The M10 New Year's Eve Party

 Ladies and Gentlemen, Barry Manilow...

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Barry, thanks for coming!

BM:  You're very welcome!  But why am I coming in so fuzzy?

Elvis, whispering: Jus' tell him we're streaming on Netflix...

Er, well it's just one of those temporal anomaly things, I guess.  That is one of those songs I always hear in my mind when I think of tonight.  Welcome to our New Years Eve party, folks!  I hope you enjoy what we have lined up for you tonight...

EP:  Whut lined up?  Yer doing this straight off the fly...

Picky, picky!  I have things in mind that will magically materialize, my friend.  Now, get up there and intro our next guest!

EP: All righty folks, here's M10 stars Camera Obscura....

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That was super!  Thanks, Camera Obscura!  Now the next treat- which I'm still working on- is, what songs were #1 when the chart came out exactly on New Year's Eve.

EP: So whut didja find? 

Well, buddy, I found out at least one of them was YOUR next number!  Hit it! ************************************************************

EP:   

Nice job!  So from 1950 to 1989, there were 6 songs on the Cashbox #1 spot on the week ending December 31st. They were:   

1955- Tennessee Ernie Ford, Sixteen Tons....

1960- as you just heard, Elvis's Are You Lonesome Tonight...

1966- The Monkees, I'm A Believer...

1977- The Bee Gees, How Deep Is Your Love....

1983- Duran Duran, Union Of The Snake...

and 1989- Poison, Every Rose Has It's Thorns.

EP:  Thankfully, I wuz on that list!

Yep, because you work cheap!  Anyway, give it up for our next guests, wishing you a great 2025, the Zombies!!!!

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EP: Say, are we gonna have a Beauty Contest?

To answer that question, let me bring in our old friend and attorney, Horace Bellbottom!!!!

HB:  NO.  We are still fielding the Newton lawsuits...

EP: Law-SUITS?  As in, more than one?

HB: I am not at liberty to say.  However, We are contractually obligated to have Mr Newton come in to apologize publicly...

Right now?

HB:  I'm afraid so...

Sigh... very well...  

WN:  I'VE BEEN FRAMED!  SOMEBODY UNTIE M...

Well, I'm afraid Wayne is not very apologetic yet, so lets move onward.  We do have one more guest lined up tonight... and it's a song with a deep meaning for me, about someone I knew but very briefly.  And in my head, I drink a toast to her every time I hear this... Here is Counting Crows...

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And with that, Happy and prosperous 2025 to all of you, and have a great evening...