Age 66 – Celebrity Death Club

Rod Temperton, 66…. Dead!

Songwriter behind Michael Jackson’s hits Thriller, Off the Wall and Rock with You. As a member of the 1970s funk band Heatwave he also wrote Boogie Nights, Always and Forever and Ain’t no half steppin

Bill Clinton 8th January 2026
I put him on my shadow list, yes. And I don't think he will see the next presidential election. However, I am glad the committee is waiting for the main list, due to just how many people lingered on into 2026.
Kill or Save: The Themed Games 8th January 2026
Jan 8 2026 93 Life On Mars? 89 Starman 79 Space Oddity 68 Ashes To Ashes +4 58 Let's Dance -3 50 Heroes -3
Kill or Save: UK No.3 Hits of the 50s 8th January 2026
8th January 100 The Hilltoppers - Only You (And You Alone) 61 Tennessee Ernie Ford - The Ballad of Davy Crockett +4 45 Bill Haley & His Comets - Rockin’ Through the Rye 42 Teresa Brewer - A Sweet Old Fashioned Girl 41 Frank Sinatra - Love and Marriage 41 Eddie Fisher - Downhearted 24 […]
Kill or Save: Best of the Rest Top 20 Hits of the 90s 8th January 2026
Jan 8, 2026 56 Queen - The Show Must Go On 51 Talk Talk - It's My Life 48 Sting - Fields Of Gold 37 The Cranberries - Zombie 34 R.E.M. - The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite 32 Depeche Mode - Policy Of Truth 31 Guns N' Roses - Civil War -3 30 R.E.M. - Man […]
Kill or Save: UK No.3 Hits of the 50s 8th January 2026
8th January 100 The Hilltoppers - Only You (And You Alone) 57 Tennessee Ernie Ford - The Ballad of Davy Crockett +4 45 Bill Haley & His Comets - Rockin’ Through the Rye 42 Teresa Brewer - A Sweet Old Fashioned Girl 41 Frank Sinatra - Love and Marriage 41 Eddie Fisher - Downhearted 24 […]
Kill or Save: Best of the Rest Top 20 Hits of the 90s 8th January 2026
Jan 8, 2026 56 Queen - The Show Must Go On 51 Talk Talk - It's My Life 48 Sting - Fields Of Gold +4 37 The Cranberries - Zombie 34 Guns N' Roses - Civil War 34 R.E.M. - The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite 32 Depeche Mode - Policy Of Truth 30 Manic Street Preachers […]
The Generation Game 8th January 2026
Weirdly I’m down to 10 left, all baby boomers, but some of my picks are absolutely horrendous (really, Van Morrison and David Gilmour?)
Death Anniversary Thread 8th January 2026
Galileo Galilei died on this day 384 years ago, aged 77. - Galileo was the son of noted composer Vincenzo Galilei, who encouraged him to attend university instead of joining the clergy. While at the University of Pisa, he majored in medicine but conducted physics experiments on his own- notably pioneering using pendulums to measure […]
The Happy Birthday Thread 8th January 2026
Shirley Bassey is 89.
The Generation Game 8th January 2026
One hiccup is that I picked Johnny Gilbert in the first category back when we still thought he was born 1924. But he's actually one for 1928 so IDK how that'd be handled.