This week:
29th
2002, as part of his role as Artistic Director of the Meltdown Festival at London’s Royal Festival Hall, David Bowie performed his 1977 Low album in its entirety.
“Heroes” Worksheet – Lyric Video
30th
1964, ‘Love Me Do’ became The Beatles’ fourth US Number One, remaining at the top for one week.
An integrated technical-cultural-linguistic experience in Modern Music History – Love Me Do Lyric video
1st
The anniversary of the signing of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1968)
Worksheet: This Is War – 30 Seconds To Mars
2nd
1956, Elvis Presley recorded ‘Hound Dog’, ‘Any Way You Want Me’ and ‘Don’t Be Cruel’ with the Blue Moon Boys and The Jordanaires in a seven-hour session at RCA’s New York studios.
Hound Dog Worksheet – Lyric video
3rd
1975, Queen opened their own studio, Mountain Studios, in Montreux, Switzerland.
Bohemian Rhapsody Worksheet – Karaoke Video
4th
Independence Day in the U.S.A.
Worksheets:
American Saturday Night – Brad Paisley
America – West Side Story
American Idiot – Green Day
Speak Up video: Tu Vuò Fà L’Americano
5th
1954, Elvis Presley recorded ‘That’s All Right’, his first single, at Sam Phillip’s Sun Studios with guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, the Blue Moon Boys.
Elvis listening activity
Number Ones, 29th June:
1956
UK Pat Boone – I’ll Be Home
US Gogi Grant – The Wayward Wind
1966
UK The Beatles-Paperback Writer – Worksheet
US The Beatles-Paperback Writer – Worksheet
1976
UK The Real Thing – You To Me Are Everything
US Wings – Silly Love Songs
1986
UK Wham! – The Edge Of Heaven
US Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald – On My Own
1996
UK Fugees-Killing Me Softly
US Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – Tha Crossroads
2006
UK Nelly Furtado – Maneater
US Shakira-Hips Don’t Lie
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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