I would like a list of the DEAD PEOPLE to have hit #1 single in the UK

[AGinAg (37)]

i.e. DEAD right now, following the death of Al Martino.

The first ones that SPRING to mind are...

John Lennon
George Harrison
Lisa Left Eye Lopes (and Mel C)
Falco
Renee (and Renato)
Aaliyah
Freddie Mercury
Al Martino

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Mel (and Kim)
Michael Jackson

 

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Did Mel and Kim have a #1? I know they were on Ferry Aid but...

 

[Madison]

Respectable

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Yes, Respectable got to #1

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Roy Orbison
Buddy Holly

 

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Elvis Presley
Freddie Garrity (as in Freddie And The Dreamers)
Jim Reeves

 

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Yes, Respectable got to #1

I do not recall this. Fair enough.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Jimi Hendrix (Experience)
Benny Hill
Ian Dury (and the Blockheads)

 

[Madison]

Phyllis Nelson

 

[Eileen]

I've got a list for the 1950s. Hang on.

 

[Eileen]

Buddy Holly
Michael Holliday
Alma Cogan
Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon
Tommy Edwards
Dickie Valentine
Bobby Darin
Elvis Presley
Eddie Calvert
David Whitfield
Mantovani
Bill Haley And His Comets
Winifred Atwell
Perez 'Prez' Prado And His Orchestra
Johnnie Ray
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Platters (Tony Williams)
Conway Twitty
Anne Shelton
Dean Martin
Lord Rockingham's XI (Harry Robinson)
Ruby Murray
Frank Sinatra
Johnston Brothers (Johnny Johnston)
Guy Mitchell
Frankie Vaughan
Russ Conway
Ronnie Hilton
Perry Como With The Ramblers
Rosemary Clooney
Lonnie Donegan
Adam Faith
Don Cornell
Kalin Twins (Hal Kalin)
Kalin Twins (Herbie Kalin)
Frankie Laine
Jo Stafford
Lita Roza
Al Martino

 

[Madison]

Gene Pitney<br>

 

[Madison]

Jackie Wilson<br>

 

[AGinAg (37)]

(One of the) Righteous Brothers
Eva Cassidy
2Pac
Barry White

 

[lolly]

So you're talking about people who are dead now, rather than posthumous #1s?

 

[AGinAg (37)]

I tell you what... getting to #1 is a great way of surviving. The vast majority of the list are well alive...

 

[AGinAg (37)]

So you're talking about people who are dead now, rather than posthumous #1s?

Either/ either.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

....

More's the issue, who's ALIVE still from the 1950s...?

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Wendy Richard
Lindy McCartney

(!!!) at both.

 

[Madison]

Charles Pettigrew (and Eddie)

 

[Eileen]

More's the issue, who's ALIVE still from the 1950s...?

I've got a list of that too

Kay Starr
Eddie Fisher
Stargazers
Doris Day
Kitty Kallen
Vera Lynn
Tony Bennett
Jimmy Young
Slim Whitman
Dreamweavers
Pat Boone
Tommy Steele And The Steelmen
Tab Hunter
Andy Williams
Paul Anka
Crickets
Harry Belafonte
Jerry Lee Lewis
Marvin Rainwater
Connie Francis
Vic Damone
Everly Brothers (Don Everly)
Everly Brothers (Phil Everly)
Jane Morgan
Shirley Bassey
Cliff Richard And The Drifters
Craig Douglas
Jerry Keller
Emile Ford And The Checkmates

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Sonny (and Cher)

 

[Eileen]

Some of those groups I'm not sure about. I've got no information on the Stargazers AT ALL.

 

[Madison]

Can we exclude those who aren't credited personally?

(i.e. no stephen gately)

 

[AGinAg (37)]

I've got a list of that too

Kay Starr
Eddie Fisher
Stargazers
Doris Day
Kitty Kallen
Vera Lynn
Tony Bennett
Jimmy Young
Slim Whitman
Dreamweavers
Pat Boone
Tommy Steele And The Steelmen
Tab Hunter
Andy Williams
Paul Anka
Crickets
Harry Belafonte
Jerry Lee Lewis
Marvin Rainwater
Connie Francis
Vic Damone
Everly Brothers (Don Everly)
Everly Brothers (Phil Everly)
Jane Morgan
Shirley Bassey
Cliff Richard And The Drifters
Craig Douglas
Jerry Keller
Emile Ford And The Checkmates

Slim pickings. They're all gonna be at least in their 70s now (I'd have thought).

Although Cliff is 70 NEXT YEAR.

 

[Man in a Hamster Wheel]

Suzi Quatro

Well, within the Moopy universe she is.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Some of those groups I'm not sure about. I've got no information on the Stargazers AT ALL.

Thank FUCK. Worst #1's EVER.

 

[Madison]

*dubious*

Chef

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Can we exclude those who aren't credited personally?

(i.e. no stephen gately)

I think so. I dunno.

What about charity groupings... I know Tammy Wynette is gone from Perfect Day.

 

[Eileen]

Slim pickings. They're all gonna be at least in their 70s now (I'd have thought).

Although Cliff is 70 NEXT YEAR.

The youngest is Craig Douglas who is now 68. Paul Anka is also 68 and, as you quite rightly say, Cliff is 69. Everyone else is 70+.

The oldest is Vera Lynn at 92. Second is Jane Morgan who turns 89 this December.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Roger Miller

 

[Man in a Hamster Wheel]

Dave Dee from Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich died a few months ago, which genuinely made me a bit upset as I have a few albums of theirs and he wasn't that old

 

[Eileen]

I think so. I dunno.

What about charity groupings... I know Tammy Wynette is gone from Perfect Day.

She has a solo #1 too though.

I'm tempted to say YES to groups and charity groupings. Let's be inclusive!

 

[nink in the sink]

Brian Jones
Steve Marriott
Ronnie Lane
Wendy Richard
Chas Chandler
Florence Ballard
Michael Clarke
Gene Clark
Sonny Bono
Dusty Springfield
Carl Wilson
Dennis Wilson
Maurice Gibb
Peter Green
Marvin Gaye
Serge Gainsbourg
Lee Marvin
Bobby Moore, Alan Ball and any others from the '70 World Cup Squad
Marc Bolan
Benny Hill
Harry Nilsson

 

[Madison]

Notorious BIG

 

[Madison]

2pac

 

[lolly]

Although Cliff is 70 NEXT YEAR.

And still FIT AS FUCK

PHWOOAR

 

[AGinAg (37)]

How did Moopy forget Dusty??

 

[Madison]

I'm tempted to say YES to groups and charity groupings. Let's be inclusive!

I say no - they aren't credited.

I'm not willing to give credit to all of Band Aid II. Chris Rea especially.