This week:
5th
1992, Reverend Jesse Jackson presented Michael Jackson with a Lifetime Achievement award from the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters, in Washington, DC. Stevie Wonder, Muhammad Ali and Spike Lee were guests at the ceremony.
Thriller: Worksheet – Lyric Video – Speak Up Video
6th
1967, Paul McCartney’s soundtrack to the film The Family Way, the first solo Beatle album, was released. It did not chart but won an Ivor Novello Award.
The Beatles – She’s Leaving Home: Worksheet – Lyric Video
7th
2016, Queen’s guitarist Brian May unveiled a plaque in Cirencester in memory of drummer Cozy Powell.
Queen – We Will Rock You: Worksheet – Lyric Video – Speak Up Video
8th
1935, Elvis Aaron Presley was born at 4:35am at home in Tupelo, Mississippi, to parents Gladys and Vernon, half an hour after still-born twin Jessie Garon. In 1946 Elvis got his first guitar instead of the bicycle he wanted.
Four Elvis worksheets
9th
1964, with The Beatles’ ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’ climbing the Billboard Hot 100, becoming their first US Number One on 1st February, John Lennon declared it was due to “mere sympathy for British people” and that he hadn’t expected it to be a hit in America.
Lyric Video
The Beatles – An integrated technical-cultural-linguistic experience in Modern Music History: Project
10th
Anniversary of the death of David Bowie (2016)
Four Bowie worksheets
Speak Up video: ”Heroes”
11th
1963, ‘Please Please Me’, The Beatles’ second single, was released in the UK. It reached Number One on some charts, but only Number 2 on the official Record Retailer chart.
Worksheet – Lyric Video
Number Ones, 5th January:
1956
UK Dickie Valentine – Christmas Alphabet
US Tennessee Ernie Ford – Sixteen Tons – Worksheet – Speak Up video
1966
UK The Beatles – Day Tripper
US Simon & Garfunkel – The Sound Of Silence – Worksheet – Speak Up article
1976
UK Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody – Worksheet – Speak Up video
US The Bay City Rollers – Saturday Night
1986
UK Shakin’ Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone
US Lionel Richie – Say You, Say Me
1996
UK Michael Jackson – Earth Song – Worksheet
US Mariah Carey & Boys II Men – One Sweet Day
2006
UK Shayne Ward – That’s My Goal
US Mariah Carey – Don’t Forget About Us
2016
UK NHS Choir – A Bridge Over You
US Adele – Hello – Worksheet
2026
UK Official Singles Charts
US Billboard Hot 100
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