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This December, the Song of the Day is paying tribute to the singers, songwriters and musicians who died in 2023. Jimmy Buffett died September 1 in Sag Harbor, New York from Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare skin cancer. He was 76. Out of his massive trove of trop rock, we chose "Margaritaville" as the Song of the Day because it's the song that launched his entire enterprise.

The Song of the Day is paying tribute to singers, songwriters and musicians who died in 2023. Tina Turner, the Queen of Rock and Roll, died May 24 in Zurich, Switzerland after a long illness. She was 83.

Sid Vicious, of the Sex Pistols, lived and died as fast as the punk music he helped create. Vicious was born John Simon Ritchie on May 10, 1957 in London, England. Twenty-one years later, he died of a drug overdose in 1978.

Today's Song of the Day puts the spotlight on the Pontiac Trans Am. The car was as much a movie and tv star as the actors who drove it. “Smokey & the Bandit,” “Knight Rider,” “Cannonball” to name a few. You have to wonder if its little brother Firebird was jealous.The Trans Am, named after the Sports Car Club of America racing series, was introduced to muscle-car lovers on March 8, 1969. The car was a Firebird on steroids. The 1960s birthed the age of muscle cars. Pontiac was competing with the Ford Mustang, Dodge Challenger and Oldsmobile Toronado.

The Australian songwriter who has written hits for Rihanna, Beyonce and Katy Perry just released an album of her own. Critic Ken Tucker likes Sia's singing, in part, because of its imperfections.

Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist are approaching their 17th wedding anniversary, and they've been making music together even longer. Meet Me at the Edge of the World, their latest album as Over the Rhine, grows from the couple's deep and tangled roots in rural Ohio.

White's latest album is a career retrospective, but without the big electric sound he's been known for since the late 1990s.

Many musicians canceled tours and delayed album releases due to the pandemic. But some are now using home recording setups and streaming services to write and publish songs about the coronavirus.

Listener Ashley Syruws of Buffalo, N.Y., shares her signature song, "She Used to Be Mine" by Sara Bareilles. It helped her break away from an unhappy marriage.

The contest will be staged next May in the birthplace of The Beatles after Britain was asked to hold the event in place of war-torn Ukraine, the designated host country.