Louis Armstrong holds the record of oldest chart topper. Having reached number one in the UK in 1968 with the song 'What A Wonderful World'. He was 67 at the time.
Monaco's orchestra is bigger than its army
The term “disc jockey” was ?rst used in 1935 by who? walter wincher
To win a gold disc, an album needs to sell 100,000 copies in Britain, and 500,000 in the United States.
Music was sent down a telephone line for the ?rst time in 1876, the year the phone was invented.
A grand piano can be played faster than an upright (spinet) piano.
The CD was developed by Philips and Sony in 1980.
The harmonica is the worlds best-selling music instrument.
The word music comes from the Greek mousikê (tekhnê) by way of the Latin musica.