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A disc jockey in Austria locked himself in a studio and played "Last Christmas" 24 times in a row. He said people weren't in the Christmas spirit and he wanted to change that.

A spokesman for the British singer said Adele did not give her permission to have her music played during any political campaigning.

In softcover nonfiction, Yang Jisheng digs into the man-made roots of a famine, Alan Light explores a "Hallelujah" that's been worshipped by listeners, and Eve LaPlante uncovers the mother-daughter bond that helped inspire Little Women.

Kate Lynnes of Albuquerque, N.M., shares her "signature song," "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" by Marvin Gaye, which inspired her to become an environmental consultant.

Part history, part trivia, part music, this is Sheldon Zoldan's Song of the Day for Friday, Feb. 18, “Thanks for the Memories” by Bob Hope.

Renee Montagne plays back a hip hop version of the Morning Edition theme submitted by the hip-hop group Jazzy Triggs. (This piece originally aired on May 26, 2016 on Morning Edition.)

Rosemary Clooney was a hitmaker in the early 1950s, but she wasn’t the type of entertainer to select songs that were filled with salacious lyrics. But on November 18, 1954 ABC’s radio stations banned the Song of the Day, “Mambo Italiano,” not understanding some of the words, thinking they might be suggestive.

Some of the greatest songs ever written were inspired in minutes. “Uptown Funk” was not one of them.“Uptown Funk” by Bruno Mars was released as a digital download November 10, 2014.

The shape-shifting musician often sounds like a completely different artist from one song to the next. On his new Song Reader, he leaves the sound in the listeners' hands.

The official anthem of the capital city, "En Mi Viejo San Juan" also serves as a nostalgic lament, evoking memories of the island for the many forced to leave it behind.