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

Kill or Save: UK No.3 Hits of the 50s 30th January 2026
30/1/26 48 Danny & The Juniors - At The Hop +4 47 Connie Francis - Lipstick on Your Collar 45 Little Richard - Long Tall Sally 31 Elvis Presley - (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear 30 Shirley Bassey - Kiss Me, Honey Honey, Kiss Me 30 The Crickets - Oh, Boy! 28 Neil Sedaka […]
Kill or Save: Best of the Rest Top 20 Hits of the 90s 30th January 2026
30/1/26 56 Travis - Driftwood 49 Weezer - Buddy Holly 46 Queen - No-One But You +1 46 The Cardigans - My Favourite Game +3 40 The Wannadies - You And Me Song 32 Mike & The Mechanics - Over My Shoulder 29 The Presidents Of The United States Of America - Lump 28 […]
Death Anniversary Thread 30th January 2026
Coretta Scott King died on this day 20 years ago, aged 78. - Coretta would study music in her youth, and would earn a scholarship to the New England Conservatory of Music. It is there that she met Martin Luther King Jr, and the two would marry in 1953. - King would support her husband's […]
Kill or Save: The Themed Games 30th January 2026
Jan 30 2025 38 The Verve – Bittersweet Symphony 33 Pulp – Common People +1 33 James – Laid +3 25 Elastica – Connection -2 25 Radiohead – Paranoid Android 22 Mansun – Wide Open Space 22 Sleeper – Inbetweener 21 Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci – Patio Song 21 Menswear – Daydreamer 21 Bluetones – […]
Kill or Save: Best of the Rest Top 20 Hits of the 90s 30th January 2026
30/1/26 56 Travis - Driftwood 49 Weezer - Buddy Holly 45 Queen - No-One But You 43 The Cardigans - My Favourite Game 40 The Wannadies - You And Me Song 32 Mike & The Mechanics - Over My Shoulder 29 The Presidents Of The United States Of America - Lump 28 The […]
Kill or Save: UK No.3 Hits of the 50s 30th January 2026
30/1/26 47 Connie Francis - Lipstick on Your Collar 45 Little Richard - Long Tall Sally 44 Danny & The Juniors - At The Hop 31 Elvis Presley - (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear 30 Shirley Bassey - Kiss Me, Honey Honey, Kiss Me 30 The Crickets - Oh, Boy! +4 28 Neil Sedaka […]
The Happy Birthday Thread 30th January 2026
Phil Collins is 75.
American Football Players 30th January 2026
Pretty damn big name in the world of college football, thanks for the report.
Death Anniversary Thread 30th January 2026
King Charles I was executed on this day 377 years ago, aged 48. His death was the last regicide in England/UK until 1936.
American Football Players 30th January 2026
Former NFL and college football coach Lou Holtz, 89, entered hospice care