Music

How Stevie Wonder's joyful hit song changed the US

With Happy Birthday, Stevie Wonder successfully campaigned to honour Martin Luther King Jr with a national holiday, in a career of socially conscious songwriting.

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Will Smith standing next to a man who looks very similar facially

From London Tube driver to Will Smith's double

Shad Ellis's life changed forever when a stranger told him he looked like the Men in Black star.

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Photograph of Avril Davidge, sat outside in her wheelchair. A Welsh flag can be seen poking out of her wheelchair. She wears a leopard furry hat, a purple scarf and a black puffer coat. She wears small reading glasses and holds her thumb up to the camera. A captain of the Mummers parade leans down to her and smiles. He wears a vibrant blue, purple and orange sequined costume and has a large red joker smile painted on his face.

Gran, 93, flies for first time in 30 years to see US folk parade she fell in love with

Avril Davidge gets VIP status at the 125-year-old parade after her family makes her dream come true.

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BBC Introducing: South West's Top Six for 2026

Our pick of the emerging artists in Devon and Cornwall to watch this year.

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A close-up of Paul Smith on stage. He is wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a dark suit jacket. The camera is underneath him and he is pointing to the right and singing into a microphone. The light is blue and casting him partly in shadow.

Maximo Park 'just getting started' after 20 years

Ahead of the anniversary tour, Paul Smith says the band still believes in its songs, two decades on.

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Raye performing at Radio 1's Big Weekend

Top artists coming to Birmingham in 2026

Alex Warren, Raye and Yungblud are just some of the musicians set to perform in Birmingham.

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Sienna Rose, a woman with dark curly hair seen in a sepia-toned image with eyes closed, wearing large hoop earrings and singing into an old-fashioned microphone

The mysterious singer with millions of streams - but who (or what) is she?

She has millions of Spotify listeners, but fans don't know what to believe about whether she's real.

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Ross Davidson performing on stage in 2018

Ex-Spandau Ballet singer 'wanted unresponsive sex'

Ross Davidson is on trial accused of raping one woman and the attempted rape of another.

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A$AP Rocky performing on stage. He wears a checked jacket and has pink rollers in his hair. He is holding a microphone with 'Don't Be Dumb' on it.

Was A$AP Rocky's comeback album worth the eight-year wait?

The hip-hop star has become a father-of-three, acted in films and been up in court since his last album drop.

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