Posted Fri 18 Jul 2008 7:59AM BST
If you could bring a dead rock star back to life for one gig, who wouldit be?John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis, Kurt Cobain, Jeff Buckley FreddieMercury, Ian Curtis, Dimebag Darrell, Bob Marley, John Bonham? Or someone else?This Day in Music are carry
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Posted Mon 7 Jul 2008 6:45PM BST
A recent survey amongst the UK's biggest undertakers reported that bereaved families preferred pop songs to hymns at funerals. So which song would you have played at your funeral? Here are the 12 most requested songs: Goodbye My Lover – James
Posted Thu 3 Jul 2008 1:53PM BST
The Festival season is upon us. With This Day in Music we take a look back at some amazing line-ups of festivals over the years. Where you there, Did you go? What is the best festival you've attended? June 1967, the three day Monterey Pop Festival
Posted Fri 20 Jun 2008 1:52PM BST
Some people believe our lives are profoundly influenced by whatever pop song was number one on the day we were born.Here are some examples of songs that were No.1 on the day they were born: On the day Heather Mills was born Hello Goodbye by The Beatl
Posted Thu 12 Jun 2008 10:29AM BST
Musical Anagrams:As you know, an anagram is the result of rearranging the letters of a word or phrase to produce a new word or phrase, using all the original letters exactly once; Jim Morrison gives Mr. Mojo Risin (Morrison came up with an anagram of
Posted Thu 5 Jun 2008 9:45AM BST
I Want Your Sex – 10 songs banned in the UK. Get it banned and you’ll have a hit! What do George Michael and Cliff Richard have in common? Yes that’s right, they’ve both had songs banned on UK radio due to lyrical references to sex
Posted Thu 29 May 2008 8:59AM BST
In 2004, Kinks singer Ray Davies was shot in the leg while on holiday in New Orleans. The 59-year-old was shot when running after two men who stole his girlfriend's purse at gunpoint. Davies was admitted to the Medical Centre of Louisiana but his inj
Posted Thu 15 May 2008 10:58AM BST
Don't Look Back In Anger – Have you noticed how Liam Gallagher has gone all quiet on us, he used to be such an angry young man. I miss his nights out on the town! In 1997, police gave him a formal caution after admitting criminal damage followi
Posted Thu 8 May 2008 9:23AM BST
At the age of 16 James Brown was arrested for theft and served 3 years in prison. Later in life (aged 55) the Godfather of soul was sentenced to six years in prison for various offences including possession of weapons and resisting arrest. Brown was
White Stripes guitarist Jack White ran a one-man business called Third Man Upholstery. The slogan - "Your Furniture's Not Dead." Gerard Way from My Chemical Romance worked as a comic book artist. More »Posted Tue 6 May 2008 6:32PM BST
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