This week:
25th
1965, John Lennon was interviewed for CBS TV in Cannes where he and wife Cynthia attended the film festival.
Please Please Me Worksheet – Karaoke video
26th
1994, Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley were secretly married in the Dominican Republic. Coincidentally they first met exactly 20 years earlier, at an Elvis Presley concert in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, when Lisa Marie was just six years old.
You Are Not Alone worksheet – Lyric video
27th
2003, Brian May and Roger Taylor performed at the Pavarotti & Friends benefit show, Modena, Italy.
Too Much Love Will Kill You Lyric video
The Show Must Go On worksheet
28th
1997, Bob Dylan was admitted to hospital in Los Angeles with chest pain, diagnosed as near-fatal histoplasmosis. Released on 2nd June he joked: “I really thought I’d be seeing Elvis soon” .
Knocking On Heaven’s Door Lyric video
29th
2006, David Bowie joined David Gilmour onstage at the Royal Albert Hall in London to perform Pink Floyd’s ‘Arnold Layne’ and ‘Comfortably Numb’.
Comfortably Numb Karaoke video – Wish You Were Here Worksheet
30th
1975, a noticeably slimmer Elvis Presley performed the first concert of a 17-show, 12-date, 8-city tour, in Huntsville, Alabama.
All Shook Up Worksheet – Lyric Video
31st
1997, after almost five months, Michael Jackson began the second leg of the HIStory World Tour in Bremen, Germany.
Thriller Worksheet – Lyric video
Number Ones, 25th May:
1956
UK Ronnie Hilton – No Other Love
US Elvis Presley-Heartbreak Hotel
1966
UK Manfred Mann – Pretty Flamingo
US The Mamas & Papas – Monday Monday
1976
UK ABBA – Fernando
US Wings – Silly Love Songs
1986
UK Spitting Image – The Chicken Song
US Whitney Houston – Greatest Love Of All – Worksheet
1996
UK Gina G-Ooh Aah…Just A Little Bit
US Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – Tha Crossroads
2006
UK Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
US Rihanna – SOS
2016
UK Drake-One Dance (feat. Wizkid & Kyla)
US Drake-One Dance (feat. Wizkid & Kyla)
2026
UK Official Singles Charts
US Billboard Hot 100
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