Do you mean Cheryl Cole?
Well, this is easy

Within You Without You was a song written by Beatles guitarist George Harrison.
The bass player of The Beatles was Sir Paul McCartney.
Sir Paul McCartney appeared on The X Factor in 2009, a show on which there have, in the past been. Beatles themed weeks.
Cheryl Cole was a former judge on the show.
She had a number one single with Fight For This Love.

Hope I did that right :S

Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
To The Sky - Owl City

Norman Greenbaum (among others) had a no 1 with Spirit in the Sky

So, this takes us from Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana to To The Sky - Owl City

Alan Price:- Jarrow Song
Natalie Imbruglia:- Torn

Alan Price:- Jarrow Song
Natalie Imbruglia:- Torn


1936 saw the infamous Jarrow March
1+9+3+6 = 19
19 was a massive hit Paul Hardcastle
Paul Hardcastle also penned The Wizard
The Wizard was the theme tune for Top of The Pops
Top of the Pops used to be presented by Dave Lee Travis
Travis has a big hit in 1999 with the song Turn
If you look quickly at the word Turn it could look like the word Torn"...
Torn by Natalie Imbruglia.

The Piranhas - Tom Hark
Duran Duran - Girls on Film

Tom Hark was also recorded by Mango Groove
“Man, go groove!” could be perceived as an instruction to dance
But when you get there its murder on the dance floor
Co-incidentally (cough) a number one hit for Sophie Ellis Bexter
Cruelly, she is oft nicknamed ‘rhombus head’
A rhombus is often also called a diamond
Jim Diamond sang the theme tune to the hit ITV series ‘Boon’
Boon(e) was also a character in Lost who survived drowning when the plane crashed
Simon Le Bon also nearly drowned when he lost the keel of his yacht, Drum, during the fastnet race
As the lead singer of Duran Duran they recorded ‘Girls On Film’

Speak Like A Child – The Style Council
The Only Living Boy In New York – Simon and Garfunkel

Speak Like A Child – The Style Council
The Only Living Boy In New York – Simon and Garfunkel

The Style Council were formed in 1983 by Mick Talbot and Paul Weller.
Paul Weller previously turned out for an obscure group called The Jam.
If you smear Jam onto your bread with just your fingers, you would end up with Sticky Fingers.
Sticky Fingers was the name of The Rolling Stones 1971 album.
The combined ages of the current members of the Stones is 269.
269 expressed in Roman numerals is CCLXIX.
The Romans were told to go home (Romat Ite Domum??) by Brian of Nazareth in the Life of Brian.
Brian was played by Graham Chapman, alongside fellow Pythons, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and John Cleese.
John Cleese starred in A Fish Called Wanda with Jamie Lee Curtis.
Jamie Lee Curtis starred with Sylvester Stallone in True Lies.
Sylvester Stallone featured in six Rocky movies as a Boxer.
The Boxer was a 1969 UK Top ten hit for Simon & Garfunkel and was included on their iconic album Bridge Over Troubled Water.

Sinitta - So Macho
Happy Mondays - Step On

I had to look all this up after my horrendous mistake confusing a Cheryl Cole song I'd not heard with a Girls Aloud song above.

Sinitta - So Macho
Happy Mondays - Step On

Sinitta reportedly dated Simon Cowell for twenty years
As a judge on Britain's Got Talent one of Cowell's favoured acts was the Circus Of Horrors featuring "Captain Dan" Blackner, "The Demon Dwarf"
In the South African Xhosa language a demon dwarf is known as a "tokoloshe"
"Tokoloshe Man" was a No. 4 hit in 1971 for John Kongos
"He's Gonna Step On You Again" was also a No.4 hit in 1971 for John Kongos
This song was later covered by the Happy Mondays as "Step On"

Happy Mondays - Step On
The End Of The World - Skeeter Davis

Happy Mondays - Step On
The End Of The World - Skeeter Davis

Step On was a 1990 Top 20 hit for the Happy Mondays.
Another Top 20 hit in 1990 was Sonia's cover of Skeeter Davis' "The End of The World".



The KLF - Justified and Ancient
Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo

8 months ??

The KLF were also know as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, Mu Mu shares the same initials as 60's legends Manfred Mann who sung Pretty Flamingo.


Stone Roses - Fool's Gold
Meatloaf - Dead Ringer for Love

Stone Roses were famous for using the work of Jackson Pollock on their record sleeves. JP died in a car crash. Meat Loaf had a song called 'Object In The Resr View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are', advice perhaps that Pollock should have heeded.

Some Girls - Racey
Arthur - Rick Wakeman

Some Girls was the title of the 1978 album by the Rolling Stones.
The Rolling Stones feature frontman Mick Jagger, Maroon 5 paid homage recently on their chart-topper "Moves Like Jagger".
Five had a big hit with Keep on Movin, which was the same title of a track by Soul II Soul.
David Soul once sung about a Silver Lady, whereas Paul McCartney sung about Lady Madonna.
In 1983 Macca took Pipes of Peace to number 1 in the charts with a video that re-enacted British and German troops playing football in no-mans land during World War 1.
The World War 1 trenches was the setting for the 4th instalment of Blackadder.
In Blackadder, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig was played by Geoffery Palmer, Geoffrey subsequently narrated the brilliant Grumpy Old Men series on the BBC.
The best "Grumpy old man" on this series was Rick Wakeman.



The Clash - I Fought The Law
Richard Marx - Hazard

I Fought The Law – The Clash

The above song originally charted with the Bobby Fuller Four in May 1966.

The lead guitarist with Queen is of course Bryan May

Queen had an album entitled ‘A Day At The Races’

This was the same name as a Marx Brothers film

‘Hazard’ by Richard Marx

Go Let It Out - Oasis
Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey

The original demo of Go Let it Out by Oasis features snippets of Austin Powers.

Austin Powers was a shameless spoof of theJames Bond films, one of the best of these was Goldfinger, Shirley sung the title track.


Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe

Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode’s ‘Enjoy The Silence’ was covered on Nada Surf’s ‘If I Had A Hi-Fi’ album
In the 2003 Eurovision, Jemini scored nul points
In horoscopes, Gemini are of course twins, as are The Proclaimers
Sean is a song by The Proclaimers
Sean in Coronation Street is played by Anthony Cotton
Cotton Eye Joe - Rednex

Taxman - The Beatles
Funny Little Frog - Belle and Sebastian

The Beatles sung about a Tax Man, whilst Belle & Sebastian sung about a Legal Man - tenous link there I think....

U2 - The Fly
Beastie Boys - Sabotage

Jeff Goldblum was the lead in The Fly film re-make

Another film he appeared in was Mister Frost

Mister Soft was a hit for Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel

It was used in an 80's Softmints advert

Another make of mint is the Polo

Polo is also a Volkswagen car

When the Beasties first came on the scene they created a craze of nicking VW badges off card to use as medallions and so on

Bandages - Hot Hot Heat
One of Us - Abba

Bandages are often seen in hospitals, as are visitors - The Visitors was ABBA's final studio album and contained the lead single One of Us.


Dodgy - Good Enough
The Shadows - Kon-Tiki

Dodgy - Good Enough
The Shadows - Kon-Tiki

Admitting to like the Eurovision Song Contest is Dodgy, and yet in 1975 the Shadows represented the UK at Eurovision!

Stevie Wonder:- I Was Made to Love Her
Kate Bush:- Sat in Your Lap

Happy Birthday was another of Stevie's big hits

It was also the name of a different Altered Images single

Claire Grogan the lead singer appeared in the film Gregory's Girl

...as did a boy in a penguin costume, permanently looking for a classroom

Penguin is a name of a McVitie's chocolate bar

In 1947 McVitie & Price made the Queen and Prince Phillip's wedding cake

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was one of the Queen's Grandfathers

Albert, or Bertie, is the name of Kate Bush's son, and one of her songs

Delilah - Tom Jones
Legacy - Mansun

Tom Jones was mates with Elvis, who was in turn mates with Engelbert Humperdinck.

Engelbert (unfairly imo) finished nearly last in this years Eurovision Song Contest, wheras Sandie Shaw won with Puppet on a String in the 60's.

Mansun's promo video for Legacy features just puppet versions (on string) of the band.



or Tom Jones had a big hit with Help Yourself, whilst Mansun threw away £25000 in £5 notes onto the concourse of Liverpool Street Station for their "Taxloss" video - The commuters duly Helped Themselves !!


REM - The Great Beyond
Split Enz - I Got You

Quick easy link here....don't even need to look stuff up on Wiki...

I Got You - Split Enz

Appears on their 'True Colours' album

'True Colors'....big hit for Cyndi Lauper

So was 'Time After Time'....

A different 'Time After Time' closes side one on REM's Reckoning album

...and so links to the Great Beyond

(agree about Englebert btw )

Not So Manic Now - Dubstar
And She Was - Talking Heads