Shooby Dooby Doo Wop with Andy Robinson and James Cook

You Always Hurt The One You Love, Time, Hello Mary Lou, Temptation, Halfway To Paradise As they explore the stories, statistics and stupidities of the lower half of this early 60's UK Top 10, Andy and James also get drawn into the subjects of the presence of amphibians in the pop universe, the nature of temptation and where you can get hold of a copy of the great American songbook. Join our commun...

Come Live With Me, Double Dutch, Who's That Girl? IOU, Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) It's still raining! But that won't stop us getting into the upper echelons of this 80s UK Top 10 singles chart. James and Andy uncover the actual truth and what is merely the tittle AND the tattle about these classic songs, as well as finding time to talk of acceptable age differences in relationships, th...

Cruel Summer, Baby Jane, Wrapped Around Your Finger, Moonlight Shadow, The Crown As they delve into what is genuine and what is rumoured of the bottom half of this top ten, Andy and James cannot help but contemplate combining a day at work with your first drug experience, cultural artefacts of the 80s leading to illegal bootlegging and whether you can become a victim of song-inflicted Stockho...

Angie, The Monster Mash, Rock On, Ballroom Blitz, Angel Fingers It's the top half of this chart from just over half a century ago, so Andy and James talk about the everlasting influence of the 50s, tales of tragedy in a televised household and footballers inventing musical instruments. Join our community  FOR FREE or LEAVE US A TIP Follow us on FACEBOOK and INSTA Check out this Top 10 (p...

For The Good Times, Spanish Eyes, Dancing On A Saturday Night, Young Love, Oh No Not My Baby As they explore the stories behind numbers 10 to 6 of this chart, James and Andy discuss which voices go right through you, the location of Judith Dando from Blackwell and whether it's a good idea to have one last go on your ex. Join our community  FOR FREE or LEAVE US A TIP Follow us on FACEBOOK...

Beautiful Liar, (I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles, Girlfriend, Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before, Give It To Me We reach the pinnacle of this week's top ten and as well as discovering the stories behind the songs, Andy and James in front of a live audience show no shame in discussing belly dancing lessons, problematic funeral songs and conspiracy theories about which way is up. Join our com...

Ruby, Destination Calabria, Glamorous, How To Save A Life, The Sweet Escape Live with James and Andy, discussing the facts and fictions of numbers 10 through 6, finding inspiration from the canine world, learning how to spell by a pop song's instructions and acting like sour milk all on the floor whilst apportioning blame for who may or may not have shut the fridge door....  Join our communit...

You Got The Love, Crazy For You, Do The Bartman, The Stonk, Should I Stay Or Should I Go? As they consider the stories and suppositions about the height of this early 90's top ten James and Andy also find reasons to hypothesise on why old records get back in the charts, charity, the cor anglais, and which advertising campaigns from this era the new fangled pop star could exploit. Join our communit...

Devotion, It's Too Late, Joyride, Move Your Body, The Postman Song It's the middle of March in the early 90s. As well as delving into the delights and skirting around the disappointments of the first half of this week's UK Top Ten singles chart Andy and James also discuss the noise of a crowd, notes left in Swedish, the nonsense of nostalgia and, because it's the early 90s, ice cream and the...

Jumpin' Jack Flash, Yesterday Has Gone, I Pretend, The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp, Baby Come Back Andy and James discuss 80s movies, living in the now, unlikely comedy heroes and underplayed bangers as they explore the top half of the UK Top 10 singles chart of 13th July 1968. Join our community  FOR FREE or LEAVE US A TIP Follow us on FACEBOOK and INSTA Check out this Top 10 (plus bonus t...

Blue Eyes, Yummy Yummy Yummy, My Name Is Jack, Loving Things, Hurdy Gurdy Man Andy and James discuss one-man bands, bands that don't really exist, Californian drug-dens and obscure musical instruments as they explore the UK Top 10 singles chart from 13th July 1968. 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 ...

White Noise, Stay, Harlem Shake, Thrift Shop, I Could Be The One As they reveal the legends and libel behind the pinnacle of this week's top 10, James and Andy find themselves inspired to ruminate on the benefits of recycling, how old is too old to hang around in nightclubs and the joy of destroying children's sandcastles. Join our community  FOR FREE or LEAVE US A TIP Follow us on FACEBOOK a...

Get Up (Rattle), Clown, Drinking From The Bottle, When I Was Your Man, Please Don't Say You Love Me In the process of exploring the truths and rumours behind numbers 10 to 6 of this UK singles chart Andy and James can't help but also be drawn into discussing the musical opportunities provided by game shows, how some people celebrate a 30th birthday and the unexpected danger of infuriating a gang o...

Voyage Voyage, Boys, With A Little Help From My Friends, I Owe You Nothing, Doctorin' The Tardis Whilst exploring the matter of the myths and mistaken beliefs about the top half of this summer chart, Andy and James reveal how to get a number one single, whether a charity record can be detrimental to itself, and what on earth we can do about boys, boys, boys. Join our community  FOR FREE or LE...

I Saw Him Standing There, Everyday Is Like Sunday, Somewhere In My Heart, Wild World, Got To Be Certain As they discuss the truths and testimonies around the lower half of this late 80's chart James and Andy cannot help but find themselves also discussing the benefits and pitfalls of pronoun swaps, the nature of what Sunday means changing over the years and the cop out of saying that really y...

S-S-S-Single Bed, Love Me Like I Love You, Jungle Rock, Fernando, Save Your Kisses For Me James and Andy explore the legend and the libel behind the toppermost of the poppermost of this 70s UK chart addressing the dark underbelly of success, difficulties in making sleeping arrangements, the Mexican Civil war and what constitutes a surprise ending. Join our community  FOR FREE or LEA...

Disco Connection, Get Up And Boogie, I'm Mandy Fly Me, Girls Girls Girls, Do You Know Where You're Going To? Whilst reminiscing about the ramifications of the stories behind numbers 10 to 6 of this seventies chart Andy and James also uncover facts, fictions and fabrications about the relationship between the homeless and the aviation industry, the path to spiritual enlightenment with a spot of aud...

A sneak preview of our special Bonus Tracks podcasts. While Andy and James drive around Coventry ring road, enjoy this compilation of some of our best deep-dives of pop songs that never made the UK Top 10. Join our community  FOR FREE Follow us on FACEBOOK and INSTA Check out this Top 10 (plus bonus tracks) on  SPOTIFY  or  YOUTUBE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

A sneak preview of our special Bonus Tracks podcasts. While Andy and James knock back the free drinks at Club Tropicana, enjoy this compilation of some of our best deep-dives of pop songs that never made the UK Top 10. Join our community  FOR FREE Follow us on FACEBOOK and INSTA Check out this Top 10 (plus bonus tracks) on  SPOTIFY  or  YOUTUBE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

While Andy and James check in to Heartbreak Hotel, enjoy this compilation of some of our best deep-dives of randomly chosen pop songs from the past. Join our community  FOR FREE Follow us on FACEBOOK and INSTA Check out this Top 10 (plus bonus tracks) on  SPOTIFY  or  YOUTUBE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While Andy and James sun themselves on Echo Beach, enjoy this compilation of some of our best deep-dives of randomly chosen pop songs from the past. Join our community  FOR FREE Follow us on FACEBOOK and INSTA Check out this Top 10 (plus bonus tracks) on  SPOTIFY  or  YOUTUBE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feet Up (Pat Him On The Po-Po), Comes A-Long A-Love, The Isle Of Innisfree, You Belong To Me, Here In My Heart As they explore the 5 most popular songs of the end of 1952, Andy and James are drawn into discussions of the location of love, the first UK number ones ever and who is pop's answer to Aristotle? Join our community  FOR FREE Follow us on FACEBOOK and INSTA Check out this Top 10 (plus...

Faith Can Move Mountains, Somewhere Along The Way, Because You're Mine, White Christmas, Half As Much It's the "Twixmas' of 1952 so James and Andy excavate the lower half of this early UK singles Top 10. They also uncover things about uncredited arrangers, what constitutes a standard, special presidential envoys and what does it mean to 'purple' someone. Join our community  FOR FREE Follow us...

Without Me, Hero, Get Over You, Love At First Sight, A Little Less Conversation Whilst excavating the facts and fictions at the top of this randomly selected singles chart, James and Andy cannot help but discuss techno, playground taunts, big beat boutiques and unusual Elvis films. Join our community  FOR FREE Follow us on FACEBOOK and INSTA Check out this Top 10 (plus bonus tracks) on ...

If Tomorrow Never Comes, We're On The Ball, Just A Little, The Logical Song, Light My Fire As they dig into the accusations and allegations of the lower half of this early noughties UK singles Top Ten, Andy and James also are drawn into discovering things about the World Cup, Stars in Their Eyes, Pop Idol and fictional car crashes Join our community  FOR FREE Follow us on FACEBOOK a...