Music history

In January 1994, two presidents enjoyed a memorable jazz night in the Czech Republic

Broadway hit A Chorus Line premieres in 1975

In 1936, Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich was denounced

In 1972, John Lennon and Yoko Ono performed at the One to One benefit concerts in the US

On Friday 13 February 1970, heavy metal band Black Sabbath released their first album

In July 1985, music legends Mick Jagger and David Bowie performed a duet for Live Aid

In 1983, Dolce Vita by Ryan Paris became one of the biggest hits for Italo disco

In 2015 Canadian rockstar Gord Downie was given months to live, he went on one last tour

The story of how one of the most iconic tunes in sport was created in 1992

In 1980, Finnish singer Marion Rung won Intervision, the USSR's answer to Eurovision

In 1966, Ethiopian musician Mulatu Astatke recorded a new genre of music, Ethio-jazz

In the 1980s, Leonardo Renato Aulder pioneered a movement in Panama with his friends

South Africa’s first musical with an all-black cast opened to critical acclaim in 1959

From 1912 until 1948, you could win medals in art at the Olympic Games

The Brazilian singer who earned the title Queen of Samba

How punk rock band Die Toten Hosen secretly played a concert in East Berlin.

Cuban salsa singer Celia Cruz's only return to the island in 43 years of exile.

In 1989, Public Enemy provided the soundtrack for Spike Lee's movie, Do The Right Thing

The story of heavy metal in Iraq during the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein

Brenda Fassie was a popular South African pop star, dubbed the 'Madonna of the townships'

In 1974, Swedish act Abba won the Eurovision song contest

How Wham! became the first Western pop act to perform in communist China

The forgotten story of Winifred Atwell, the pianist from Trinidad who broke sales records

She overcame poverty, health problems and racism to become one of Peru’s greatest singers