Powell) Best-selling UK single – "A Moment Like This" – Leona Lewis Outstanding Song Collection – Yusuf Islam Lifetime Achievement – Peter Gabriel Classical Music award – John Rutter PRS Outstanding Contribution to British Music – Norman Cook Songwriters of the Year – The Feeling Mercury Music Prize Klaxons – Myths of the Near Future Deaths 14 February – Gareth Morris, flute player and educator, 86 22 February – Edgar Evans, operatic tenor, 94 23 February – Ian Wallace, drummer (King Crimson), 60 24 February – Bryan Balkwill, pianist and orchestral conductor, 84 28 February – Billy Thorpe, British-born Australian rock performer, 60 4 March – Richard Joseph, computer game composer, 53 (lung cancer) 4 April – Brian Fahey, composer and arranger, 87 18 June – Bernard Manning, comedian and singer, 76 5 July – George Melly, jazz vocalist, 80 15 July – Kelly Johnson, guitarist (Girlschool), 49 10 August – Anthony Wilson, record executive (Factory Records), 57 1 October – Ronnie Hazlehurst, composer and conductor, 79 20 October – Paul Raven, bassist (Killing Joke) 46 (heart attack) 1 December – Anton Rodgers, actor and singer, 74 25 December – Pat Kirkwood, actress and singer, 86 See also 2007 in British radio 2007 in British television 2007 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 2007 References External links BBC Radio 1's Chart Show The Official United Kingdom Charts Company British music Music British music by year