Viva Forever! (musical) and its impact on her mother and the friends she thought she’d have forever. In 2010, Judy Craymer teamed up with Geri Halliwell, Simon Fuller (the one-time manager of the Spice Girls) and Universal Music to start developing a musical entitled "Viva Forever!", based on the songs of the Spice Girls. Although the Spice Girls themselves were not to be in the show, they were to influence the show's cast and production choices in a story which uses their music but bears no relation to their personal story. This approach is similar to that of ABBA's music in "Mamma Mia!",
British Hit Singles & Albums publication of this amalgamation ceased in 2006. A new version of the book published by Virgin and entitled "The Virgin Book of British Hit Singles", first published in November 2008. The first ten editions were compiled by Paul Gambaccini, Mike Read and brothers Tim Rice and Jonathan "Jo" Rice. Read left the team in the mid-1980s and the other editors resigned in 1996. Chart editor for many editions was David Roberts. "British Hit Singles & Albums" was generally considered to be the authoritative reference (and only) source for both the UK Singles Chart (since its inception in 1952) and the