American songwriter, singer, musician and lyricist Margo Guryan died age 84. Her 1960s song ‘Sunday Mornin'‘, was hit for both Spanky and Our Gang and Oliver. Her songs have also been recorded by Cass Elliot, Glen Campbell amongst others.

AC/DC started a two-week run at #1 on the US album chart with 'Black Ice' the bands fifteenth studio album and the second-best selling album of 2008. Black Ice went to #1 in 29 countries, including Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US.

Winners at the MTV Europe Awards included Robbie Williams who won Best male and Best song for 'Rock DJ', Craig David won Best R&B act and Best UK & Ireland act, Dido won Best new act and Anastacia won Best pop act. Gorillaz won Best song for ‘Clint Eastwood’ and Best Dance act and Eminem won the Best Hip Hop award.

American jazz trumpet player and composer Lester Bowie died of liver cancer aged 58. He was a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and co-founded the Art Ensemble of Chicago. In 1993, he played on the David Bowie album Black Tie White Noise, including the song ‘Looking for Lester’, which was named after him.

Robbie Williams scored his second UK No.1 album with I've Been Expecting You. The album, which featured his UK No.1 hit 'Millennium', went on to become the UK's best selling album for that year with sales over 2.5m.

Berlin started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Take My Breath Away'. The song which was featured in the film Top Gun, was written by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in 1986.

David Bowie made his US TV debut performing 'Fame', on the Cher CBS-TV show. Bowie who was living in New York at the time had written the song with John Lennon during a jamming session.

Lou Reed released his second solo album Transformer. Produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson, the album is considered an influential landmark of the glam rock genre, anchored by Reed's most successful single, 'Walk on the Wild Side', which touched on controversial topics of sexual orientation, gender identity, prostitution and drug use.

Led Zeppelin released their fourth album. With no title printed on the album, and generally referred to as Four Symbols, The Fourth Album or Led Zeppelin IV it has gone on to sell over 37 million copies worldwide. The 19th century rustic oil painting on the front of the album was purchased by Robert Plant from an antique shop in Reading, Berkshire, England. The 20th century urban tower block on the back of the full gatefold LP cover is Butterfield Court in Eves Hill, Dudley, England.

’Something’ the first Beatles A-side composed by George Harrison entered the UK singles chart, it peaked at No.4 in the UK and went on to be a No.1 on the US chart. The song has been covered by over 150 artists, making it the second-most covered Beatles song after 'Yesterday'.

The Beatles worked on a new George Harrison song ‘Think For Yourself’ at Abbey Road for their forthcoming Rubber Soul album. After rehearsing the song, they recorded the basic instrumental track in one take.

The soundtrack to South Pacific went to No.1 on the UK album chart. It became the longest running No.1 album of all time spending a total of 115 weeks at the No.1 position.

The first ever UK pop chart was published by the New Musical Express after staff asked 53 record shops to divulge their sales returns. ‘Here In My Heart’ by Al Martino was the first No.1. The song stayed at No.1 for nine weeks.

English singer and songwriter Jasmine Thompson. Her acoustic cover version of Chaka Khan's 'Ain't Nobody' reached No. 32 on the UK Singles Chart in 2013. This success led to the song being featured in an TV advertisement by Sainsbury's. In 2015, German music producer and DJ Felix Jaehn released a remix of 'Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better)' featuring vocals by Thompson, which peaked at No.2 on the UK chart.

American singer and songwriter Solána Imani Rowe known professionally as SZA. She scored the 2023 US No.1 single 'Kill Bill', taken from her second studio album, SOS.

Tiffani Wood, Australian singer, songwriter, from Bardot, winners of the Australian Popstars reality show, who had the 2000 Australian No.1 single ‘Poison’, and 2000 Australian No.1 self-titled album. Now solo.

Gareth "Rat" Pring, guitarist from English rock band Neds Atomic Dustbin, who had the 1991 UK No.16 single 'Happy'. Their debut album God Fodder (1991), made No. 4 in the UK albums chart. The band took their name from an episode of radio comedy programme The Goon Show.

Scottish-Canadian singer, songwriter Alan Frew from Canadian rock band Glass Tiger who had the 1986 UK No.29 single 'Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone'. In 2025, amid the controversy around Donald Trump's trade war against Canada, Frew released the solo single "Canada's Song (Free to Be Strong and Free)".

Terry Lee Miall, drummer from English rock band Adam and the Ants, who scored the 1981 UK No.1 single 'Stand And Deliver' and 15 other UK Top 40 singles.

English musician and artist Porl Thompson, (also known as Pearl Thompson) from English rock band The Cure who had the 1989 US No.2 single 'Love Song', the 1992 UK No.6 single 'Friday I'm In Love', plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles. Thompson left the Cure in 1993 to spend more time with his young children. Starting in 1994, he joined the touring band for Page and Plant. He rejoined the Cure in 2005 and played on their 2008 album 4:13 Dream.

American vocalist, musician, songwriter, Rickie Lee Jones, who is a two-time Grammy Award winner. Her 1979 single 'Chuck E.'s In Love' was a No.4 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. Jones has since released 15 studio albums and two live albums.

American singer, guitarist, and songwriter Bonnie Raitt. She was also a frequent session player and collaborator with other artists, including Warren Zevon, Little Feat, Jackson Browne, the Pointer Sisters, John Prine, and Leon Russell. She had a major hit with her tenth studio album, Nick of Time, which included the song 'Nick of Time'. The album reached No.1 on the Billboard 200 chart, and won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Just Like That... Raitt's eighteenth studio album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Americana Album in 2023. Its title track won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and Best American Roots Song, and lead single 'Made Up Mind' won Best Americana Performance.

American soul singer and songwriter Minnie Riperton, who had the 1975 US No.1 & UK No.2 with the Stevie Wonder produced single 'Loving You'. She sang backing vocals for various established artists such as Stevie Wonder, Fontella Bass, Ramsey Lewis, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters. Riperton died of cancer 12th July 1979.

Australian-born songwriter, arranger, singer and guitarist John Farrar who has been a member of The Strangers, Marvin, Welch & Farrar, and The Shadows. He wrote the No.1 hit singles for Olivia Newton-John, 'Have You Never Been Mellow' and You’re the One That I Want with John Travolta.

Roy Wood, guitar, vocals, with British rock band The Move who had the 1969 UK No.1 single 'Blackberry Way' and hits with 'I Can Hear The Grass Grow', 'Flowers in the Rain' and 'Fire Brigade'. And with Wizzard scored the 1973 UK No.1 single 'See My Baby Jive'. Wood sang backing vocals on 'You Got Me Floatin'' a track on the The Jimi Hendrix Experience Axis: Bold as Love album.

John Martin, (The Big Figure), drummer with English pub rock band Dr Feelgood best known for their 1979 UK No.9 single 'Milk And Alcohol' and the songs 'She Does It Right', 'Roxette', and 'Back in the Night'.

American drummer Don Murray, best known for his work with The Turtles. The band had several Top 40 hits beginning with their cover version of Bob Dylan's 'It Ain't Me Babe' in 1965. They scored their biggest and best-known hit in 1967 with the song 'Happy Together'. Murray died on March 22 1996.

Rodney Slater who was a founding member of Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band playing saxophones and other musical instruments. The had the 1968 UK No.5 single ‘I'm The Urban Spaceman’. The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band appeared in the Beatles' 1967 TV film Magical Mystery Tour and also in the ground-breaking ITV television series Do Not Adjust Your Set, which featured future Monty Python members Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin.

American singer Bonnie Bramlett who started her musical career at the age of fifteen, singing around St. Louis. She performed as a backup singer for blues musicians such as Albert King and Little Milton, and R&B singer Fontella Bass. With Delaney and Bonnie she had the 1971 US No.13 single 'Never Ending Song Of Love'. Other noted musicians like Duane Allman, Eric Clapton George Harrison and Dave Mason, played with Delaney & Bonnie. With Leon Russell, Delaney and Bonnie co-wrote 'Superstar', a hit for the Carpenters, and with Eric Clapton, Bonnie wrote the classic 'Let It Rain'. She later had acting roles in Roseanne and 'The Doors').

Gerald Alston, singer with American R&B vocal group The Manhattans, who had the 1976 US No.1 & UK No.4 single 'Kiss And Say Goodbye'. Sixteen of their songs have reached the Billboard Hot 100, including two top 10s. After leaving the Manhattans, Alston released his debut solo album entitled, Gerald Alston in 1988, which spent 33 weeks on the Soul/R&B Billboard albums chart.

American songwriter and producer Bert Berns. He wrote many classic songs including 'Twist and Shout' 'Hang On Sloopy', ‘Here Comes the Night’, ‘I Want Candy’, ‘Under the Boardwalk’, ‘Everybody Needs Somebody to Love’ and 'Brown Eyed Girl'. Berns died of heart failure on December 30 aged 38.

American singer of pop and country music singer Patti Page, one of the most popular artists of the 1950s. She recorded four US No.1 hits, including 'Tennessee Waltz' and the novelty record '(How Much Is That) Doggie In The Window'. Page recorded her first hit single, 'Confess' in 1947. Because of a strike, background singers were not available to provide harmony vocals for the song, so instead, Page decided to overdub her own, thus, Page became the first pop artist to overdub her vocals on a song. Page died on 1 January 2013 at the age of 85.

Ken Dodd, British singer, comedian. His 1965 UK No.1 single 'Tears' topped the UK singles chart for five weeks becoming the biggest hit single in Britain that year and selling over a million copies in the UK alone. The recording is the third best selling song of the 1960s in Britain. In the 1960s, his fame in the UK was such that he rivalled The Beatles as a household name. He died on 11 March 2018 age 90.