The Beatles started work on their new single "Lady Madonna", Elton John started a three-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Crocodile Rock", Pearl Jam began their first-ever European tour and Buddy Holly, JP Richardson (aka The Big Bopper) and Ritchie Valens, along with pilot Roger Peterson, died in a plane crash shortly after takeoff from Clear Lake, Iowa, Today in Music History.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs by MusiCares Person of the Year honorees do you want to hear?

“It's just kind of mind blowing,” Wilson says about his Grammy nomination for co-writing “White Horse” with Chris Stapleton and his Academy Award nomination for co-writing “It Never Went Away” with Jon Batiste.

Every Friday around 11 a.m. on Radio Heartland, we pull a special track from the archives or from deep in the shelves to spotlight a particular artist or song. This week, we look at influential folk and blues musician Lead Belly.

The Beatles played their first professional gig outside of Liverpool, Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose in New York City, Graham Nash was born, and CBS apologized for the Justin Timberlake/Janet Jackson slip at the Superbowl, Today in Music History.

This week on the Chart Show, two songs enter the Chart Show Hall of Fame after 10 weeks of votes: Mitski’s “My Love Mine All Mine” and Green Day’s “The American Dream Is Killing Me.”

Hear groundbreaking songs from Black musicians and learn more about their history and influence all month long.

TikTok has removed all Universal Music Group music from its platform, according to a spokesperson for the company. UMG argues, among other things, that TikTok is not compensating its artists fairly.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs by influential Black artists do you want to hear?

On the 30th anniversary of the pop-punk classic, here is a collection of 1994-era memories from a queer Black teenager who was bumping more than just rap.