Here’s a list of the songs that I performed in public for the first time during May 2024. Each month I aim to play at least one new song from each of the following repertoires:

• Songs that reached #1 in the UK.
• Songs that reached #1 somewhere else.
• Songs that have not reached #1 anywhere.

Songs that reached #1 in the UK

Date	Song (Artist, Year it reached #1)	Notes
Tue 7-May-2024	La Bamba (Los Lobos, 1987)	I finally looked up the words (“Para bailar La Bamba”, and so on) so I can sing them properly. I have played along with others on this one a few times, mixing it up with “Twist and Shout”

Songs that reached #1 somewhere else

Date	Song (Artist, Year it reached #1)	Notes
Thu 2-May-2024	Wonderful World (Herman’s Hermits, 1965)	#1 in Canada. There’s always room for more Sam Cooke songs in your repertoire

Songs that have not reached #1 anywhere

Date	Song (Artist, Year it reached #1)	Notes
Thu 2-May-2024	Man who sold the world (David Bowie, n/a)	A Bowie evening, playing three of his early 70s compositions, surprised that I’ve never played any of them in public before
Thu 2-May-2024	Starman (David Bowie, n/a)	A Bowie evening, playing three of his early 70s compositions, surprised that I’ve never played any of them in public before
Thu 2-May-2024	All the young dudes (Mott the Hoople, n/a)	A Bowie evening, playing three of his early 70s compositions, surprised that I’ve never played any of them in public before
Tue 7-May-2024	Nothing can change this love I have for you (Sam Cooke, n/a)	Possibly my favourite Sam Cooke song. I first heard it around 1987, sung by Terence Trent D’Arby. The only time I have heard Sam Cooke’s version on the radio was when Joe Wicks selected it as one of his “Desert Island Discs”
Thu 23-May-2024	Twisting the Night Away (Sam Cooke, n/a)	May 2024 turned out to be the month for debuting favourite songs by David Bowie and Sam Cooke