Here’s a list of the songs that I performed in public for the first time during June 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
Thu 11-Jun-2026	Those Were the Days (Mary Hopkin, 1968)	Chords: Em E7 E Am Em F# B7 / Ch: Em Am D D7 G Am Em B7 / Em Am B7

Songs that reached #1 somewhere else

Date	Song (Artist, Year it reached #1)	Notes
Wed 17-Jun-2026	Cracklin’ Rosie (Neil Diamond, 1970)	#1 in America / Played on keyboard, but I’d been practising it on guitar / In C: C F Dm G / C F G Dm Dm Dm G

Songs that have not reached #1 anywhere

Date	Song (Artist, Year it reached #1)	Notes
Wed 17-Jun-2026	Cindy Incidently (Faces, n/a)	UK #2, kept off the top by “Cum on Feel the Noize” (Slade) / Only 3 chords: Em A D
Thu 18-Jun-2026	Killing of Georgie Parts 1 & 2 (Rod Stewart, n/a)	#2 in 1976, kept off the top by “Dancing Queen” (Abba) / Just 3 chords: A C#m D / At the end I play a downward set of chords: A G F#m Em D and then Part 2 is also 3 chords: D Em A / And I sang “Don’t Let Me Down” a couple of times there too: very similar tune, same chords

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

UK #1s: 226 / Non-UK #1s: 116 / Not #1 anywhere: 122 / Grand Total: 464