Ever wondered what happened in the music history on a specific day? Well, below is a list of (some of the) things that happened. Many musicians (or their offspring) were born, many passed away and some events took place- from award ceremonies to chart successes. We covered the happenings from 1652 to 2006.
2006- Coldplay front man Chris Martin’s daughter Apple was born. The mother is the established actress/new singer Gwyneth Paltrow.
2005- Bluegrass singer Jimmy Martin passed away.
2004- American jazz singer/actress Norah Jones’ Come Away With Me became the number one …

Ever had a tune stuck in your ear for such a long time that it felt like auditory suicide? The same beat thrashing against your mind, again and again and again ad infinitum, ad nauseum. You would be lucky that catchy song went away for a while, a day maybe, two whole blissful weeks! Smug with relief, you turn on the radio and Here it goes, Here It Goes, HERE IT GOES AGAIN…….AW HELL HERE IT GOES AGAIN, SHOULD HAVE KNOWN………….

In the last week or so, music blogs – at least those that weren’t deleted by Google for posting copyrighted content – have exploded over “zef”, an energetic hybrid of rave and hip-hip with a self-consciously white-trash aesthetic [the word itself refers to the South African redneck subculture] typified by bands such as Cape Town collective Die Antwoord.

From 2Pac to Carly Simon, the annals of popular music are filled with songs targeting other musicians, exes, record companies and anyone else who fails to share the songwriter’s point of view. Here are ten of the best.

In honour of Monday’s Grammy Awards, here’s a list of ten of the most memorable Grammy moments in recent years. For the most established awards night in popular music, the Grammys are pretty light on shock value compared to, say, the VMAs [the younger, flashier Prince Harry to the Grammys’ sedate Prince William], but – as seen below – they’ve still had their share of legendary performances. And a couple of equally legendary stage invasions…