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This week:
22nd
World Water Day
Something In The Water – Brooke Fraser: Worksheet – Lyric Video
23rd
Anniversary of the release of the film Pretty Woman (1990)
Oh, Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison: Worksheet – Lyric Video – Speak Up Video
Lyric videos for the Original Soundtrack
24th
2018, Aylesbury prepared for the next day’s unveiling of a statue of David Bowie, the first in the UK. A fan petitioned to change the name of the town where the first Ziggy Stardust show was performed in 1972 to Aylesbowie.
“Heroes”: Worksheet – Lyric Video – Speak Up video
25th
1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono held their first bed-in in room 902 of the Amsterdam Hilton, staying six days. They arrived from Paris the previous day after lunch with Salvador Dalí.
Imagine: Worksheet – Lyric Video
26th
Purple Day – Epilepsy Awareness Day
Purple Rain – Prince: Worksheet – Lyric Video
27th
2012, Gary Kemp unveiled a plaque at 23 Headon Street, London, where The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars cover photo was taken by Brian Ward in 1972.
Tune Into London
28th
1985, Michael Jackson unveiled a waxwork of himself at Madam Tussauds, London.
Thriller: Worksheet – Lyric Video – Speak Up Video
Number Ones, 22nd March:
1957
UK Tab Hunter – Young Love
US Tab Hunter – Young Love
1967
UK Engelbert Humperdinck – Release Me
US The Beatles – Penny Lane –worksheet
1977
UK The Manhattan Transfer – Chanson D’Amour
US Barbra Streisand – Evergreen
1987
UK Boy George – Everything I Own
US Club Nouveau – Lean On Me
1997
UK Spice Girls – Mama
US Puff Daddy – Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down (feat. Mase)
2007
UK Take That – Shine – Worksheet
US Mims – This Is Why I’m Hot
2017
UK Ed Sheeran-Shape Of You – Worksheet
US Ed Sheeran-Shape Of You – Worksheet
2027
UK Official Singles Charts
US Billboard Hot 100
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