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BBC World Service DJ Charlie Gillett has died after a long illness at the age of 68.

BBC World Service DJ Charlie Gillett - the man who helped coin the term "world music" - has died after a long illness at the age of 68.

BBC World Service DJ Charlie Gillett - the man who helped coin the term "world music" - has died after a long illness at the age of 68.

The Lancashire-born broadcaster passed away in a London hospital on Wednesday 17 March 2010.

Gillett is credited with discovering Dire Straits in 1976 after playing Sultans of Swing from their demo tape on his Radio London show Honky Tonk.

He also wrote an acclaimed history of rock 'n' roll, The Sound of the City, in the 1970s.

World Service director Peter Horrocks said Gillett was an inspiration whose spirit of adventure and passion for the rich diversity of global music opened the ears of the world.

"His broadcasts brought together music and radio fans from far flung corners of the globe," he said.

"His postbag was one of the biggest, most affectionate and diverse in Bush House, which confirmed his special place in listener's lives. He was a very special broadcaster and he will be sorely missed."

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World Hits vol.9: B Azzam, Khaled, Runn Family, Los Paraguayos, Mighty Sparrow, Arrow

Contemporary and classic tracks from around the world.

Charlie continues his occasional series of World Hits starting with two Mediterranean singers from different generations: Bob Azzam and Khaled. Made up of siblings from the Muparutsa family and friends, the RUNN Family pays tribute to the president of Mozambique Samora Machel who met an untimely death in 1986. From the other side of the globe, Trio Los Paraguayos existed in various guises for nearly five decades but their heyday came in the 1950s with Malaguena and Pajaro Campana. Two Caribbean tracks end the programme: Jean and Dinah won Trinidad’s Calypso Monarch competition for The Mighty Sparrow while Arrow’s Hot Hot Hot is forever linked to the 1986 football World Cup.

Tracks played in this week's programme:

Country:	Lebanon/France
Title:	Mustafa
Artist:	Bob Azzam
CD Title:	45 single
Label:	Decca
Cat. Number:	45F 21235

Country:	Algeria
Title:	Didi
Artist:	Khaled
CD Title:	Khaled
Label:	Barclay
Cat. Number:	511 815 2
	
Country:	Zimbabwe
Title:	Hatichina Wekutumba Naye
Artist:	R U N N Family
CD Title:	45 single
Label:	Zimbabwe
Cat. Number:	ZIM 410
	
Country:	Paraguay
Title:	Campana
Artist:	Trio Los Paraguayos
CD Title:	Le Trio Paraguayos EP
Label:	Philips
Cat. Number:	BBE 12176
	
Country:	Trinidad/Grenada
Title:	Jean & Dinah
Artist:	The Mighty Sparrow
CD Title:	The Mighty Sparrow Volume One
Label:	Ice
Cat. Number:	921002

Country:	Montserrat
Title:	Hot Hot Hot
Artist:	Arrow
CD Title:	The Best of Arrow
Label:	Red Bullet
Cat. Number:	100.121

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