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In a bleaker assessment than those of most private forecasters, the World Bank predicted a shrinking of the global economy for the first time since World War II.
This month brings one of the city’s most curious rites of spring: the Allman Brothers Band’s annual run of shows at the Beacon Theater.
Reviews of new releases from Kelly Clarkson, Chris Cornell and Madeleine Peyroux.
The superhero epic from Warner Brothers and its partners led another strong weekend for Hollywood but stopped short of peaks hit by some of its predecessors.
The New Museum of Contemporary Art will present an international sampling of artists 33 and under for its inaugural triennial exhibition.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 4, 2009, covering March 8, 2009.
Taylor Swift
Charlie Wilson
The Fray
Nickelback
Beyonce
2009Hank Locklin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1918)[†]
Lawrence Hankins Locklin was an American country music singer and songwriter. He had 70 chart singles, including two number one hits on Billboard's country chart. His biggest hits included "Send Me the Pillow You Dream On" and his signature "Please Help Me, I'm Falling". The latter also went to number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 pop music chart. Billboard's 100th anniversary issue listed it as the second most successful country single of the rock and roll era. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA.
In 2009, the world population was approximately 6,932,766,416 people[†]