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Whitney's finest moment was her debut, Saving All My Love For You. A great performance in my opinion, and far better than IWALY. Don't get me started on Alexandra Burke. You Don't Really Care For Music - didn't Simon Cowell spot the irony in that lyric?

Good call.

And murder:

Songs to play backwards for a happy ending 😎

Along with Disco and songs about dancing.

Used to be an FA cup song on a very regular basis. Had some fun working on the 1991 Spurs one with Chas & Dave.

So @eloisa has shown what a bunch of romantics we all are 🤔 but what are the other popular subjects for lyrics? Cities and US states get a good look in - I Love Paris, April in Paris, London Calling, A Foggy Day In London Town, Georgia on my Mind, Rainy Night in Georgia, New York New York and many, many more. What other subjects provide greatest inspiration to lyricists?

A classic from my South London record shop days -Lou Rawls, You'll Never Find...

There is that, although the pedant in me needs to point out it is a guitar duet 😎

Do check out their early 2000 releases, High Anxiety and Never Apologise, Never Explain. Not huge commercial success, but critically acclaimed when they came out.

I had the pleasure of working very briefly with James Last. His management/legal team were also involved with Rieu. It looks like he has taken over that little niche. As with Last, he has a phenomenally devoted fanbase.

How are you judging greatness? Hotel California must be up there if popularity has anything to do with it. Loved on a truly global basis. Nice enough song, but why is it just so huge?

They were so much better when they were the National Radiator Company.

Dads Dads Dads Dads Dads Dads Dads.

Ah, Ella and Louis - what a combination!

Shane McGowan singing Fairytale with his mum!

Everyone should have a veto. No point getting someone to play something they hate. Singer should have a slightly stronger say on material they are happy singing. But as with everything, there should be a bit of give and take.

Same as you Jack, 48 out of 50 artists, but several more songs I don't recognise. Karen Young and Donald Peers - and I used to work in a record shop/jukebox record supplier specialising in oldies!

Her delivery was sublime. The story behind the recording of Dusty in Memphis is well worth looking up if you don't already know it. And this track from that album is a favourite - check out the snare accent, on the two every second bar. Makes the song move beautifully.

I chose this last year for my 94 year old aunt's funeral - she used to holiday in the South of France in the 50s through to the early 70s when foreign travel was unheard of for most of us. Very cool song.

Two absolute corkers there lowdown.

That's the one with lovely horn arrangements isn't it?

The Hair Cast could have included some interesting names - Sonja Kristina, Marsha Hunt, Melba Moore, Tim Curry, Paul Nicholas, Elaine Paige and many more

Oh, OK then 😎