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Repertoire: A Summary for 2024

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I have created a new Category for this site, Repertoire, to keep a record of songs that I play in public for the first time. It only includes songs that I have committed to memory and played in front of other people in a public space. It will not surprise anyone who knows me that I already have a record of all this information in an Excel workbook. One of the sheets is called “From18July2023”. This records every song that I have played (including repeats) since 18 July 2023. On that date I started singing and playing in public far more often than previously, for reasons explained in this piece. There are many songs that I have played with other people, copying the chord patterns while they play guitar, and many where I know the lyrics well enough to sing them from memory. But if I have not learnt the song in advance I do not include it in my list.

My overall repertoire doubled in 2024. At the start of the year I had played 159 different songs in public. By New Year’s Eve I that had risen to over 320. Below is a list of all the new songs I played in 2024, divided into the following three repertoires (as in this piece for example):

  • Songs that reached #1 in the UK.
  • Songs that reached #1 somewhere else.
  • Songs that have not reached #1 anywhere.

The column headed Count indicates the number of songs that I have played in each repertoire to date. For example, “King of the Road” was the 115th song that I added to my UK #1 repertoire, “Calendar Girl” was the 25th song that I added to my repertoire of songs that have reached #1 somewhere else.

Songs that reached #1 in the UK
 
First Played Year  Song  #1 Act  Count 
Tue 2-Jan-24  1965  King of the Road  Roger Miller  115 
Tue 2-Jan-24  1963  Bad To Me  Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas  116 
Tue 2-Jan-24  1980  Coward of the County  Kenny Rogers  117 
Tue 2-Jan-24  1970  Spirit in the Sky  Norman Greenbaum  118 
Tue 9-Jan-24  1993  Young at Heart  Bluebells  119 
Tue 9-Jan-24  1982  The Lion Sleeps Tonight  Tight Fit  120 
Tue 9-Jan-24  1960  Three Steps to Heaven  Eddie Cochrane  121 
Tue 9-Jan-24  1965  Crying in the Chapel  Elvis Presley  122 
Thu 11-Jan-24  1977  I Don’t Want to Talk About It  Rod Stewart  123 
Thu 11-Jan-24  1964  It’s All Over Now  Rolling Stones  124 
Tue 16-Jan-24  1966  Yellow Submarine  Beatles  125 
Tue 16-Jan-24  1967  All You Need is Love  Beatles  126 
Thu 18-Jan-24  1961  Walk Right Back  Everly Brothers  127 
Thu 18-Jan-24  1973  Get Down  Gilbert O’Sullivan  128 
Thu 18-Jan-24  1957  Young Love  Tab Hunter  129 
Thu 25-Jan-24  1975  Oh Boy  Mud  130 
Thu 25-Jan-24  1975  D I V O R C E  Billy Connolly  131 
Thu 25-Jan-24  1981  Don’t You Want Me  Human League  132 
Tue 30-Jan-24  1976  Under the Moon of Love  Showaddywaddy  133 
Tue 30-Jan-24  1976  Don’t Go Breaking My Heart  Elton John & Kiki Dee  134 
Tue 30-Jan-24  1979  When you’re in love with a beautiful woman  Dr Hook  135 
Thu 1-Feb-24  1994  Twist and Shout  Chaka Demus & Pliers  136 
Sun 4-Feb-24  1965  I Got You Babe  Sonny & Cher  137 
Sun 4-Feb-24  1983  Karma Chameleon  Culture Club  138 
Thu 8-Feb-24  1990  Sacrifice  Elton John  139 
Tue 13-Feb-24  1987  Stand By Me  Ben E King  140 
Tue 13-Feb-24  1987  Let It Be  Ferry Aid  141 
Thu 15-Feb-24  2003  Mandy  Westlife  142 
Thu 15-Feb-24  1976  Mamma Mia  Abba  143 
Thu 22-Feb-24  1996  Words  Boyzone  144 
Tue 5-Mar-24  1959  One Night  Elvis Presley  145 
Wed 6-Mar-24  1972  Puppy Love  Donny Osmond  146 
Thu 7-Mar-24  2013  Get Lucky  Daft Punk  147 
Thu 7-Mar-24  1971  Get It On  T Rex  148 
Tue 12-Mar-24  1991  Shoop Shoop Song  Cher  149 
Thu 14-Mar-24  2003  Beautiful  Christina Aguilera  150 
Tue 19-Mar-24  1966  Green Green Grass of Home  Tom Jones  151 
Thu 21-Mar-24  2024  Texas Hold Em  Beyonce  152 
Wed 27-Mar-24  1999  You Needed Me  Boyzone  153 
Tue 23-Apr-24  1965  Mr Tambourine Man  Byrds  154 
Tue 7-May-24  1987  La Bamba  Los Lobos  155 
Tue 18-Jun-24  1972  Amazing Grace  Royal Scots Dragoon Guards  156 
Thu 27-Jun-24  1964  Can’t Buy Me Love  Beatles  157 
Tue 2-Jul-24  1997  Candle in the Wind  Elton John   158 
Tue 16-Jul-24  1963  From Me To You  Beatles  159 
Sat 20-Jul-24  2002  Light My Fire  Will Young  160 
Tue 23-Jul-24  1966  Reach Out (I’ll Be There)  Four Tops  161 
Tue 23-Jul-24  1988  Groovy Kind of Love  Phil Collins  162 
Tue 23-Jul-24  1983  You Can’t Hurry Love  Phil Collins  163 
Thu 25-Jul-24  1982  Come on Eileen  Dexy’s Midnight Runners  164 
Thu 25-Jul-24  1985  You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)  Dead or Alive  165 
Tue 30-Jul-24  1963  She Loves You  Beatles  166 
Tue 13-Aug-24  1994  Stay Another Day  East 17  167 
Mon 26-Aug-24  1968  Cabaret  Louis Armstrong  168 
Tue 27-Aug-24  1996  Don’t Look Back in Anger  Oasis  169 
Thu 29-Aug-24  1965  Ticket to Ride  Beatles  170 
Thu 5-Sep-24  1964  I’m Into Something Good  Herman’s Hermits  171 
Tue 10-Sep-24  1984  99 Red Balloons  Nena  172 
Wed 11-Sep-24  1986  Take My Breath Away  Berlin  173 
Tue 17-Sep-24  1971  Grandad  Clive Dunn  174 
Wed 18-Sep-24  2018  Shotgun  George Ezra  175 
Thu 19-Sep-24  1985  Dancing in the Street  Jagger & Bowie  176 
Thu 26-Sep-24  2001  Angel (of the Morning)  Shaggy  177 
Sun 13-Oct-24  1967  Hello Goodbye  Beatles  178 
Tue 5-Nov-24  1981  Imagine  John Lennon  179 
Tue 5-Nov-24  1966  The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Any More  Walker Brothers  180 
Thu 28-Nov-24  1975  Sailing  Rod Stewart  181 
Sun 1-Dec-24  1959  What Do You Want  Adam Faith  182 
Sun 1-Dec-24  2005  Is this the way to Amarillo  Tony Christie  183 
Thu 5-Dec-24  1979  YMCA  Village People  184 
Sun 8-Dec-24  2019  I love sausage rolls  Ladbaby  185 
Tue 10-Dec-24  1960  Cathy’s Clown  Everly Brothers  186 
Thu 12-Dec-24  1965  I’m Alive  Hollies  187 
Thu 26-Dec-24  1979  One Day at a Time  Lena Martell  188 
         

Songs that reached #1 somewhere else 

        
         
First  Year  Song  #1 Act  Count 
Tue 9-Jan-24  1961  Calendar Girl  Neil Sedaka  n25 
Tue 6-Feb-24  1969  In the Ghetto  Elvis Presley  n26 
Thu 8-Feb-24  1972  A Thing Called Love  Johnny Cash  n27 
Thu 8-Feb-24  1961  Please Mr Postman  Marvelettes  n28 
Thu 8-Feb-24  1967  Creeque Alley  Mamas & The Papas  n29 
Thu 29-Feb-24  1956  Hound Dog  Elvis Presley  n30 
Tue 5-Mar-24  1958  Don’t  Elvis Presley  n31 
Wed 6-Mar-24  1974  Bennie and the Jets”  Elton John  n32 
Thu 7-Mar-24  1972  Sylvia’s Mother  Dr Hook  n33 
Thu 7-Mar-24  1956  Love Me Tender  Elvis Presley  n34 
Tue 12-Mar-24  1971  Brand New Key  Melanie  n35 
Thu 14-Mar-24  1974  Another Saturday Night  Cat Stevens  n36 
Tue 19-Mar-24  1971  Me and Bobby McGee  Janis Joplin  n37 
Thu 21-Mar-24  1957  (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear  Elvis Presley  n38 
Thu 21-Mar-24  1996  No Woman No Cry  Fugees  n39 
Sat 6-Apr-24  1987  Faith  George Michael  n40 
Thu 2-May-24  1965  Wonderful World  Herman’s Hermits  n41 
Thu 6-Jun-24  1972  Garden Party  Rick Nelson  n42 
Tue 18-Jun-24  1972  Children of the Revolution  T Rex  n43 
Tue 2-Jul-24  1971  It’s Too Late  Carole King  n44 
Tue 9-Jul-24  1977  Da Doo Ron Ron  Shaun Cassidy  n45 
Tue 9-Jul-24  1972  I Can See Clearly Now  Johnny Nash  n46 
Tue 16-Jul-24  1967  Happy Together   Turtles  n47 
Thu 18-Jul-24  1966  Summer in the City  Lovin’ Spoonful  n48 
Tue 27-Aug-24  1986  Holding Back The Years  Simply Red  n49 
Tue 27-Aug-24  1995  Wonderwall  Oasis  n50 
Thu 29-Aug-24  1964  When You Walk in the Room  Searchers  n51 
Tue 3-Sep-24  1981  Love Will Tear Us Apart  Joy Division  n52 
Tue 17-Sep-24  1966  Daydream  Lovin’ Spoonful  n53 
Tue 24-Sep-24  1956  Heartbreak Hotel  Elvis Presley  n54 
Tue 24-Sep-24  1956  I Want You I Need You I Love You  Elvis Presley  n55 
Tue 24-Sep-24  1976  The Boys Are Back in Town  Thin Lizzy  n56 
Thu 17-Oct-24  1973  Crocodile Rock  Elton John  n57 
Thu 17-Oct-24  1968  Delilah  Tom Jones  n58 
Tue 5-Nov-24  1956  Don’t Be Cruel  Elvis Presley  n59 
Thu 14-Nov-24  1965  What the world needs now  Jackie DeShannon  n60 
Sun 17-Nov-24  1969  Raindrops keep falling on my head  BJ Thomas  n61 
Sun 17-Nov-24  1967  The Letter  Boxtops  n62 
Sun 17-Nov-24  1973  Midnight Train to Georgia  Gladys Knight and the Pips  n63 
Tue 26-Nov-24  1964  My Boy Lollipop  Millie  n64 
Sun 1-Dec-24  1994  Zombie  Cranberries  n65 
Sun 15-Dec-24  1965  Yesterday  Beatles  n66 
Sun 15-Dec-24  1973  Daniel  Elton John  n67 
Sun 22-Dec-24  1983  Love of the Common People  Paul Young  n68 
         

Songs that have not reached #1 anywhere (Years are approximate in some cases) 

        
         
First  Year  Song  Act  Count 
Tue 23-Jan-24  1965  Love Minus  Zero (No Limit)  Bob Dylan  25 
Thu 25-Jan-24  1975  Tangled up in Blue  Bob Dylan  26 
Thu 1-Feb-24  1978  Baby Stop Crying  Bob Dylan  27 
Tue 20-Feb-24  1969  Peace in the Valley  Johnny Cash  28 
Tue 27-Feb-24  1969  Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye  Clancy Brothers  29 
Thu 29-Feb-24  1972  Burning Love  Elvis Presley  30 
Thu 29-Feb-24  1979  Fields of Athenry  Dubliners  31 
Tue 5-Mar-24  1977  Slip Slidin’ Away  Paul Simon  32 
Tue 12-Mar-24  1977  Alison  Elvis Costello  33 
Tue 12-Mar-24  1961  The Blizzard  Jim Reeves  34 
Tue 19-Mar-24  1967  You ain’t going nowhere  Bob Dylan  35 
Tue 19-Mar-24  1967  Different Drum  Linda Ronstadt  36 
Thu 21-Mar-24  1967  Brown Eyed Girl  Van Morrison  37 
Thu 21-Mar-24  1966  You’re a big girl now  Bob Dylan  38 
Tue 9-Apr-24  1977  Another Suitcase Another Hall  Barbara Dickson  39 
Tue 23-Apr-24  1979  Goodbye Girl  Squeeze  40 
Thu 2-May-24  1971  Man who sold the world  David Bowie  41 
Thu 2-May-24  1972  Starman  David Bowie  42 
Thu 2-May-24  1972  All the young dudes  Mott the Hoople  43 
Tue 7-May-24  1962  Nothing can change this love I have for you  Sam Cooke  44 
Thu 23-May-24  1962  Twisting the Night Away  Sam Cooke  45 
Thu 6-Jun-24  1959  Touch the Hem of His Garment  Sam Cooke  46 
Tue 18-Jun-24  1961  Oh Carol  Neil Sedaka  47 
Wed 3-Jul-24  1978  Another Girl Another Planet  Only Ones  48 
Thu 4-Jul-24  1964  I’ll keep you satisfied  Beatles  49 
Tue 9-Jul-24  1980  Wednesday Week  Undertones  50 
Sat 20-Jul-24  1943  Baby Mine  Disney  51 
Tue 23-Jul-24  1964  Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying  Gerry & The Pacemakers  52 
Tue 30-Jul-24  1971  Working Class Hero  John Lennon  53 
Tue 30-Jul-24  1955  Shake Rattle & Roll  Elvis Presley  54 
Fri 9-Aug-24  1975  Idiot Wind  Bob Dylan  55 
Thu 22-Aug-24  1975  Sara  Bob Dylan  56 
Mon 26-Aug-24  1963  Take These Chains From My Heart  Ray Charles  57 
Mon 26-Aug-24  1963  The Girl of My Best Friend  Elvis Presley  58 
Mon 26-Aug-24  1965  Like A Rolling Stone  Bob Dylan  59 
Tue 3-Sep-24  1971  Everybody wants to be a cat  Disney  60 
Wed 4-Sep-24  1972  Lady Stardust  David Bowie  61 
Mon 30-Sep-24  1966  I Want You  Bob Dylan  62 
Thu 3-Oct-24  1966  Bang Bang  Cher  63 
Sun 27-Oct-24  1978  Werewolves of London  Warren Zeavon  64 
Thu 7-Nov-24  1981  That’s Entertainment  Jam  65 
Thu 21-Nov-24  1972  Don’t Cry Daddy  Elvis Presley  66 
Fri 22-Nov-24  1975  Diamonds and Rust  Joan Baez  67 
Thu 28-Nov-24  1981  Night Nurse  Gregory Isaacs  68 
Tue 3-Dec-24  1969  Courting in the kitchen  Clancy Brothers  69 
Sun 22-Dec-24  1974  Love Me Love My Dog  Peter Shelley  70 
Thu 26-Dec-24  1963  You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me  Beatles  71 

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