This week:
27th
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Worksheet: Yellow Triangle – Christy Moore
28th
1969, Allen Klein met The Beatles for the first time at Apple Studios to discuss becoming their manager. Paul McCartney walked out of the meeting and chose to work with his future father- and brother-in-law Lee and John Eastman.
The Beatles – She’s Leaving Home: Worksheet – Lyric Video
29th
1975, Elvis Presely was admitted to Memphis Baptist Hospital for three weeks with what was reported as an enlarged colon but was in fact an attempt to curtail Elvis’ addiction to prescription medication.
All Shook Up: Worksheet – Lyric Video
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
Number Ones, 27th January:
1955
UK Dickie Valentine with The Stargazers-The Finger of Suspicion
US Joan Weber -Let Me Go Lover
1965
UK Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames-Yeh, Yeh
US Petula Clark-Downtown
1975
UK The Tymes-Ms Grace
US The Carpenters-Please Mr. Postman
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-One Night
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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