Sheldon Zoldan

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 4th, is "Lions" by Skip Marley.

Quincy Jones was the GOAT of music producing. He was a musician; scored dozens of television and film themes; produced some of the most successful songs and albums of the 20th century; and pulled together a stunt that has yet to be duplicated. Jones died November 3 at his home in the Bel-Air section of Los Angeles. No cause of death was given. He was 91.Sheldon Zoldan’s Song of the Day is paying tribute to the musicians, singers and songwriters who died in 2024.

Athlete, army reservist, Rhodes scholar, janitor, helicopter pilot, singer, songwriter and actor - Kris Kristofferson led a full life. He died September 28, 2024 in Hawaii. He was 88. Sheldon Zoldan’s Song of the Day is paying tribute to the musicians, singers and songwriters who died in 2024.

Sergio Mendes had a 60-year career in the music business. His first American hit was "Mas Que Nada" in 1966. Mendes died September 5th in a Los Angles hospital from long Covid. He was 83. Sheldon Zoldan’s Song of the Day is paying tribute to the musicians, singers and songwriters who died in 2024.

English boy band member Liam Payne died in October 2024 after falling from his third-floor balcony in Argentina. Sheldon Zoldan’s Song of the Day is paying tribute to the musicians, singers and songwriters who died in 2024.

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.

Sheldon Zoldan’s Song of the Day is paying tribute to the musicians, singers, and songwriters who died in 2024. Country music superstar Toby Keith died February 5, 2024, from stomach cancer. He was 62.

Florenz Ziegfield had chutzpah, if he didn’t, he never would have made the Broadway musical “Showboat.” The musical premiered December 27, 1928, in Ziegfield’s new theater. “Showboat” had a great score with such songs as “Ol Man River,” “Make Believe” and “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man,” but it was more serious than the musicals of the day that made it different.

Segregation on buses ended December 20, 1956 when the U.S. Supreme court ruled the law unconstitutional. The year before Rosa Parks sparked the Montgomery bus boycott when she refused to give up her seat. The Neville Brothers wrote our Song of the Day about it called "Sister Rosa."

It’s hard to lose that loving feeling when “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling” by the Righteous Brothers played more than eight million times on radio and television from 1964 to 2000. On December 13, 1999, music publisher BMI named it the most played song on the radio in the 20th century.