Savoretti

• Carry You Home – James Blunt

• Bring Him Home – Hugh Jackman

• Going Home – Mark Knopfler

 

Week 37: Walking - Dancing

• These Boots Are Made For Walking - Nancy Sinatra

• Walk Like An Egyptian – The Bangles

• Walking Back To Happiness  - Helen Shapiro

• Walking On Sunshine – Katrina & The Waves

• Walking On The Moon – The Police

• Walking On Broken Glass – Annie Lennox

• Walking In Memphis – Marc Cohn

• I Walk the Line – Johnny Cash

• The Lambeth Walk – Robert Lindsay

• A Couple of Swells – Judy Garland, Fred Astaire

• I Love To Boogie – T.Rex

• Dancing Queen – ABBA

• Come Dancing – The Kinks

• Dancing In The Dark – Bruce Springsteen

• Dancing In The Moonlight – Toploader

• John, I’m Only Dancing – David Bowie

• Dancing In The Street – David Bowie, Mick Jagger

• Human - Killers

• Don’t Stop The Dance – Bryan Ferry

• Twistin’ The Night Away – Sam Cooke

 

Week 36: Going Strong : Died Too Young

• Sympathy For The Devil - Rolling Stones

• Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Heath Ledger

• Black Eyed Dog - Nick Drake

• Rehab - Amy Winehouse

• Strawberry Wine (Life Is Sweet) - Pat Benatar

• And I love Her - Kurt Cobain

• Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly

• La Bamba - Richie Valens

• Woman's World - Cher

• Medley from 1969 - Tom Jones / Stevie Wonder

• Waterfalls - TLC

• Rock The Boat - Aaliyah

• Ease On Down The Road - Diana Ross

• I Wanna Be Loved By You - Marilyn Monroe

• Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend - Shirley Bassey ft Paloma Faith

• Light My Fire - The Doors

• (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding

• Everything It Takes - Loretta Lynn ft Elvis Costello

• Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin

• Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix

• Somthing About The Way You Look Tonight - Englebert Humperdink/Elton John

• Be Lucky - The Who

• The Sound of Music Oscar Tribute - Lady Gaga

• Both Sides Now - Judy Collins

 

Week 35: Time

• Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper

• Time Warp – cast Rocky Horror Picture Show

• As Time Goes By – Dooley Wilson

• Summertime – Ella Fitzgerald

• Time Is On My Side – The Rolling Stones

• Clocks  - Coldplay

• 5 O’Clock In The Morning – Godley & Crème

• Time (Clock Of The Heart) – Culture Club

• …Baby One More Time – Britney Spears

• Do That To Me One More Time  - Captain & Tennille

• Remember The Time – Michael Jackson

• Time In A Bottle – Jim Croce

• Good Times Bad Times – Led Zeppelin

• 5 Years Time – Noah And The Whale

• Time Is Tight – Booker T. & the M.G.’s

• If I Could Turn Back Time - Cher

• (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life – Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes

• We Have All The Time In The World – Louis Armstrong

• Time To Say Goodbye – Sarah Brightman and Andre Boccelli

 

Week 34: Story Songs

• Big Bad John – Jimmy Dean

• A Boy Name Sue – Johnny Cash

• Ernie, the Fastest Milkman in the West – Benny Hill

• Jack and Diane – John Mellencamp

• Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles

• Jolene – Dolly Parton

• Me and Bobby McGee – Roger Miller

• Billy Don’t Be a Hero – Paper Lace

And Ruth talked with Michael Blore and Michael Davies about their new musical

Tess – the Trailer 

Tess – I Always Get My Way

Tess – One Look of Love

Tess – In My Hand

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXRHww6mx6EbYS-eEi8_V0Z6CVoSqimSS

• When Father Papered the Parlour – Billy Williams

• Albert and the Lion – Roy Hudd

• Copacabana – Barry Manilow

• Cabaret – Liza Minnelli

• Summer Nights – John Travolta and Olivia Newton John

• Harper Valley PTA – Jennie C Riley

• In the Ghetto – Elvis Presley

• Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

 

week 33: Gratitude

• Thank Funk - Uptown Funk

• Dido – Thank You

• Louis Armstrong - Wonderful World

• The Scaffold - Thank U Very Much

• ABBA - Thank You For The Music

• The Kinks  - (Thank You For The) Days

• Andrew Gold - Thank You For Being A Friend

• Earth, Wind & Fire – Gratitude

• John Denver – Thank God I’m a Country Boy

• Maurice Chevalier – Thank Heaven for Little Girls

• The Beatles – Thank You Girl

• Sam & Dave - I Thank You

• Rod Stewart – Thanks for the Memories

• Natalie Cole - Be thankful

• Josh Groban  - Thankful

• Kelly Clarkson - Thankful

• Bonnie Raitt - Thank You

• Kaiser Chiefs - Thank You Very Much

• Scouting for Girls - Thank You and Goodnight

• Jon Bon Jovi – Thank You for Loving Me

• Antonia Banderas & Madonna – Goodnight and Thank You

 

week 32: Heaven and Earth

• Earth Wind & Fire - Shining Star

• The Platters - Heaven on Earth

• Belinda Carlisle - Heaven is a Place on Earth

• Then Penguines - Earth Angel

• Guns n Roses - Knockin' on Heaven's Door

• Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded by the Light

• Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

• Phil Collins - Something Happened on the Way to Heaven

• Curiosity Killed the Cat - Down to Earth

• Eartha Kitt - Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love

• Walk Off the Earth - Somebody that I Used to Know

• Bryan Adams - Heaven

• Carole King - I Feel the Earth Move

• The Bee Gees - Too Much Heaven

• Michael Jackson - Earth Song

 

week 31: Money

• Flying Lizards - Money

• Lunchmoney Lewis - Bills

• Sam Smith - Money on my Mind

• Liza Minnelli / Joel Grey - Money, Money

• Jessie J Ft B.o.B - Price Tag

• Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)

• The Beatles - You Never Give Me Your Money

• Donna Summer - She Works Hard for the Money

• Dire Straits - Money for Nothing

• Abba - Money Money Money

• Pink Floyd - Money

• Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight (request)

• Annie Lennox - Money Can't Buy it

• Tommy Steel - Half a Sixpence

• AC/DC - Money Talks

• Bruce Springsteen - Pay me my Money Down

• Bing Crosby - Pennies from Heaven

• 42nd Street - We're in the Money

 

week 30: Oscar winners

• Isaac Hayes - Shaft

• Fred Astaire - The Way You Look Tonight

• Berlin - Take My Breath Away

• Samuel E Wright - Under The Sea

• Audrey Hepburn - Moon River

• Judy Garland - Over The Rainbow

• Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly

• B J Thomas - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head

• Eminem - Lose Yourself

• Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On

• Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were

• Idina Menzel - Let It Go

• Tex Ritter - The Ballad of High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling)

• Bing Crosby - Swinging on a Star

• Bob Dylan - Things Have Changed

• Noel Harrison - The Windmills of Your Mind

• Irene Cara - Flashdance... What a Feeling

• Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia

• Donna Summer - Last Dance

And the 2016 Academy Award nominees:

The Weeknd - Earned It from Fifty Shades of Grey

J Ralph and Anohni - Manta Ray from Racing Extinction

Sumi Jo - Simple Song #3 from Youth

Lady Gaga - Til It Happens to You from The Hunting Ground

Sam Smith - Writing's on the Wall from Spectre

 

week 29: Literary connection

• Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights

• Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger

• Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever

• David Bowie - 1984

• Queen - Brighton Rock

• Simon & Garfunkle - America

• The Nice - America

• Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side

• Squeeze - Cool For Cats

• The Monkees - I'm A Believer

• Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffanys

• The Beatles - Norwegian Wood

• Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time

• Bob Marley & the Wailers - Exodus

• The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me

• Duran Duran - Wild Boys

• Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet

Ruth also talked with author Dennis Carey - you can buy An Untilled Field here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Untilled-Field-there-people-prepared/dp/099319432X/ref=la_B00QPL0RII_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1455281630&sr=1-1

 

Week 28: Phoenetic alphabet

• Fall Out Boy - ALPHA dog

• Los BRAVOs - Black is Black

• CHARLIE Puth - Marvin Gaye ft Meghan Trainor

• Charley Pride - Mississippi Cotton Pickin DELTA Town

• ECHO and the Bunnymen - Seven Seas

• Frank Sinatra - Best is yet to come (FOXTROT dance theme)

• GOLF club parody of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody

• Elvis Presley - Heartbreak HOTEL

• Dido - Mary's in INDIA

• Kaiser Chiefs - Modern Way (used in soundrack for KILO Two Bravo)

• LIMAhl - Never Ending Story

• MIKE and the Mechanics - Another Cup of Coffee

• Guns n Roses - NOVEMBER Rain

• Adele - Skyfall (OSCAR winning song)

• James Brown - PAPA's got a brand new bag

• QUEBEC is the WIN as in no song for Q

• Dire Straits - ROMEO and JULIET

• Professor Green ft SIERRA Kusterbeck  - Avalon

• The Shadows - Guitar TANGO

• The Canadian Teacher - School UNIFORM Rap

• VICTOR Silvester - You're dancing on my heart

• Van Morrison - Moonshine WHISKEY

• Left Spine Down - X-RAY

• James Cagney – YANKEE Doodle Dandy

• Charlotte Church - Men of Harlech (song used in film ZULU)

 

Week 27: Whistle / hum

• Whistle While you Work – Adriana Carelotti, Snow White & the Seven Dwarves

• Always Look on the Bright Side of Life – Monty Python

• Mmm mmm mmm – The Crash Test Dummies

• Games Without Frontiers – Peter Gabriel

• America  - Simon and Garfunkel

• Hocus Pocus – Focus

• Wind of Change – The Scorpions

• Centerfold – J Geils Band

• Little Bitty Pretty One – Bobby Day

• Just My Imagination – The Temptations

• I Whistle a Happy Tune – The King and I

• The Whistle Song (Blow my whistle) = DJ Alligator Project

• Don’t Worry Be Happy – Bobby McFerrin

• Go West – The Pet Shop Boys

• Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay  - Otis Redding

• Eric the Half a Bee – Monty Python

• I was Kaiser Bill’s Batman – Whistling Jack Smith

• Jealous Guy – John Lennon

• Golden Years – David Bowie

• Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard – Paul Simon

• Mexican Whistler – Richard Whitaker

• The Humming – Enya

• China Roses - Enya 

 

Week 26: French

• TV – The Flying Lizards

• Sunday Girl - Blondie

• The French Song – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

• Lady Marmalade – LaBelle

• Je Suis Un Rock Star – Bill Wyman

• Voulez Vous – ABBA

• Hold on Tight – Electric Light Orchestra

• Seaside Rendezvous – Queen

• Games Without Frontiers – Peter Gabriel

• Fade to Grey – Visage

• Look What They’ve Done to My Song Ma – Miley Cyrus & Melanie

• Chanson d’Amour – Manhattan Transfer

• Ça Plane Pour Moi – Plastic Bertrand

• Le Freak – Chic

• C’etait Toi (You Were the One) – Billy Joel

• Les Bicyclettes de Belsize - Engelbert Humperdinck

• 7 Seconds – Youssou N’Dour ft Nenah Cherry

 

Week 24: Stuck (in your head)

• Stuck in the Middle With You – Gerry Rafferty

• Mistletoe and Wine - Cliff Richard

• Little Boxes - Pete Seeger

• Money Money Money - Abba

• Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond

• How Bizarre - OMC

• Axel F - Crazy Frog

• Magic Moments – Perry Como

• Yellow Submarine – The Beatles

• Thank You Very Much – Scaffold

• Lily the Pink – Scaffold

• I’m Gonna Be 500 Miles – The Proclaimers

• Vindaloo – Fat Les

• Thank You – Dido

• Thank You for the Music – Abba

• Ruby – Kaiser Chiefs

• Funky Town – Lipps Inc

• You Made Me Love You - Nat King Cole

• The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars

• Mah na Mah na - The Muppets

• Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5

• I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas

• Monday Monday - The Mamas and The Papas

• We Are the Champions - Queen

 

Week 23: Medical connections

• Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb

• Guns n Roses - Live and Let Die

• Dr Hook – If Not You

• Bon Jovi – Bad Medicine

• My Chemical Romance – I’m Not Okay (I Promise)

• REM – Everybody Hurts

• Sad Café – Every Day Hurts

• Maroon 5 – Harder to Breathe

• The Fray – How to Save a Life

• Billy Ray Cyrus – Achy Breaky Heart

• Gladys Knight and the Pips – Every Beat of My Heart

• Irene Cara - Flashdance (What a Feeling)

• Blondie – Heart of Glass

• Mariah Carey ft Jay Z – Heartbreaker

• Natasha Bedingfield – I Bruise Easily

• The Sandpipers – How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

• Jimmy Eat World – Pain

• Guys and Dolls – Adelaide’s Lament

• The Red Hot Chili Peppers – Scar Tissue

• Bee Gees - Staying Alive

 

Week 22: UK Number Ones (20)10 to 11 to 12

• Owl City - Fireflies

• Lady Gaga (ft Beyoncé) - Telephone

• Jason Derulo - In My Head

• Scouting for Girls - This Ain't A Love Song

• Diane Vickers - Once

• Roll Deep - Good Times ft Jodie Connor

• Dizzee Rascal - Dirtee Disco

• Yolanda Be Cool vs D Cup - We No Speak Americano

• The Wanted - All Time Low

• Olly Murs - Please Don't Let me Go

• Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are

• Rihanna ft Drake - What's My Name

• Jessie J ft B.o.B - Price Tag

• Adele - Someone Like You

• LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem

• Pitbull - Give Me Everything

• Example - Changed The Way You Kissed Me

• Cher Lloyd - Swagger Jagger

• Pixie Lott - All About Tonight

• Military Wives with Gareth Malone - Wherever You Are

 

Week 19: Same Title Different Song

• Power of Love – Huey Lewis and the News

• For Whom the Bell Tolls – Metallica

• Absolute Beginners – The Jam

• Stairway to Heaven – Neil Sedaka

• Who’s That Girl – The Eurythmics

• Donna – Ritchie Valens

• Broken – Leona Lewis

• Bang Bang – Cher

• Big Girls Don’t Cry - The Four Seasons

• Bang Bang – BA Robertson

• Power of Love – Frankie Goes to Hollywood

• For Whom the Bell Tolls – The Bee Gees

• Absolute Beginners – David Bowie

• Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin

• Who’s That Girl – Madonna

• Donna – 10CC

• Broken – Jake Bugg

• Bang Bang – Jessie J

• Big Girls Don’t Cry - Fergie

 

Week 17: Covered

• Walking back to happiness - Helen Shapiro (not a cover!)

• Knockin' on heaven's door - Eric Clapton

• Hello Dolly - The Bachelors

• Big Yellow Taxi - Counting Crows ft Vanessa Carlton

• Children of the Revolution - cast of Moulin Rouge

• Your song - Eillie Goulding

• Imagine - Emeli Sande

• You've got the love - Florence + the Machine

• Live and Let Die - Guns 'n' Roses

• That old black magic - Jane Horrocks/Robbie Williams

• Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley

• Ain't misbehavin' - Jools Holland ft Eartha Kitt

• I'm in the mood for love - Jools Holland ft Jamiroquai

• Call me maybe - Carly Rae Jepson

• Somewhere only we know - Lily Allen

• Blue Moon - Liza Minelli/Robert De Niro (her solo version is crazy!!)

• Feelin' alright - Lulu

• Man who sold the world - Nirvana

• Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered - Rod Stewart/Cher

• Common People - William Shatner

• Common People - Pulp

 

Week 12: Food (& the occasional drink)

• Food Glorious Food – cast of Oliver!

• Mud Glorious Mud – Flanders & Swann

• Everything I Own – Bread

• Toast – Paul Young/Streetband

• Going Underground – The Jam

• Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, Pink

• Honey, Honey – cast of Mamma Mia!

• Sugar Me – Lynsey De Paul

• Blockbuster! – The Sweet

• Spice Up Your Life – The Spice Girls

• Californication – The Red Hot Chilli Peppers

• Life Is A Minestrone – 10CC

• Cheese and Onions – The Rutles

• Fish and Chips - Madness

• Two Pints of Lager – Splodgenessabounds

• No Milk Today – Herman’s Hermits

• Living on the Ceiling - Blancmange

• Raspberry Beret – Prince

• Strawberry Fields Forever – The Beatles

• Since Yesterday – Strawberry Switchblade

• Cherry – The Smashing Pumpkins

• Orange Crush – REM

• WIN! MacArthur Park – Richard Harris

• Red Red Wine – UB40

• Robert De Niro’s Waiting – Bananarama

• Sugar Sugar – The Archies

BEDS   Green Onions – Booker T & the MGs

            Mas Que Nada – Sergio Mendes ft Black Eyed Peas

            Spam – Monty Python

 

Week 11: Days

• Eight Days A Week – The Beatles

• Red Letter Day – The Pet Shop Boys

• I Don’t Like Mondays – The Boomtown Rats

• Manic Monday – The Bangles

• Monday Monday – The Mamas & Papas

• Thursday – The Pet Shop Boys

• Ruby Tuesday – The Rolling Stones

• Tuesday Heartbreak – Stevie Wonder

• Love You Til Tuesday – David Bowie

• Laughing Gnome – David Bowie

• Last Friday Night – Katy Perry

• Love Me Tomorrow – The Shirelles

• 30 Days – The Saturdays

• Friday – Daniel Bedingfield

• Sunday – The Cranberries

• Never On A Sunday – James Last

• Pleasant Valley Sunday – The Monkees

• Sunday to Saturday – Take That

• Saturday Night – The Commodores

• Saturday Night At The Movies – The Drifters

• Except for Monday – Lorrie Morgan

• Friday Night – Lily Allen

• Sunday Girl - Blondie

 

Week 10: Colours

• I Can Sing a Rainbow

• Catch the Rainbow – Rainbow

• Black Night – Deep Purple

• I Gotta Feeling – Blackeyed Peas

• I Try – Macy Gray

• Get The Party Started – Pink

• Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5

• I Feel Good – James Brown

• Fortune Faded - The Red Hot Chilli Peppers

• Wake Me Up When September Ends – Green Day

• Better Day – Ocean Colour Scene

• True Colours – Phil Collins

And in hour 2: Blue

• Blue – The Fine Young Cannibals

• I’ll Never Fall In Love Again – Deacon Blue

• Blue Bayou – Linda Ronstadt

• Blue Velvet – Bobby Vinton

• Blue Suede Shoes – Elvis Presley

• Union City Blue – Blondie

• Mr Blue Sky – ELO

• Caribbean Blue – Enya

• Into The Blue – Kylie Minogue

• Behind Blue Eyes – Limp Bizcut

• Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue – Crystal Gayle

• Ole Black n Blue Eyes – The Fratellis

• Learnin The Blues – Frank Sinatra

• Blueberry Hill – Louis Armstrong

• My Blue Heaven – The Platters

• Song Sung Blue – Neil Diamond

•  All Rise - Blue

 

Week 9: Months

• January to June – Dean Martin

• January Stars – Sting

• January – Pilot

• Christmas in February – Lou Reed

• February Song – Josh Groban

• March – George Tandy Jr

• March Winds and April Flowers – Teddy Joyce

• April In Paris – Frank Sinatra

• Lost April  - Nat King Cole

• April Come She Will – Simon & Garfunkle

("April, come she will,

May, she will stay.

June, she'll change her tune,

July, she will fly.

August, die she must," - A Child's Nursery Rhyme)

• Maggie May – Rod Stewart

• Mayhem – Imelda May

• End of May – Michael Buble

• June Hymn – The Decemberists

• June – Luka Bloom

• 4th of July – Bruce Springsteen

• Winter in July – Sarah Brightman

• I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine – Bob Dylan

• Round Here (from August and Everything After) – Counting Crows

• September – Earth Wind and Fire

• September Morn – Neil Diamond

• Wake Me Up When September Ends – Green Day

• When October Goes – Barry Manilow

• October Song – Amy Winehouse

• November Rain – Guns n Roses

• Looks Like December – Antonio Carlos Jobim

• December 63 (Oh What A Night) – The Four Seasons

 

Week 8: Rivers

• The River – Steve Rodgers

• River – Bruce Springsteen

• River Deep Mountain High – Ike and Tina Turner

• River Boogie Woogie – Jools Holland

• Moon River – Frank Sinatra

• Cry Me A River – Justin Timberlake

• Cry Me A River – Michael Buble

• Old Man River – Jim Croce

• (Up A) Lazy River – Bobby Darin

• Hold Back The River - James Bay

• Yellow River – Christie

• River of Dreams – Billy Joel

• Riverboat Song – Ocean Colour Scene

• She’s A River -  Simple Minds

• Wide River – The Steve Miller Band

• Ride Across the River – Dire Straits

• Deep River Woman – Lionel Richie

• Big River  - Johnny Cash

• River – Emeli Sande

• Mississippi Delta River Blues – Muddy Waters

• Red River Valley – Boxcar Willie

• Down By the River – Jon Allen

• If I Was A River – Tina Arena

• Ferry Cross the Mersey – Gerry and the Pacemakers

• Rock The Boat – The Hues Corporation

 

Week 7: Animals

• Wild Thing - The Troggs

• (How much is) That Doggy In The Window

• Birdy Song - The Tweets

• Lion Sleeps Tonight - Ladysmith Black Mambazo

• Black Snake Blues - John Sebastian

• Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life - Monty Python

• Little Bird - Annie Lennox

• I'm Like A Bird - Nelly Furtado

• Stop The Pigeon 

• We Are The Pigs - Suede

• Love Cats - The Cure

• Cool For Cats - Squeeze

• Year Of The Cat - Al Stewart

• Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor

• Tiger Feet - Mud

• Three Lions - Baddiel and Skinner and The Lightning Seeds

• What's New Pussy Cat - Tom Jones

• Hound Dog - Tom Jones

• Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran

• Little White Bull - Tommy Steele

• Little Red Rooster - The Rolling Stones

• Can You Dig It - The Mock Turtles

• Monkees Theme - The Monkees

• Nellie The Elephant - Ralph Butler

• Crocodile Rock - Elton John

• Animal - Deff Leppard

• Big Scary Animal - Belinda Carlisle

• Animals - Maroon 5

• Rockin' Robin - Bobby Day

 

Week 6: Numbers

• You’re More Than a Number in My Little Red Book – The Drifters

• 2-4-6-8 Motorway – Tom Robinson Band

• Senses Working Ovetime – XTC

• One Number One – Gloria Gaynor

• One – Ed Sheeran

• 100 Times – Steve Rodgers

• Goody Two Shoes – Adam Ant

• Three Steps to Heaven – Eddie Cochran

• Knock Three Times – Lynn Anderson

• 30 Minute Love Affair – Paloma Faith

• Four Letter Word – Kim Wilde

• Forteen Again – Victoria Wood

• Fifty Ways to Leave You Lover – Paul Simon

• Six Underground – Sneaker Pimps

• Sweet Little Sixteen – Chuck Berry

• Get You Kicks on Route 66 – The Rolling Stones

• Seven Wonders – Fleetwood Mac

• At Seventeen – Janis Ian

• Eight Days A Week – The Beatles

• 9 To 6 – Dolly Parton

• Nine Million Bicycles – Katie Melua

• Perfect 10 – The Beautiful South

• Zero – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

 

Week 5: Name in title

• Alfie – Cilla Black

• Living Next Door to Alice – Smokie

• Ben – Michael Jackson

• Black Betty – Ram Jam

• Billy Don’t Be Hero – Paper Lace

• Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond

• Cecilia – Simon and Garfunkel

• Chuck ’Es In Love – Rickie Lee Jones

• Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles

• Come on Eileen – Dexys Midnight Runners

• Emma 70s – Hot Chocolate

• Georgy Girl – The Seekers

• Hit the Road Jack – Ray Charles

• Jezebel – Frankie Laine

• Jimmy Mack – Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

• John I’m Only Dancing – David Bowie

• Johnny B Goode – Chuck Berry

• Me and Mrs Jones – Billy Paul

• Good Golly Miss Molly – The Swinging Blue Jeans

• Pearl’s a Singer – Elkie Brooks

• Peggy Sue – Buddy Holly

• Roxanne – The Police

• Ruby Tuesday – The Rolling Stones

• Sandy – John Travolta

• Boy Named Sue – Dr Hook and the Medicine Show

• Tammy – Debbie Reynolds

• Vincent – Don McLean

 

Week 4: Man/Boy : Woman/Girl

• I’m A Boy – The Who

• Twentieth Century Boy – T Rex (NB not Placebo version!)

• Rude Boy – Rhianna

• Hush Boy – Basement Jaxx

• The Boys Are Back in Town – Thin Lizzy

• Boy Does Nothing – Alesha Dixon

• Man with the child in his eyes – Kate Bush

• Man in Black – Johnny Cash

• Man on the Moon – REM

• Man on the Edge – Iron Maiden

• Man of the World – Fleetwood Mac

• Man I feel Like A Woman – Shania Twain

• Girls and Boys - Blur

• Who’s That Girl – Eurythmics

• China Girl – David Bowie

• Sunday Girl – Blondie

• Girl From Ipanema – Frank Sinatra

• Girls – Sugarbabes (NB not Prodigy/Destiny’s Child/NDubs/1975 versions!)

• Girls Just Want to Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper

• Just Like a Woman – Manfred Man

• No Woman No Cry – Bob Marley and the Wailers (NB not Fugees or Katherine Jenkins versions!)

• She’s Always a Woman – Billy Joel

• Oh Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison

 

Week 3: America : UK

• America – cast of West Side Story

• Kids In America – Kim Wilde

• Breakfast In America – Supertramp

• American Life – Madonna

• Letter From America – The Proclaimers

• American Boy – Kanye West feat. Estelle

• American Pie – Don Mclean

• American Honky Tonk – Garth Brooks

• Living in America – James Brown

• American Idiot – Green Day

• This Is Not America – David Bowie

• America – Razorlight

• London Calling – The Clash

• Foggy Day in London Town – Shirley Bassey

• Baker Street – Gerry Rafferty

• Warwick Avenue - Duffy

• Camden Town – Suggs

• Waterloo Sunset – The Kinks

• Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon

• White Cliffs of Dover – Vera Lynn

• Fog on the Tyne (revisited) – Gazza and Lindisfarne

• Scarborough Fair – Simon and Garfunkle

• Ferry Cross the Mersey – Gerry and the Pacemakers

• Where the Streets Have No Name – U2

 

Week 2: Actor/Singer : Singer/Actor

Singers who have acted on screen and actors who have sung (not just in a musical)

The WIN (Well I Never) artist would have been Christopher Lee – a prolific opera singer as well as famed horror film actor – but we couldn’t find a recording of him singing

• We’re All Crazee Now – Slade

• Men in Black – Will Smith

• Gonna Make You a Star – David Essex

• One And The Same – Selena Gomez & Demi Lovato

• Lose Yourself – Eminem

• Road to Nowhere – Talking Heads

• Love Don’t Cost A Thing – Jennifer Lopez

• 4 Minutes – Madonna & Justin Timberlake

• What’s Love Got To Do With It – Tina Turner

• Livin’ on a Prayer – Bon Jovi

• It Had To Be You – Harry Connick Jr & Frank Sinatra

• Let’s Get Ready To Rumble –PJ & Duncan

• Something Stupid – Nicole Kidman & Robbie Williams

• Choose – PF Project featuring Ewan McGregor

• Under the Boardwalk – Bruce Willis

• Look Down – Russell Crowe & Hugh Jackman

• Perfect Moment – Martine McCutcheon

• Jackson – Johnny Cash with June Carter Cash

• Monkees Theme – The Monkees

• Winter Wonderland – Doris Day

• Wow – Kylie Minogue

• Any Dream Will Do – Jason Donovan

• Everybody Needs Somebody to Love – Blues Brothers

• Lost – Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson

• Common People – William Shatner

• I could be so good for you – Dennis Waterman

• My Favourite Things – Julie Andrews

• Music of the Night – Michael Crawford

 

Week 1: The Naming of Bands

• Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie

• Life On Mars - David Bowie

• Happy Hour - The Housemartins

• Dub Be Good To Me - Beats International

• Praise You - Fat Boy Slim

• Rotterdam - The Beautiful South

• Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton

• I Feel Free - Cream

• Last Page - Will Johns

• I can't stand losing you - The Police

• I'm So Happy - Sting

• Going Underground - The Jam

• Follow You Follow Me - Genesis

• Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel

• Another Day In Paradise - Phil Collins

• 100 Times - Steve Rodgers

• Get Back - The Beatles

• My Generation - The Who

• Giving It All Away - Roger Daltrey

• High and Dry – Radiohead

• Good Year For The Roses - Elvis Costello