This week:
6th
1977, the video for ‘We Are The Champions’ was filmed in the New London Theatre, with 5,000 Queen fan club members.
Worksheet – Lyric Video
7th
1971, Michael Jackson’s first solo single ‘Got To Be There’ was released, exactly two years after The Jackson 5 released ‘I Want You Back’ , their first Motown single and their first Number One.
Lyric Videos: ‘Got To Be There’ – ‘I Want You Back’
8th
1975, Elvis Presley and five friends flew in his new Lockheed JetStar for the first time, on a one-hour flight with personal pilot Milo High.
Hound Dog: Worksheet – Lyric Video
9th
1940, John Winston Lennon was born at 6:30 am at the Liverpool Maternity Hospital, to Julia and Alfred Lennon.
Working Class Hero: Worksheet – Lyric Video
10th
World Mental Health Day
Worksheets:
Lost & Found – Eve 6
Blood Makes Noise – Suzanne Vega
World Homeless Day
Worksheet: Another Day In Paradise – Phil Collins
11th
1971, John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ single was released in the USA, and went on to peak at Number 3 in the Billboard Hot 100.
Worksheet – Lyric Video
12th
1965, recording sessions for The Beatles’ Rubber Soul began at Abbey road with the band working on ‘Run For Your Life’ and ‘Norwegian Wood’.
Revolver Lyric Videos
Number Ones, 6th October:
1955
UK Slim Whitman – Rose Marie
US Mitch Miller Orchestra – The Yellow Rose Of Texas
1965
UK Ken Dodd – Tears
US The McCoys – Hang on Sloopy
1975
UK David Essex – Hold Me Close
US David Bowie -Fame
1985
UK Midge Ure – If I Was
US Dire Straits – Money For Nothing
1995
UK Simply Red – Fairground
US Mariah Carey – Fantasy
2005
UK The Pussycat Dolls – Don’t Cha (feat. Busta Rhymes)
US Kanye West-Gold Digger (feat. Jamie Foxx)
2015
UK Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean? – Worksheet
US The Weeknd – The Hills
2025
UK Official Singles Charts
US Billboard Hot 100
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