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Sir Cliff Richard attends the launch of his first official autobiography, My Life My Way, at The Century Club, London, UK. The book marks the beginning of celebrations for his 50th anniversary in Music.
When Sarah Palin makes a speech at the Republican National Convention, New York City, USA, the song Barracuda by Heart is used as a campaign song to energise the audience. The following day Heart will state that the Republicans had not asked for permission to use the song and, had they asked, permission would not have been given.Swiss jazz pianist Geo Voumard dies aged 87 in Switzerland, Europe. In 1956, Voumard won the first Eurovision Song Contest with his song Refrain, and in 1967 he was a co-founder of the Montreux Jazz Festival.