This week:
30th
Anniversary of Bloody Sunday (1972)
Worksheets:
Sunday Bloody Sunday – U2 – Lyric Video
Minds Locked Shut – Christy Moore
31st
1976, After 9 weeks Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ was replaced at No.1 in the UK charts by ABBA’s ‘Mamma Mia’.
Bohemian Rhapsody: Worksheet – Lyric Video – Speak Up Video
Mamma Mia: Worksheet – Lyric Video – Speak Up Video
1st
1964, ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’ became The Beatles’ first Number One in America. The band received the news by telegram at the Hotel George V after their Paris show and celebrated until 5am.
Lyric Video – The Beatles – An integrated technical-cultural-linguistic experience in Modern Music History
2nd
1969, David Bowie recorded a demo of ‘Space Oddity’ at Morgan Studios, London.
Worksheet – Lyric Video
3rd
1984, Queen performed at the San Remo Music Festival, Italy’s most watched TV programme.
Radio Ga GaWorksheet – Lyric Video
4th
1997, Michael Jackson appeared in court in Rome to testify that ‘Will You Be There’ was not copied from Italian singer Albano Carrisi’s ‘I Cigni di Balaka’ . The eventual ruling in November was that both songs were inspired by The Ink Spots’ 1939 song ‘Bless You For Being An Angel’.
Michael Jackson – Heal The World: Worksheet – Lyric Video
5th
1975, with Elvis Presley still in Memphis Baptist Hospital, his father Vernon suffered a heart attack at home and was given a room beside his son’s .
All Shook Up: Worksheet – Lyric Video
Number Ones, 30th January:
1963
UK The Shadows – Dance On
US The Rooftop Singers-Walk Right In
1973
UK Sweet-Blockbuster
US Stevie Wonder-Superstition
1983
UK Men At Work-Down Under
US Men At Work-Down Under
1993
UK Whitney Houston-I Will Always Love You
US Whitney Houston-I Will Always Love You
2003
UK David Sneddon-Stop Living The Lie
US Eminem-Lose Yourself
2013
UK will.i.am-Scream & Shout (feat. Britney Spears)
US Bruno Mars-Locked Out Of Heaven
2023
UK Official Singles Charts
US Billboard Hot 100
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