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All of the linked artists and the specific songs and lyrics are original... all charted for the respective artists... the theme is followed through in the clues.... which are specific songs...

Frenchie is red, red, hot but not given the answer...
 
There is a song called softer ride on the Hello album, and the Beatles had a ticket to ride. Could ride be the word?
 
The answer is Rain. Different artists, different songs, same title.

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These all have rain in the title, but...

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I vaguely remember that one of those long line of Louis 's abdicated after 20 minutes in the early 19th Century - but I can't remember which number he had.

Close enough. Louis Antoine of France, Duke of Angoulême was Louis XIX. His father's abdication was in 1830, so he was King for 20 minutes before he to abdicated.
 
Cheers Frenchie. Time for an easy one. Today I got out a piece of chalk and drew a thickish line around the barks of 4 apple trees and 2 pear trees. Why did I do it exactly ?
 
Not sure that a chalk line would stop bugs climbing up your trees, so maybe you want to check over a period how much they have grown.