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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鈥檚 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鈥檚 greatest singers
The actress Jane Seymour shares what it was like being rock star Freddie Mercury's bride
In 1969, the singer Dafydd Iwan campaigned for official recognition of the Welsh language
How Nazia and Zoheb Hassan changed South-East Asian pop with their album, Disco Deewane
In 1957, Paul Robeson used a new undersea phone line to perform a transatlantic concert.
In 1959, the first Rose of Tralee festival was held in Ireland
Bi Kidude was one of the first women from Zanzibar to sing in public without the veil
In 2005, an orchestra made up of young Arab and Israeli musicians performed in Ramallah
