This week: 29th 1975, after hearing singer Jackie Wilson had suffered a stroke, Elvis Presley sent his family a check to pay for hospital expenses and medical bills. Jackie Wilson – Reet Petite Lyric Video 30th 1977, Iggy Pop released the single . ‘The Passenger’ from the album Lust For Life, produced by David Bowie.

This week: 22nd 1956, Elvis Presley began shooting his first movie, initially titled The Reno Brothers but renamed Love Me Tender when the single became the first ever to have over one million advance sales. Lyric Video 23rd 2014, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel declared this David Bowie Day on the occasion of the opening of

This week: 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 16th International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

This week: 8th 1987, ‘I Just Can’t Stop Loving You’ , a duet with Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett, entered the Billboard Hot 100. Michael wanted Whitney Houston to sing it, but her record company refused. The song became the first of 5 consecutive Number 1s from the Bad album. Lyric Video Whitney Houston –