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International Music Day 🎵 1st October

Writer: Simon O'Donovan
Simon O'Donovan
Sep 29
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International Music Day - 1st October


Music can bring back memories, lift our mood and bring people together. For International Music Day, let’s celebrate the songs, performers and instruments that have been part of our lives.


Start with a few facts about the day, then let’s talk: What music do you enjoy? How did you listen to it years ago, and what do you use today - a radio, record player, CD player, phone or something else?


There are plenty of challenges to try together. Name as many musical instruments as you can, recognise musicians and the instruments they play, and have a go at the music quiz. How many Elvis Presley songs and Beatles songs can you remember? See whether familiar album artwork brings its title to mind, then use the photo clues to name some much-loved musicals.


For Simon’s Songs of the Day, enjoy I Write the Songs by Barry Manilow, Music by John Miles and Thank You for the Music by ABBA. Sing along, share a memory, or simply sit back and listen.


There’s no need to know every answer - enjoy where the music takes you!



























Name These Musicians & Their Instruments



Louis Armstrong ('Sachmo') - Trumpet - 'What A Wonderful World'

Liberace - Piano - 'Unchained Melody'

Acker Bilk - Clarinet - 'Stranger On The Shore'


James Galway - Flute - 'Annie's Song'

George Formby - Ukulele - 'When I'm Cleaning Windows'

Glen Miller - Trombone - 'Moonlight Serenade'


Larry Adler - Harmonica (Mouth Organ) - 'Rhapsody In Blue' (George Gershwin)

Nigel Kennedy - Violin - 'Winter' from 'The Four Seasons' (Vivaldi)

Elton John - Piano - 'Your Song'


John Williams - Guitar - 'Cavatina' (From the 1978 movie 'The Deer Hunter')

Eric Clapton - Electric Guitar - 'Wonderful Tonight'

Phil Collins - Drums ('Genesis') - 'Follow Yoy Follow Me'



Name These Best Selling Albums



Pink Floyd - 'Dark Side Of The Moon'

Michael Jackson - 'Thriller'

ABBA - 'Arrival'


Fleetwood Mac - 'Rumours'

Queen -  'A Night At The Opera'

The Bee Gees - 'Saturday Night Fever'


Eagles - 'Hotel California'

Simon & Garfunkel - 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'

Meatloaf - 'Bat Out Of Hell'


Beach Boys - 'Pet Sounds'

Bruce Springsteen - 'Born In The USA'

Carole King - 'Tapestry'


The Beatles - 'Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'

Joni Mitchell - 'Blue'

Kate Bush - 'Hounds Of Love'


Elton John - 'Yellow Brick Road'

Stevie Wonder - 'Songs In The Key Of Life'

Mike Oldfield - 'Tubular Bells'



Name These Best Selling Musicals















 
 
 

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