This week:
20th
1979, Queen played ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ for the first time, at the Stadthalle, Bremen, Germany.
Worksheet – Lyric Video
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Worksheet: Pride (In the Name of Love) / MLK – U2
Lyric Videos: Pride (In the Name of Love) – MLK
21st
1969, Elvis Presley recorded ‘In The Ghetto’ at a late night session at American Studios, Memphis.
Lyric Video
22nd
1972, Melody Maker magazine published an interview with David Bowie where he said “I’m gay, and always have been, even when I was David Jones.”
Space Oddity: Worksheet – Lyric Video
23rd
1988, ‘The Way You Make Me Feel’, the 3rd single and 3rd Number One from Bad, reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100, giving Michael Jackson his 10th solo chart topper.
Lyric Video
24th
International Day of Education
Another Brick In The Wall (Part II) – Pink Floyd: Worksheet – Lyric Video – Tric & Trac (audio translation)
ABC – The Jackson 5: Worksheet – Lyric Video – Speak Up Video
25th
1993, Michael Jackson opened the American Music Awards at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, with the first performance of ‘Dangerous’. He then won three awards.
Dangerous full album: Lyric Videos
26th
Australia Day
Waltzing Matilda: Worksheet – Lyric Video
Number Ones, 20th January:
1955
UK Rosemary Clooney-Mambo Italiano
US The Chordettes-Mr Sandman
1965
UK Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames-Yeh, Yeh
US Supremes-Come See About Me
1975
UK Status Quo-Down Down
US Barry Manilow-Mandy
1985
US Foreigner-I Want To Know What Love Is
US Madonna-Like A Virgin
1995
UK Rednex-Cotton Eye Joe
US Boyz II Men-On Bended Knee
2005
UK Elvis Presley-Jailhouse Rock
US Mario-Let Me Love You
2015
UK Mark Ronson-Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars)
US Mark Ronson-Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars)
2025
UK Official Singles Charts
US Billboard Hot 100
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