My Top Ten: July 2026

Wednesday, 1 July 2026

Celebrity Jukebox #79: Penelope Keith

Farewell then, Penelope Keith.

I hope it was a Good Life.

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Just the humble witterings of a middle-aged music fan from the north of England. I don't claim these lists to be definitive, I haven't heard every record ever produced (though I have heard a good number of them), I don't believe my opinion to be any more valid than yours.

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