This week:
28th
1968, war photographer Don McCullin shot The Beatles in seven different London locations on what became known as The Mad Day Out.
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-DaWorksheet – Lyric video
29th
1963, a Monday, David Bowie spent the day at Nevin D Hirst Advertising in New Bond Street, London, in his short-lived career as a junior visualiser/paste up artist, his only 9-to-5 job. He later said he “loathed it”.
Dolly Parton – 9 To 5 Worksheet – Lyric video
30th
International Day of Friendship
Worksheets:
You’ve Got A Friend – Carole King
That’s What Friends Are For – Dionne Warwick & Friends
With A Little Help From My Friends – The Beatles
Wannabe – The Spice Girls
Skeleton Song –Kate Nash
31st
1969, Elvis Presley returned to live performance after nine years with a 29-day, 56-show sold-out residency at Las Vegas’ newly opened International Hotel.
Full concert
1st
1997, Michael Jackson performed the HIStory concert at Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportspark Stadium, Berlin. There were nine shows in Germany, more than in any other country.
HIStory Lyric Videos
2nd
1973, David Bowie arrived in Rome on an overnight train from Paris for a five-day break with wife Angie and son Zowie.
Calvin Harris – Summer: Worksheet – Lyric Video
3rd
2007, Brian May, guitarist of Queen, handed in his astronomy PhD thesis, ‘A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud’, to Imperial College, London, 36 years after abandoning it to join the band.
Take That – Patience: Worksheet – Lyric Video
Number Ones, 28th July:
1955
UK Alma Cogan – Dreamboat
US Bill Haley & His Comets-Rock Around The Clock
1965
UK The Byrds-Mr. Tambourine Man
US The Rolling Stones – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction – Worksheet – Speak Up article
1975
UK Bay City Rollers – Give A Little Love
US Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony – The Hustle
1985
UK Eurythmics – There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)
US Paul Young – Everytime You Go Away
1995
UK The Outhere Brothers – Boom Boom Boom
US TLC – Waterfalls
2005
UK James Blunt – You’re Beautiful – Worksheet
US Mariah Carey-We Belong Together
2015
UK Little Mix – Black Magic
US OMI-Cheerleader – Worksheet
2025
UK Official Singles Charts
US Billboard Hot 100
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