This week:
3rd
1984, Queen performed at the San Remo Music Festival, Italy’s most watched TV programme.
Radio Ga GaWorksheet – Lyric Video
4th
1997, Michael Jackson appeared in court in Rome to testify that ‘Will You Be There’ was not copied from Italian singer Albano Carrisi’s ‘I Cigni di Balaka’ . The eventual ruling in November was that both songs were inspired by The Ink Spots’ 1939 song ‘Bless You For Being An Angel’.
Michael Jackson – Heal The World: Worksheet – Lyric Video
5th
1975, with Elvis Presley still in Memphis Baptist Hospital, his father Vernon suffered a heart attack at home and was given a room beside his son’s .
All Shook Up: Worksheet – Lyric Video
Global School Play Day
Games/Activities
6th
Waitangi Day (New Zealand)
Worksheet: The Ka Mate Haka
7th
2001, Freddie Mercury’s leather jacket from the ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ video was sold at an auction in London for £950.
Lyric Video
8th
2006, on vacation in Italy, Michael Jackson and his children travelled from Sorrento to Rome.
Madonna – Holiday: Worksheet – Lyric Video
9th
1961, The Beatles played their first show at the Cavern Club , with Stu Sutcliffe and Pete Best. They received £5 for this lunchtime show, and played at least 280 shows until 3rd August 1963.
The Beatles – An integrated technical-cultural-linguistic experience in Modern Music History
Number Ones, 3rd February:
1955
UK Dickie Valentine with The Stargazers-The Finger of Suspicion
US Joan Weber -Let Me Go Lover
1965
UK The Moody Blues-Go Now
US Petula Clark-Downtown
1975
UK Pilot-January
US Neil Sedaka-Laughter In The Rain
1985
UK Foreigner-I Want To Know What Love Is
US Foreigner-I Want To Know What Love Is
1995
UK Rednex-Cotton Eye Joe
US TLC-Creep
2005
UK Ciara-Goodies (feat. Petey Pablo)
US Mario-Let Me Love You
2015
UK Mark Ronson-Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars)
US Mark Ronson-Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars)
2025
UK Official Singles Charts
US Billboard Hot 100
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