American singer and musician Roy Clark died aged 85 at his Tulsa home due to complications of pneumonia. He scored the 1969 US hit single, 'Yesterday, When I Was Young' and was best known for hosting Hee Haw, a nationally televised country variety show, from 1969 to 1997.

American jazz and blues pianist, singer, and songwriter Mose Allison died aged 89. He became notable for playing a unique mix of blues and modern jazz. His music influenced many blues and rock artists, including Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones, Tom Waits, the Yardbirds, John Mayall, J. J. Cale, the Who (who made ‘Young Man Blues’ a staple of their live performances and is featured on their Live At Leeds album).

Jay-Z went to No.1 on the US album chart with American Gangster his 10th No.1 album. This made the rapper joint second with Elvis Presley for the most No.1 albums on the chart; only The Beatles have had more, with 19. Since 1998, all eight of Jay-Z's solo studio albums had hit No. 1, in addition to his Collision Course project with Linkin Park and his Unfinished Business collaboration with R. Kelly.

TLC released their second album, CrazySexyCool, featuring the hits 'Creep' and 'Waterfalls.' The group's most successful album has since sold over 15 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling album by an American girl group.

Dire Straits became the first act to sell over three million copies of an album in the UK. Brothers in Arms contained five, top 40 singles: ‘Money for Nothing,’ ‘So Far Away,’ ‘Walk of Life,’ ‘Brothers in Arms’ and ‘Your Latest Trick.’ The album is the eighth-best-selling album in UK chart history.

Pop history was made when the Top 5 UK singles were all by female vocalists; Corinne Drewery from Swing Out Sister, Mel and Kim, Susannah Hoffs from The Bangles, Kim Wilde and Terri Nunn from Berlin who were at No.1 with 'Take My Breath Away.'

Blondie had their fifth UK No.1 single and third No.1 of this year with 'The Tide Is High' a song written by reggae star John Holt, also a No.1 in the US.

In this week's Disc and Music Echo's Progressive album chart: No.5, Cat Stevens, 'Teaser and the Firecat, No.4, Hawkwind, 'In Search Of Space', No.3, Santana, No.2, Rod Stewart, 'Every Picture Tell's A Story' and No.1 John Lennon, Imagine.

The Carpenters released their debut album, Offering, (later re-named as Ticket To Ride) on A&M Records. It was a commercial failure and produced only one minor hit single, a ballad version of The Beatles song 'Ticket to Ride'.

The Rolling Stones made their US TV debut on Hullabaloo, performing ‘Get Off Of My Cloud’. Hullabaloo was an American one-hour musical variety series that ran on NBC from January 1965 through August 1966.

Elvis Presley's first movie, Love Me Tender, premiered at the Paramount Theater in New York City. The film a Civil War drama was going to be called The Reno Brothers, but when Elvis became a major star during the shoot, it was re-titled after his hit song, with Elvis given top billing.

Bobby Ray Simmons Jr. known professionally as B.o.B, American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer. B.o.B rose to fame after his 2009 debut single ‘Nothin' on You’, reached No.1 in both the US and the UK charts.

Chad Kroeger, guitarist from Canadian rock band, Nickelback who had the 2002 US No.1 & UK No. 4 single 'How To Remind You', and the 2001 album Silver Side Up. Nickelback is one of the most commercially successful Canadian groups, having sold more than 50 million albums worldwide.

Ol' Dirty Bastard (also known as ODB, Dirty, Dirt McGirt, Dirt Dog, Big Baby Jesus, Osirus, Joe Bannanas), born Russell Tyrone Jones. (1997 US & UK No.1 album ‘Wu-Tang Forever’). Collapsed and died at a Manhattan recording studio in New York on 13th November 2004 aged 35.

Andrew Scott drummer and singer from the Canadian rock band Sloan. In 1996, a reader poll by Canadian music magazine Chart! ranked Twice Removed by Sloan as the best Canadian album of all time, only two years after its release. The same poll in 2000 ranked the album third, behind Joni Mitchell's Blue and Neil Young's Harvest.

Jay Bennett, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, from American alternative rock band Wilco who released the albums Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, A Ghost Is Born, Sky Blue Sky and Wilco (The Album). Bennett died unexpectedly in his sleep on 24 May 2009 age 45.

American record producer and songwriter Dann Huff. As a session guitarist and producer Huff played guitar on albums for Michael Jackson, Amy Grant, Scritti Politti, Whitesnake, Roger Hodgson, and Whitney Houston's debut album.

British musician and songwriter Joe Leeway, who is best known as a member of the pop band Thompson Twins who had the 1984 UK No.2 single 'You Take Me Up', and the 1984 US No.3 single, 'Hold Me Now'. He joined the band in 1981 after being one of their roadies.

American funk/rock guitarist Michael Hampton. He was recruited as a seventeen-year-old guitar prodigy by the band Funkadelic and made his debut with the band's album Let's Take It to the Stage in 1975.

American R&B singer, songwriter and arranger Alexander O'Neal who rose to prominence in the mid-1980s as a solo artist, with eleven top 40 singles on the US R&B chart, three of which also reached the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. He scored the 1987 UK No.4 single 'Criticize'.

American session drummer Tony Thompson, best known as the drummer of the Power Station (along with Robert Palmer and John Taylor and Andy Taylor of Duran Duran), and a member of Chic. Thompson first drummed for the group Labelle, followed by a long tenure with Chic, where he helped create hits such as 'Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah),' 'Le Freak,' and 'Good Times'. He also performed with members of Chic on 'We Are Family' and 'He's the Greatest Dancer' by Sister Sledge, and 'Upside Down' and 'I'm Coming Out' by Diana Ross. Thompson died on 12th November 2003, three days before his 49th birthday in Los Angeles, within a month of being diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma (kidney cancer) and two months after the death of the Power Station bandmate Robert Palmer from a heart attack.

Steve Fossen, from American rock band Heart who scored the 1987 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Alone'. Heart has sold over 35 million records worldwide.

Swedish singer, songwriter Anni-Frid Lyngstad (born in Bjørkåsen, Norway), from ABBA. Their first UK hit was the 1974 No.1 single 'Waterloo', followed by 8 other UK No.1 singles and 9 UK No.1 albums. ABBA are one of the best-selling music artists of all time and is ranked as the third best-selling singles artist in the United Kingdom, with a total of 11.3 million singles sold. In 1967, Frida won the Swedish national talent competition, New Faces, winning a recording contract with EMI Sweden. After the break-up of ABBA, she continued an international solo singing career with mixed success, releasing the albums Something's Going On (1982) and Shine (1984); the latter being her last international album. In 1996, Lyngstad recorded her final album in Swedish, Djupa andetag (Deep Breaths), before retiring from music.

Rick Kemp, bassist with English folk rock band Steeleye Span who formed in 1969. They had the 1975 UK No.5 single 'All Around My Hat' and a hit with 'Gaudete'.

American R&B singer Little Willie John, who performed in the 1950s and early 1960s. He is best known for his successes with songs such as 'All Around the World' (1955), 'Need Your Love So Bad' (1956), 'Talk to Me, Talk to Me' (1958), 'Leave My Kitten Alone' (1960) and his number-one R&B hit 'Fever' (1956). In 1965, he was convicted of manslaughter for the 1964 stabbing of Kendall Roundtree in Seattle and died at Washington State Penitentiary on May 26, 1968.

Clyde McPhatter, from American doo-wop and R&B vocal group The Drifters who had the 1960 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Save The Last Dance For Me' and over 12 other chart hits. He died on 13th June 1972.

British singer, actress, and composer Petula Clark, who had the 1961 UK No.1 single 'Sailor', and the 1967 UK No.1 single 'This Is My Song', plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles. She scored the 1965 US No.1 'Downtown', becoming the first UK female singer to score a No.1 single in the US. In America, Clark was dubbed "the First Lady of the British Invasion". She started her professional career as a child performer and has had the longest career of any British entertainer, spanning more than 80 years.

American singer, activist and politician Bill Fries, (CW McCall), best known for the 1976 US No.1 and UK No.2 single 'Convoy', which came at the peak of the CB fad in the United States. Fries retired to Ouray, Colorado where he was elected as mayor, serving from 1986 to 1992. He died on 1 April 2022, at age 93, from complications of cancer.

Anglo-Italian conductor, composer Mantovani, who had the 1953 UK No.1 single 'Moulin Rouge', and the 1957 US No. 12 single 'Around The World In Eighty Days'). Mantovani was the most successful album act before The Beatles and the first act to sell over one million stereo albums and have six albums simultaneously in the US Top 30 in 1959. He died on 30th March 1980 age 74.