Shooby Dooby Doo Wop with Andy Robinson and James Cook

Glory Of Love, Rage Hard, We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off, I Want To Wake Up With You, Don't Leave Me This Way As they dive deep and shallowly skim the tales behind this 80's UK Top 10, James and Andy speculate on the cuisine of Chicago, newspaper headlines inspiring band names and how long should a "woooaaaahhhh!" last Join our community  FOR FREE or LEAVE US A TIP Follow us on FACEBOO...

Human, So Macho, (I Just) Died In Your Arms, Brother Louie, Holiday Rap Maybe it's the broad general subject matter of this weeks chart but as they explore the secret and salacious stories behind the songs of this mid 80's UK Top 10, Andy and James find themselves speculating on Tinder and Grindr profiles, les petit morts and what two dads may have got up to in Amsterdam. Join our community ...

Have I Told You Lately That I Love You, Tease Me, (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You, What Is Love? Dreams There's a heap of joy at the height of this UK Top 10 but 90s complexities come up as Andy and James excavate the facts and fictions of these records they also go on a little bit about hotel corridors, pop anxiety issues and raging infernos caused by the Lord. Join our community&nbs...

In All The Right Places, All That She Wants, Two Princes, One Night In Heaven, I Will Survive It's the early 90s so James and Andy reveal the revelations and rumours behind the bottom bit of this UK Top 10 and they cannot help but mention million dollar dirty deals, demonstrative demos, drug debts and death. Join our community  FOR FREE or LEAVE US A TIP Follow us on FACEBOOK and IN...

My Life, Think, Milky Way, A Windmill In Old Amsterdam, Somewhere Over The Rainbow Shaky told us about rooms swaying with records playing all the old songs we love to hear, and this New Year James and Andy share the facts, fictions, realities and rumours behind 5 songs that have never ever made the UK Top 10. It's all from our Patreon content but it's good to recycle at Xmas time. It's a random se...

Losing My Religion, Everyday I Write The Book, Super Freak, The Boll Weevil Song, I'm Free Greg reckoned they said there'd be both snow AND peace this Christmas but Andy and James reckon they should listen to stories, stats and stylish sacrilege about 5 songs that never made the UK Top 10. Call it a pop random selection pod if you like and enjoy these spotlights in corners, deaf dumb and blin...

9 to 5, Our Lips Are Sealed, Where Will You Be, Wheels (Cha Cha), One Pound Fish As Slade asked, "does your granny always tell you that the old songs are the best?' Well, Andy and James are have chosen 5 songs from a random selection box of records that never never made the UK Top 10 . As well as the stories, statistics and stuff and nonsense behind these songs they discuss typewriters, trendsette...

Don't Call Me Baby, Why Did You Do It? Nowhere To Run, By The Light Of The Silvery Moon, Where Do You Want Me To Put It? As Noddy says "it's Christmas"... so James and Andy are offering the gift of discussing some great records that have never made the UK Top 10. In this random selection box they also find the time to ruminate on avoiding neighbours, dirty instruments, Pentecostal preachers, and w...

Happy To Be On An Island With You, You Sexy Thing, I Believe In Father Christmas, The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine, Bohemian Rhapsody It's the Top 5 of this UK Yuletide Top Ten so James and Andy dish out several stockings full of stories, statistics and stupid stuff (and nonsense) around these songs. As well as secrets about Santa that the very young or naïve shouldn't listen to (SANTA WARNING) Jame...

Show Me You're A Woman, All Around My Hat, Golden Years, Na-Na Is The Saddest Word, Let's Twist Again It's Chriiiistmaaas! So what could be more appropriate than a look at these (albeit still randomly selected) 5 singles from the bottom half of this 50 year old festive Top Ten? Strangely there's only one Xmas song in the whole caboodle so Andy and James are drawn into discussing sad words, working...

Donna, A Fool Such As I, Petite Fleur, Side Saddle, It Doesn't Matter Anymore Whilst tirelessly separating the stories from the legends behind the Top 5 of this late 50s chart, Andy and James speculate on fateful coin tosses, crypto currencies, ivory and ebony ticklers alongside a smattering of ill-advised and poorly executed jive talkin' Join our community  FOR FREE or LE...

Stagger Lee, My Happiness, C'mon Everybody, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, Charlie Brown It's the tail end of the fabulous fifties so as well as the facts and fabrications behind these fantastic five records that form the bottom half of the Top 10, James and Andy discuss gambling grudges, soaking spit-balls, power mad prefects as well as instantly mastering the art of all them other mental hea...

1 Thing, Feel Good Inc, Lonely, City Of Blinding Lights, Axel F As they get into the legend and libel behind the best selling records from 15th June 2005, Andy and James converse about cartoon characters, fascinating go-go rhythms and chance meetings with pop stars and disc jockeys in hotel lobbies. Join our community  FOR FREE or LEAVE US A TIP Follow us on FACEBOOK and INSTA Check out this...

Best Of You, Don't Phunk With My Heart, Feels Just Like It Should, Shot You Down, You're Beautiful As well as exploring the stories behind this Top 10 from 2005, Andy and James find themselves discussing when vocalists are confused with the collective, who sings about being 'the best' the most and what is the ideal soundtrack for a heavy night out at Laser Tag. Join our community  FOR FR...

For Your Eyes Only, Who's Crying Now, Stop Draggin' My Heart Around, Arthur's Theme, Endless Love Yee-hah! It's the pinnacle of this American Top 10, randomly selected to celebrate Thanksgiving and Andy and James explore 'somebody done somebody wrong' songs, holding patterns in aerospace, not allowing women in the band and, because it's an American Top 10, spray cheese. Join our communit...

Hold On Tight, Urgent, Private Eyes, Start Me Up, Step By Step Yippee Ki-Yay! This week James and Andy discuss an American Billboard Top 10 (albeit still randomly generated and selected) to ostensibly celebrate Thanksgiving. They explore the stories, statistics and stuff and nonsense behind the songs and, fittingly, they also speculate on T-bones, hand claps, 3-step programmes and bloody Foreigner...

True Love Ways, A World Of Our Own, Here Comes The Night, King Of The Road, Ticket To Ride It's the top half of this Top 10 and whilst separating the wholesome wheat from the cheap chaff of the stories behind these brilliant songs, Andy and James discuss duetting with the dead, songs to listen to when locked in your house and statues erected in the honour of hoboes. Join our community  F...

Little Things, Catch The Wind, Bring It On Home To Me, The Minute You're Gone, Pop Goes The Workers Andy and James get into the factual facts and the rumoured rumours of the bottom half of this mid 60's UK Top 10, finding themselves uncovering important observations about girls in the countryside, boys in the crowd and British people clapping on the one at tennis tournaments. Join our community&nb...

Don't Cry For Me Argentina, Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick, A Woman In Love, Chiquitita, Heart Of Glass It's getting towards the end of the 70's and we are heading for the heights of this UK Top 10. As well as uncovering the realities and rumours behind these great records Andy and James discuss what went on in Toad Hall, which pop stars went to which football games and an absolutely massive snowma...

A Little More Love, Car 67, September, I Was Made For Dancing, YMCA As well as exploring the tall tales and total truths behind the lower half of this late 70's UK Top 10, Andy and James find the funk in conversation regarding old fools at school, young men in the there and then and the power of "yeooww". Join our community  FOR FREE or LEAVE US A TIP Follow us on FACEBOOK and INSTA Check out...

Anywhere, Silence, Too Good At Goodbyes, Rockstar, Havana As they approach the zenith of this UK Top 10, James and Andy excavate the situations and scandals and explore saviours, tattoos and brassieres... all in a minor key Join our community  FOR FREE or LEAVE US A TIP Follow us on FACEBOOK and INSTA Check out this Top 10 (plus bonus tracks) on  SPOTIFY  or  YOUTUBE Hosted on...

Finders Keepers, Reggaeton Lento, Lonely Together, Dusk Till Dawn, Perfect As they dig into the truths and tales around the lower half of this relatively recent UK Top 10, Andy and James are drawn into discussing (in a mainly minor key) messages of love arriving by pizza delivery, police interrogations and is nine really a crowd these days? Join our community  FOR FREE or LEAVE US A...

Give Me A Little More Time, Return Of The Mack, Children, X-Files Theme, Firestarter Enthusiastically exploring the upper echelon of this UK Top 10 specially selected by one of our Patreon backers, Andy and James sort the truth from the conspiracy theories whilst also discussing ripostes to detractors, taking inspiration from wars and hanging around a 24-hour garage. Join our community&n...

Something Changed, How Deep Is You Love, X-Files, You've Got It Bad, Ooh Aah...Just A Little Bit As they discover the fascinating facts and fallacies behind this UK Top 10 singles chart specially selected by one of our beloved Patreon backers, James and Andy get drawn in to fickle fate, crass cash-ins, Debbie downers and... elusive ellipses. Join our community  FOR FREE or LEAVE US A TIP Foll...

Reach For The Stars, Well I Ask You, Romeo, Johnny Remember Me, You Don't Know It's the pinnacle of this particular week's UK Top 10, so apart from the relevancies and bit of rhetoric behind these great singles, James and Andy find themselves ruminating on the influence of Renaissance poets, the influence of the Bible on the charts and, let's face facts, the influence of the Muppets again probably...