BBC World Service - Witness History

The Leningrad Symphony

In 1942 starving musicians in besieged Leningrad performed Shostakovich's Symphony

We hear from farmer Michael Eavis, who began the music festival in 1970

In 1978, Iran's top musicians took a stand against the Monarchy

The story of the great South African singer who spent 30 years in exile

Country music legend Willie Nelson holds the first benefit concert for American farmers

How the Pakistani Qawali singer became an international music sensation..

The Monkees were the world's first 'manufactured' boy band - created especially for TV.

Millions of Egyptians mourned the death of the legendary singer in 1975

The English singer, actor and playwright was invited to do a show in Las Vegas

E.T Mensah's Highlife music took Africa by storm in the 1950s