The Good Old Days

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Julie Andrews&nbsp; Julie Elizabeth Wells was born on 1 October 1935, in England. Her mother, Barbara Ward (Morris), and stepfather, both vaudeville performers, discovered her freakish but undeniably lovely four-octave singing voice and immediately got her a singing career.&nbsp;

The Sound of Music Opening Scene from The Sound of Music

Paul McCartney &nbsp; James Paul McCartney was born on the&nbsp;18th&nbsp;June 1942.&nbsp; He is&nbsp;a British singer, songwriter, musician, record and film producer.&nbsp;He gained worldwide fame as a co-lead vocalist, co-songwriter, and bassist&nbsp;for the Beatles.&nbsp; He is one of the most&nbsp;successful&nbsp;composers and&nbsp;performers&nbsp;of all time.&nbsp;His song-writing partnership with John Lennon remains the most successful in history.&nbsp;

Paul McCartney Carpool Karaoke

Malcolm McLaren Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren was an English impresario, visual artist, performer, musician, clothes designer and boutique owner, notable for combining these activities in an inventive and provocative way. He is best known as a promoter and manager of bands the New York Dolls and the Sex Pistols. McLaren performed as a solo artist, initially focusing on hip hop and world music and later diversifying into funk and disco. In his later years, he lived in Paris and New York City, and died of cancer in a Swiss hospital.

Malcolm McLaren - Buffalo Gals

Billy Idol William Michael Albert Broad was born on 30 November 1955 and he is better known as Billy Idol. He first achieved fame in the 1970s coming out of the London punk rock scene as the lead singer of Generation X. He is an English singer who has dual British and American citizenship. Idol began his music career in late 1976 as a guitarist in the punk rock band Chelsea. His second studio album, Rebel Yell (1983), was a huge commercial success.&nbsp;

billy idol - sweet sixteen (1986)

Van Morrison Sir George Ivan Morrison is known as Van Morrison. He was born on 31 August 1945 in Northern Ireland. Van Morrison is a multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He has won two Grammy Awards, Brit Awards, Ivor Novello and many more. He is also known as Van the Man, The Belfast Cowboy and The Belfast Lion.

Van Morrison - Days Like This

Students and their teacher chose a decade from the 20th century Britain for re-enactment. Look at the photos, read the descriptions, listen to music, watch the videos, do the quiz at the end of our booklet and have fun! :)

George&nbsp;Micheael George Michael&nbsp;was&nbsp;an&nbsp;English&nbsp;singer,&nbsp;songwriter and record producer.&nbsp;He was born in 1963.&nbsp;Michael rose to fame as a member of the music duo Wham!  and later embarked on a solo career.&nbsp;&nbsp;Forming the duo Wham! with  Andrew Ridgeley in 1981, the band's first two albums, Fantastic&nbsp;(1983) and Make It Big (1984), reached number one on the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200.&nbsp;&nbsp;Their hit singles included&nbsp;Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go&nbsp;and&nbsp;Last Christmas.&nbsp;Michael's first solo single,&nbsp;Careless Whisper, reached number one in over 20 countries, including the UK and the USA.&nbsp;Michael came out as gay in 1998.&nbsp;He was an active LGBT rights campaigner and HIV/AIDS charity fundraiser.&nbsp;His personal life, drug use and legal troubles made headlines during the late 1990s and 2000s. He died on Christmas 2016.&nbsp;

Wham! - Last Christmas (Official Video)

Amy Winehouse&nbsp; She&nbsp;was&nbsp;born&nbsp;on&nbsp;14 September 1983. She is known for her deep, expressive contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres.&nbsp;Winehouse's debut album, Frank, was released in 2003. The song "Stronger Than Me" won her the Ivor&nbsp;Novello&nbsp;Award for Best Contemporary Song from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors.&nbsp;She released her follow-up album, Back&nbsp;to Black, in 2006, which went on to become an international success and one of the best-selling albums in UK history.&nbsp;She died of alcohol poisoning&nbsp;on 23 July 2011 at the age of 27.&nbsp;

Amy Winehouse - Back To Black

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Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John, was born in London on March 25, 1947. He is a British vocalist, pianist, singer, actor, songwriter, composer and music producer. In his forty-year career, John has sold more than 300.000.000 albums. He has won five Grammy Awards as well as one Oscar for Film Music. He is known for his large collection of glasses and expensive cars.

Elton John - Sacrifice

Charlie Reid Charles Reid was born in 1962 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He has a twin brother, Craig Reid, and they are 59 years old. In 1983, he formed a band with his brother called The Proclaimers. They were very famous in that time, mostly in the UK, but they were also famous in rest of Europe and America. They have many famous songs like I'm gonna be and Letter from America. They sold over 5 million albums. With their song I'm gonna be they topped charts in Australia and New Zealand. He currently lives in Edinburgh with his wife and son Sean.

The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (Official Music Video)

Jimmie Nicol James George Nicol was born in London in 1939. He is an English drummer and entrepreneur. For a short time during the peak of the so-called Beatlemania in 1964 year he was overnight transformed from an ordinary man into a world rock star in less than two weeks. Nicol had hoped that his work with the Beatles would greatly contribute to his career, but instead he fell into oblivion the moment Ringo Starr returned.

The Beatles (with Jimmie Nicol) - I saw Her Standing There (Colourised)

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AND NOW TAKE THE QUIZ! We hope it was fun! :)

PARTICIPANTS: 1. Gabrijel Čabaj as Paul McCartney 2. Katarina Deže as Freddie Mercury 3. Leon Kukić as Malcolm McLaren 4. Patricija Lukić as George Michael 5. Sven Maretić as Jimmie Nicol 6. Božidar Pintarić as Charlie Reid 7. Viktor Požar as Van Morrison 8. Laura Šijan as Amy Winehouse 9. Ema Šilipetar as Elton John 10. Arian Toth as Billy Idol 11. Anamarija Vaci as Julie Andrews 12. Barbara Dadić Eđed as Boy George

Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara) was born in 1946 in Zanzibar. He was a British rock singer and songwriter most famous for the band Queen. He became a friend with guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor in 1969 and started performing with them. Queen initially failed to attract much notice beyond the UK. The album Sheer Heart Attack (1974) shot up the international charts, and A Night at the Opera (1975) sold even better. By the early 1980s the Queen became an international phenomenon. Their most famous performance was at the charity concert Live Aid in 1985. One of Freddie's last performances was with Montserrat&nbsp;Caballé&nbsp;with the song Barcelona (1987). In 1991 Mercury announced that he was diagnosed with AIDS. He died in England a day later from complications related to AIDS.&nbsp;

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (Live Aid 1985)

Boy George George Alan O'Dowd (born in 1961), known professionally as Boy George, is an English singer, songwriter, DJ, fashion designer, photographer and record producer. He is the lead singer of the pop band Culture Club. At the height of the band's fame, during the 1980s, they recorded global hit songs such as "Karma Chameleon", "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" and "Time (Clock of the Heart)". George is known for his soulful voice and his androgynous appearance. He was part of the British New Romantic movement which emerged in the late 1970s to the early 1980s. On 25 November 1984, George provided a lead vocal role on the Band Aid international hit single "Do They Know It's Christmas?". His music is often classified as blue-eyed soul, which is influenced by rhythm and blues and reggae.

Culture Club - Karma Chameleon (Official Music Video)

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