This week:
31st
Hallowe’en
Worksheets:
Thriller – Michael Jackson
Monster Mash – Bobby “Boris” Pickett
Skeleton Song – Kate Nash
Lullaby – The Cure
21st Century Vampire – Lil Huddy
Speak Up video: Thriller
1st
1969, ‘Suspicious Minds’ became Elvis Presley’s eighteenth and final Number One single, his first since 1962’s ‘Good Luck Charm’, remaining at the top for one week.
Lyric Videos Suspicious Minds – Good Luck Charm
2nd
2018, The film ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ premiered in the U.S.A.
Worksheet – Lyric Video
3rd
1979, ‘Rock With You’, the second single from Michael Jackson’s Off The Wall, was released. It became his third solo Number One, spending four weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100.
Lyric Video – Off The Wall Lyric Videos,
4th
1963, The Beatles played at the Royal Command Performance in London in the presence of the Queen Mother, with John Lennon making his famous “rattle your jewellery” joke before ‘Twist And Shout’.
Twist & Shout : Worksheet – Lyric Video
5th
Guy Fawkes/Bonfire Night
Firework – Katy Perry Worksheet – Lyric Video
6th
1948, 13-year-old Elvis Presley played guitar and sang ‘Leaf On A Tree’ as a farewell to Milam Junior School, Tupelo, before he and his family left for Memphis.
Hound Dog: Worksheet – Lyric Video
Number Ones, 31st October:
1962
UK The Tornados – Telstar
US Bobby “Boris” Pickett – Monster Mash – Worksheet
1972
UK Lieutenant Pigeon-Mouldy Old Dough
US Chuck Berry-My Ding A Ling
1982
UK Culture Club-Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?
US Men At Work-Who Can It Be Now?
1992
UK Boyz II Men-End Of The Road
US Boyz II Men-End Of The Road
2002
UK Nelly-Dilemma (featuring Kelly Rowland)
US Nelly-Dilemma (featuring Kelly Rowland)
2012
UK Calvin Harris-Sweet Nothing (feat. Florence Welch)
US Maroon 5-One More Night
2022
UK Official Singles Charts
US Billboard Hot 100
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