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From 1912 until 1948, you could win medals in art at the Olympic Games
The Brazilian singer who earned the title Queen of Samba
How punk rock band Die Toten Hosen secretly played a concert in East Berlin.
Cuban salsa singer Celia Cruz's only return to the island in 43 years of exile.
In 1989, Public Enemy provided the soundtrack for Spike Lee's movie, Do The Right Thing
The story of heavy metal in Iraq during the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein
Brenda Fassie was a popular South African pop star, dubbed the 'Madonna of the townships'
In 1974, Swedish act Abba won the Eurovision song contest
How Wham! became the first Western pop act to perform in communist China
The forgotten story of Winifred Atwell, the pianist from Trinidad who broke sales records
She overcame poverty, health problems and racism to become one of Peru’s greatest singers
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
