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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
Donny Osmond shares his memories of teen hysteria in 1973
The last performances of Judy Garland in January 1969
In 1966, American Dean Reed was the first western rock star to tour the Soviet Union
In 2010 Lady Gaga attended the MTV Video Music Awards in a dress made out of beef
In 1958, aspiring photographer Art Kane captured 57 jazz legends in one immortal image
In 1968, when Petula Clark touched Harry Belafonte's arm, it made US TV history
Jimmy Cliff spoke about the film that brought reggae music to the world in 1972
In June 1973, the nightclub Pacha opened in Ibiza and it changed the island forever
Barbarito Torres speaks about playing on the ground-breaking album of Cuban music
The remarkable story of Maryam Mursal, one of the superstars of 1970s Somali music .
In the autumn of 1973 a Bronx DJ held a ground-breaking party.
The story of the great South African singer who spent 30 years in exile
Jamaica is best known for Reggae music, but before Reggae, came Ska.
The home of Afghanistan's traditional musicians was destroyed in 1992.
The psychedelic Czech rock band which became a symbol of resistance to communist rule.
Daisuke Inoue was playing in a band in Kobe Japan when he invented the Karaoke machine
In 1966 the singer-songwriter announced on stage that he was going to stop performing
