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Petty, who died Monday night, spoke with Terry Gross in 2006 about the seeds of his Hall Of Fame career: "We always wanted very much to create our own sound."

When he was 15, Weir ran away to work on a cattle ranch in Wyoming — an experience he revisits on his new album, Blue Mountain. "I ... carried it around for the rest of my days," he says.

The "Snowstorm of the Century" in the United States occurred on November 28, 1950. The Song of the Day, "Fifteen Feet of Pure Snow" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, doesn't talk about that history but, then again, no one is quite sure what the song is about.

The breakout song by an artist who goes by Oliver Anthony laid the groundwork to open the first Republican presidential debate for the 2024 election. But the song has notes of conspiracy theories.

The Song of the Day for July 22 is "America the Beautiful," with words penned by poet Katharine Lee Bates in 1893 after hiking up Pike's Peak in Colorado.

If our Song of the Day, “You Don’t Own Me,” had existed in 1848, it would have been the perfect rallying cry for the women attending the first women’s convention held in the U.S.It was during that convention on July 19, that the Declaration of Sentiments and Grievances was adopted.

A new study from Yale University finds that singing to babies improves their overall mood. NPR wants to know what songs our listeners sing to their babies.

Spears collaborated with Elton John on the club-ready single "Hold Me Closer."

Ray Charles, who lost his sight as a child, experienced more in his 73 years than most men with perfect vision. Charles died of cancer June 10, 2004.

Authorities in the Russian republic of Chechnya will only allow music between 80 and 116 beats per minute, though it's unclear how the rule will be enforced.