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March 24, 2008

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 19, 2008, covering March 24, 2008.

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    Album cover for Good Time by Alan Jackson

    Good Time

    Alan Jackson

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    Album cover for Sleep Through The Static by Jack Johnson

    Sleep Through The Static

    Jack Johnson

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    Album cover for Discipline by Janet

    Discipline

    Janet

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    Album cover for Float by Flogging Molly

    Float

    Flogging Molly

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    Album cover for Warpaint by The Black Crowes

    Warpaint

    The Black Crowes

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Notable Deaths

2008Chalmers Alford, American guitarist (born 1955)[†]

Chalmers Edward "Spanky" Alford was an American gospel, jazz, and neo-soul guitarist. Alford was born in Philadelphia. He was well known for his playing style, utilizing chord embellishments. He had an illustrious career as a gospel quartet guitar player in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s with groups such as the Mighty Clouds of Joy. His most notable contributions are to the D'Angelo album Voodoo, and his contributions to music from other popular artists including Tupac Shakur, Roy Hargrove, and The Roots.

Neil Aspinall

2008Neil Aspinall, Welsh-English record producer and manager (born 1941)[†]

Neil Stanley Aspinall was a British music industry executive. A school friend of Paul McCartney and George Harrison, he went on to head the Beatles' company Apple Corps.

Rafael Azcona

2008Rafael Azcona, Spanish author and screenwriter (born 1926)[†]

Rafael Azcona Fernández was a Spanish screenwriter and novelist who worked with some of the best Spanish and international filmmakers. Azcona won five Goya Awards during his career, including a lifetime achievement award in 1998.

Richard Widmark

2008Richard Widmark, American actor (born 1914)[†]

Richard Weedt Widmark was an American film, stage, and television actor and producer.

Boris Dvornik

2008Boris Dvornik, Croatian actor (born 1939)[†]

Boris Dvornik was a Croatian actor.

Historical Events

Bhutan

2008Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.[†]

Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia, in the Eastern Himalayas between China to the north and northwest and India to the south and southeast. With a population of over 727,145 and a territory of 38,394 square kilometres (14,824 sq mi), Bhutan ranks 133rd in land area and 160th in population. Bhutan is a democratic constitutional monarchy with a King as the head of state and a prime minister as the head of government. The Je Khenpo is the head of the state religion, Vajrayana Buddhism.

Historical Context for March 24, 2008

In 2008, the world population was approximately 6,844,457,662 people[†]