Shooby Dooby Doo Wop with Andy Robinson and James Cook

If I Had Words, Love Is Like Oxygen, One More Night, Mr Blue Sky, Figaro As they explore the stories, statistics and symbolism of the lower half of this UK Top 10, Andy and James find themselves discussing pop and the periodic table, music and meteorology and dancing on the dark side. Join our community  FOR FREE or LEAVE US A TIP Follow us on FACEBOOK and INSTA Check out this Top 10 (pl...

Electricity, Thank Abba For The Music, My Name Is, Turn Around, Perfect Moment It's the best selling top half of this late 20th century UK Top 10. As well as uncovering and discovering loads of facts and fallacies behind these records, Andy and James cannot help but get dragged into the subjects of censorship, returning from the dead and the danger of putting strangers together to present an award...

You Get What You Give, Love Of A Lifetime, Flat Beat, Witch Doctor, No Scrubs There's a lot of surprises and salaciousness behind the stories of these 5 songs at the lower half of this UK Top 10. As well as reporting on all these James and Andy also discuss smashing capitalism, Sexy Elvii and the difficulties of asking to speak to the manager. Join our community  FOR FREE or LEAVE US A TIP Fo...

C'mon And Get My Love, That's What I Like, Fools Gold, Pacific 808, Lambada If you've clicked on this to hear the Top 5 records from this week then you're an April fool. Instead James and Andy reveal all the rumours and realities behind these great records as well as ruminating on styles of rap, classic editions of "Top of the Pops" and tunes that just nick loads of other ones. Join our community&...

Comment Te Dire Adieu, Room In You Heart, Ouija Board Ouija Board, Whatcha Gonna Do With My Lovin', Street Tuff In this "April Fool" edition, not only do Andy and James discuss numbers 20 to 16 of this "Next 10" from this late 80's chart, they also foolishly discuss militaristic rhythms, contacting the dead, what goes on over the Channel and for some reason compare themselves to the United Nations...

That's What Love Will Do, The Night Has A Thousand Eyes, Please Please Me, Summer Holiday, The Wayward Wind It's the top half of this groovy 60's Top 10 and as Andy and James uncover plenty of pop facts and partially researched suppositions they also bring up Prime Minister's favourite platters, public travel being co-opted for rock'n'roll and the influence of inclemency. Join our community&n...

Walk Right In, Island Of Dreams, Loop De Loop, Diamonds, Like I've Never Been Gone In the bottom half of this early 60's Top 10, not only do James and Andy excavate all the stories and suppositions of these fantastic songs they also cannot help discuss learning through the medium of pop, subsequent professions after stardom and whatever happened to Wendy Hudson.  Join our community ...

Pass Out, Telephone, She Said, OMG, This Ain't A Love Song As the 'noughts' move into the 'tens', Andy and James reach the upper echelon of this Top 10, discovering the stories and speculations behind these great songs. They also debate boy crushes, bum rushes and why some songs start you off singing other ones. Let's face facts, Macca and the Muppets probably get a mention too. Join our...

Parachute, Baby, Rude Boy, Hot, Carry Out It's a new decade so as the pop facts, fictions and personal conjectures behind these marvellous tracks are revealed by Andy and James, they also get drawn into discussions of what is outrageous or acceptable behaviour, pop stars endorsing radio stations and buying lollipops in a toilet. Join our community  FOR FREE or LEAVE US A TIP Follow us on FACE...

The Happy Wanderer, Wanted, Friends and Neighbours, Such A Night, Secret Love It's the pinnacle of a mid-50's UK Top 10 so, as Andy and James research, reveal and react to the facts and stories alongside the legend and mythos of these 5 great records, they cannot help but be drawn into discussing the German language, the changing nature of community and just taking the one shot at a pop slot....

Changing Partners, Cara Mia, The Gang That Sang Heart Of My Heart, Someone Else's Roses, Oh Baby Mine This genuinely random Top 10 takes James and Andy to the mid 50s. As they discover new (yet old) pop thrills and the parables and personalities behind them they also observe the phenomenon of ill advised business decisions, infatuations with the deceased and for some peculiar reason a taunt toward...

Too Blind To See It, Addams Groove, Don't Talk Just Kiss, Justified and Ancient, These Are The Days Of Our Lives As they reach the pinnacle of this early 90's Top 10, Andy and James are enthused by the facts and fictions behind these great records. They are also titillated by tales of first kisses, turning back clocks and late Land Rover payments. Join our community  FOR FREE or LEAVE US A TI...

Everybody In The Place, Goodnight Girl, Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me, Roobarb and Custard, When You Tell Me That You Love Me It's a turn of year Top 10 so as James and Andy resolve toy explore the stories and statistics of the lower half of this chart, their good intentions get broken by diversions involving new games such as "guess what these pop stars are up to now', 'who said something else...

Long Haired Lover From Liverpool, Solid Gold Easy Action, Crazy Horses, Gudbuy T'Jane, My Ding-a-Ling At the pinnacle of this early 70s Top 10 UK singles chart James and Andy explain the nativities and complexities of the stories behind these great songs. They also discuss miracles from hirsute prophets, over caffeinated and over polluted societies and double entendres that are really singular as...

Shotgun Wedding, Angel, Ben, Crocodile Rock, Why As Noddy once claimed, "It's Christmas Big Ears" but the year is 1972. There's a lack of festivity in the bottom half on this Top 10 but as Andy and James unwrap the gospel and the gossip about these five songs they examine the shared roots of novelty songs and the blues, inter-species friendships and the nature of answers to the...

Drive, Running Up That Hill, Holiday, I Got You Babe, Into The Groove Live Aid's just happened so as Andy and James delve into the gospel truths and the grandiose tales behind these Top 5 singles, they also are led into discussions of meeting pop legends, the difficulties of work place relationships and what happens when one is in the groove. Join our community  FOR FREE or LEAVE US A TIP Fol...

Say I'm Your Number One, There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart), White Wedding, We Don't Need Another Hero, Money For Nothing As they get into the facts, fictions, feelings and fancies behind the songs in this post Live Aid Top 10, James and Andy also find themselves analysing football chants, a workings person's view on the privilege of being pop star and what songs would you force Elvis...

Flowers, Cold Heart, Bad Habits, Shiver, Easy On Me Whilst discussing all the allegations, speculations, celebrations and irritations behind the stories of these top streaming songs of late 2021, James and Andy ruminate on alleged differences between 'drillers' and 'trappers', the difficulties of getting a solo number one for certain pop royalty and the problems in removing cosmetic and ketchup st...

Meet Me At Our Spot, Obsessed With You, Heat Waves, Love Nwantiti, Overpass Graffiti It's the most recent UK Top 10 so far. Not only do Andy and James uncover the relevant facts and the interesting fancies behind these records they also flip flop about TikTok, get groovy about some movies and are surprised at the advice of the wise. Join our community  FOR FREE or LEAVE US A TIP Follow us on...

Sweets For My Sweet, Always, The Real Thing, Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm, The Most Beautiful Girl In The World The rhymes they are a-changin' at the top of this April '94 chart so Andy and James eye up the bucket hats and facts of these great songs and records as they discuss dial up internet, distinguish between what is actual teenage trauma and what are just tall tales. They also explore the amazing ye...

I'll Stand By You, Streets Of Philadelphia, I Like To Move It, Everything Changes, Dedicated To The One I Love Spring is in the air in this mid-90's Top Ten so James and Andy start to take off their flannel shirts and examine the material of numbers 10 to 6. They also discuss cricket players being disappointing substitutes for pop stars, 90's based word association and the presence of cynical cash...

54321, I'm The One, Needles And Pins, Anyone Who Had A Heart, Diane as they explore the stories behind these old songs, despite these 5 top selling records being over 60 years old, James and Andy analyse contemporary Glastonbury performances, recent national harmonica league winners, tattoos, man buns and colossal waves of something or other. Join our community  FOR FREE or LEAVE US A TIP Fol...

Glad All Over, I Think Of You, I'm The Lonely One, As Usual, Hippy Hippy Shake Whilst separating the definite declarations from the rudimental rhubarb behind these 60's swingers Andy and James are drawn into discussing Top 10 time travellers, balletic bartenders and dad's deriding drummers.  Join our community  FOR FREE or LEAVE US A TIP Follow us on FACEBOOK and INSTA Che...

Skyfall, Diamonds, Gangnam Style, Don't You Worry Child, Sweet Nothing There's a lot of Ooh-ooh-ooh's at the pinnacle of this week's randomly chosen UK Top 10, so as they speculate on the stories and stats behind these songs Andy and James talk about the women of 007, the clubs of gentlemen and the pop of K. Join our community  FOR FREE or LEAVE US A TIP Follow us on FACEBOOK and IN...

I Cry, Turn Around, One More Night, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, Standing In The Dark So many 'Woah-woah-woah's are in this week's randomly selected UK Top 10, but as they reveal the real revelations of numbers 10-6 James and Andy also delve into the messianic complexities of pugilist fantasies and existing as the archetypal owner of a broken heart whilst standing in the dar-...