This week:
9th
1956, Elvis Presley made his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show performing four songs including ‘Hound Dog’, being filmed only from the waist up. He was watched by 80% of television viewers.
Hound Dog: Worksheet – Lyric Video
10th
World Suicide Prevention Day
Worksheets:
Everybody Hurts – R.E.M.
Jeremy – Pearl Jam
Good Grief – Bastille
Tric & Trac (audio translation) Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of – U2
11th
Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks (2001)
Worksheet: Into The Fire – Bruce Springsteen
12th
Anniversary of the death of Stephen Biko (1977)
Biko – Peter Gabriel: Worksheet – Lyric Video
13th
Positive Thinking Day
Worksheets:
Best Day Of My Life – American Authors
Have A Nice Day – Bon Jovi
Firework – Katy Perry
14th
1971, David Bowie met Andy Warhol at The Factory, his studio in New York. He played him a recording of ‘Andy Warhol’ which the artist hated, then performed a mime for a 15-minute screen test.
Lyric Video
15th
1972, Some Time In New York City, John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s double, part-live, album with the Plastic Ono Band, Elephant’s Memory and Invisible Strings, was released in the UK, over three months after the USA.
John Lennon-Sunday Bloody Sunday: Lyric Video
Number Ones, 9th September:
1954
UK David Whitfield with the Mantovani Orchestra his Orchestra-Cara Mia
US The Crew Cuts-Sh-Boom
1964
UK The Honeycombs-Have I the Right?
US The Animals-House Of The Rising Sun
1974
UK The Osmonds-Love Me For A Reason
US (You’re) Having My Baby-Paul Anka (feat. Odia Coates)
1984
UK Stevie Wonder-I Just Called To Say I Love You – Worksheet
US Tina Turner-What’s Love Got To Do With It
1994
UK Wet Wet Wet-Love Is All Around
US Boyz II Men-I’ll Make Love To You
2004
UK Natasha Bedingfield-These Words
US Terror Squad-Lean Back
2014
UK Lilly Wood-Prayer in C (feat. Robin Schulz)
US Taylor Swift-Shake It Off
2024
UK Official Singles Charts
US Billboard Hot 100
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