Here’s a list of the songs that I performed in public for the first time during Janury 2026. Each month I aim to play at least one new song from each of the following repertoires:

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

Songs that reached #1 in the UK

Date	Song (Artist, Year it reached #1)	Notes
Sun 4-Jan-26	Hot Love (T Rex, 1971)	In the original key: G C Am / G D C

Songs that reached #1 somewhere else

Date	Song (Artist, Year it reached #1)	Notes
Sun 11-Jan-26	Last Train to Clarksville (Monkees, 1966)	#1 in America. Played in G: G7 C7 D7
Sun 11-Jan-26	Don’t Worry Be Happy (Bobby McFerrin, 1988)	#1 in America. Played in the original key: C Dm F

Songs that have not reached #1 anywhere

Date	Song (Artist, Year it reached #1)	Notes
Sun 11-Jan-26	Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying (Labi Siffre, n/a)	In C: C Dm G / Prompted by hearing the song in “The Holdovers” which we watched during the Christmas holidays. I have loved this song since the early 1990s.
Sun 18-Jan-26	If I Can Dream (Elvis Presley, n/a)	Played in the original key (C): C Am F G11 C Am Dm G9 G7 C C7 F E7 Am C Am F C Am Dm7 G9 G11 / Bridge: F F#dim C C7 … C E7 Am D7 G11 G7
Sun 18-Jan-26	To Love Somebody (Bee Gees, n/a)	In D: D Em D C D A G / D A G

Running Total of all songs played at least once, without referring to chord charts or lyric sheets:

UK #1s: 220 / Non-UK #1s: 108 / Not #1 anywhere: 115 / Grand Total: 443