The Top 40 Fantasies: No. 35

  1. Shake A Hand (1953) Faye Adams
  2. Have I The Right? (1964) The Honeycombs
  3. You’re My World (1964) Cilla Black
  4. Telstar (1962) The Tornadoes
  5. My Special Angel (1957) Bobby Helms
  6. Knock Three Times (1970) Dawn
  7. In Dreams (1963) Roy Orbison
  8. I Think We’re Alone Now (1967) Tommy James and The Shondells
  9. The Old Master Painter Painter (1949) Richard Hayes; accompanied by Mitch Miller’s Orchestra
  10. Gloria (1965) Them
  11. ‘Taint What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It) (1930) Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra; vocalist Trummy Young
  12. Oh, Boy! (1957) The Crickets
  13. Blanket On The Ground (1975) Billie Jo Spears
  14. Big Bad John (1961) Jimmy Dean
  15. We Just Disagree (1977) Dave Mason
  16. That’s My Weakness Now (1928) Helen Kane, with Nat Shilkret’s Orchestra
  17. Just Another Love (1986) Tanya Tucker
  18. Trains And Boats And Planes (1965) Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas
  19. Under The Moon Of Love (1961) Curtis Lee
  20. Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (1983) The Eurythmics
  21. If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody (1961)
  22. Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love) (1977) Waylon Jennings
  23. Relax (1983) Frankie Goes To Hollywood
  24. Bibbidi – Bobbidi – Boo (1949) Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae
  25. Ring My Bell (1979) Anita Ward
  26. Hit Me With Your Best Shot (1980) Pat Benatar
  27. Number 19 (1940) Earl Hines and his Orchestra
  28. Everybody Needs A Rainbow (1974) Ray Stevens
  29. What A Mouth (1960) Tommy Steele
  30. Fini (1954) Eydie Gorme
  31. I’ve Got Dreams To Remember (1968) Otis Redding
  32. Cocoanut Woman (1957) Harry Belafonte
  33. Crispy Critters (1976) C. W. McCall
  34. Suspicion (1948) Jo Stafford
  35. Under The Moon Of Love (1976) Showaddwaddy
  36. Sue’s Gotta Be Mine (1963) Del Shannon
  37. Slow Down (1956) Jack Earls
  38. Have A Nice Day (2001) The Stereophonics
  39. Get Up ( I Feel Like Being Like A) Sex Machine (Part 1) (1970) James Brown
  40. White Noise (2013) Disclosure, featuring Aluna George

A Dog That Can Spell?!

I was in the process of booking a night in a cabin, at a caravan park, when the receptionist asked for the name of our dog. Having furnished her with the name, the young lady began to write it down only to pause and inquire of me, “Does she end her name with an ‘ie’ or a ‘y’?”

“I’m unsure. I haven’t asked her lately!”, I replied with a smile.