This week:
30th
1974, Queen played the 1st show of the 19-date U.K. Sheer Heart Attack tour.
We Will Rock You: Worksheet – Lyric Video
31st
Hallowe’en
Worksheets:
Thriller – Michael Jackson
Monster Mash – Bobby “Boris” Pickett
Skeleton Song – Kate Nash
Lullaby – The Cure
21st Century Vampire – Lil Huddy
Speak Up video: Thriller
1st
1969, ‘Suspicious Minds’ became Elvis Presley’s eighteenth and final Number One single, his first since 1962’s ‘Good Luck Charm’, remaining at the top for one week.
Lyric Videos Suspicious Minds – Good Luck Charm
2nd
2018, The film ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ premiered in the U.S.A.
Worksheet – Lyric Video
3rd
1979, ‘Rock With You’, the second single from Michael Jackson’s Off The Wall, was released. It became his third solo Number One, spending four weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100.
Lyric Video – Off The Wall Lyric Videos,
4th
1963, The Beatles played at the Royal Command Performance in London in the presence of the Queen Mother, with John Lennon making his famous “rattle your jewellery” joke before ‘Twist And Shout’.
Twist & Shout : Worksheet – Lyric Video
5th
Guy Fawkes/Bonfire Night
Firework – Katy Perry Worksheet – Lyric Video
Number Ones, 30th October:
1953
UK Frankie Laine-Hey Joe
US Stan Freberg – St. George & The Dragonet
1963
UK Brian Poole & The Tremeloes-Do You Love Me?
US Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs – Sugar Shack
1973
UK David Cassidy-Daydreamer
US Gladys Knight & The Pips-Midnight Train to Georgia
1983
UK Culture Club-Karma Chameleon – Worksheet
US Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton-Islands In The Stream
1993
UK Meat Loaf-I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)
US Mariah Carey-Dreamlover
2003
UK Sugababes-Hole In The Head
US Beyoncé-Baby Boy (feat. Sean Paul)
2013
UK OneRepublic-Counting Stars
US Lorde-Royals – Worksheet
2023
UK Official Singles Charts
US Billboard Hot 100
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