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Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong was born August 4, 1901 in New Orleans. He sang "What a Wonderful World" in 1967 in an attempt to bring about racial harmony. Unfortunately, the song flopped in the U.S.

This week's Song of the Day was written about the Sony Walkman which was first sold on July 1, 1979.

Without the Industrial Revolution and some newly formed medical ideas, there would be no Beach Boys, beach movies, beach bums or National Beach Day, which is today, August 30.

Part history, part trivia, ALL music, this week’s Song of the Day for Friday, March 4 is “I Shall Be Released,” by Bob Dylan.

Singer, songwriter J.D. Souther was never an Eagle, but he soared like one. Souther turned down the chance to join the successful rock band because he thought The Eagles were already perfect. Instead, in the 1970s, he wrote songs for the group and other rock stars, as well as recording his own.Souther died Sept. 17 in Sandia Park, New Mexico. The cause of death wasn’t given. He was 78.Sheldon Zoldan’s Song of the Day is paying tribute to the musicians, singers and songwriters who died in 2024.

Fridays are when we enjoy a new weekly series that's part history, part trivia, and ALL music. The series features selections from former News-Press editor Sheldon Zoldan's 'Song of the Day." The initiative began as a daily lockdown project on Facebook at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, through which Zoldan highlights how every aspect of life has a connection through music. This week's song of the day, for April 1, is “Heard It Through the Grapevine” by Marvin Gaye

Cuban-American poet and author Margarita Engle praises President Obama's "courage to make peace" with Cuba. Her book Enchanted Air tells of being separated from her Cuban family members.

Linda Ronstadt was plenty good. She had the voice of an angel and a face to match. On August 23, 2013, in an interview with AARP she said that she had Parkinson’s Disease. The diagnosis was later corrected to progressive supranuclear palsy, another degenerative brain disease.

"Black Parade," a call to action and a salve for a wounded nation, is the latest example of Beyoncé using her pop domination to put Black pride front and center.

"Narco," a dance hit by Australian musician Timmy Trumpet and the Dutch DJ duo Blasterjaxx, is the walk-on music for star relief pitcher Edwin Díaz.