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Janis Fink started writing the Song of the Day "Society's Child" when she was only 13. It broke into the Billboard Top 40 on June 17, 1967.

On June 23, 2007, the Largest Guitar Ensemble , 1,802 guitar players, strummed our Song of the Day in Stutgart, Germany. That record has been broken many times over, but the opening guitar riff from "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple is considered legendary.

People are drinking less these days, but drinking songs never go out of style. The Lomax Archive is dropping a new album of traditional songs this week.

The sleepy town of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, developed the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and the hit-making sound for Aretha Franklin, especially for the Song of the Day, "I Never Loved a Man." The Muscle Shoals Sound Studio was added to the National Registry of Historic Places on June 2, 2006.

Jody Rosen says that 1909's "I Love My Wife — But Oh! You Kid!" not only spurred guardians of public morality to action but also changed American popular music forever.

St. Patrick wasn't Irish. The Song of the Day, "Danny Boy," was written by an Englishman. No matter, Irish eyes are smiling on this St. Patrick's Day.

Jim Morrison was accused of exposing himself on March 1, 1969, in Miami. He was arrested four days later and charged with lewd and lascivious behavior. "Break on Through to the Other Side" is our Song of the Day

Most teens make their bedrooms their sanctuaries; not many make them into recording studios where they record hit songs. Enter Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O’Connell.Eilish recorded her first album, “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” on March 29, 2019.

Ska music got its start in Jamaica in the early 1960s, the precursor to reggae. Ska’s biggest U.S. spotlight came February 23, 1993 when the New Ritz in Manhattan sold out for the Skalapalooza concert. Our Song of the Day, “A Message to You Rudy,” is an example of early ska.

Beatlemania in the United States began on September 16, 1963 with the release of the record, "She Loves You" by The Beatles. Yes, yes, yes!