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Which Decade Is Tops For Pops 2011: the Number 9s
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— 10 May 2011 Mike Atkinson 56 comments

1961: African Waltz – Johnny Dankworth (video)
1971: Something Old Something New – The Fantastics (video) (lyrics)
1981: Einstein A Go-Go – Landscape (video) (lyrics)
1991: Get The Message – Electronic (video) (lyrics)
2001: C[…]

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Stand by The Man
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— 10 May 2011 Hazel 10 comments

In January HMV announced that, due to it and Waterstones collectively flailing around in a mire of doom, it’s going to close 60 stores this year. Gossiping with a bookseller last weekend I discovered Waterstones have had their ordering near-fro[…]

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