Lesley Gore and producer Quincy Jones at work in the studio. The two collaborated on "You Don't Own Me" and a handful of other 1960s hits. Donaldson Collection/Getty Images hide caption
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March 1950: Louis Armstrong plays trumpet in his dressing room before a show in New York. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Satchmo In His Adolescence: 1915 Film Clip May Show Young Louis Armstrong
"We Bangles hovered around the cassette machine... and we were smitten with the song," Bangle Susanna Hoffs says of first hearing Prince's demo of "Manic Monday." Virginia Turbett/Courtesy of The Prince Estate hide caption
Detail from the cover art of Mort Garson's cult electronic album, Mother Earth's Plantasia. Sacred Bones Records hide caption
Lil Nas X, photographed on May 17, 2019 in Los Angeles. Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Wingstop hide caption
Breakdown on 20th Ave. South is Buddy & Julie Miller's first album together in nearly a decade. Kate York/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Missed For A Decade, Roots Icons Buddy And Julie Miller Return To A Shared Spotlight
A woman walks through La Perla, a neighborhood on the edge of Old San Juan, in 2017. AFP Contributor/Getty Images hide caption
Original artwork created for the series by Al Smith. NPR hide caption
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On Western Stars, by honoring a musical legacy he loves, Springsteen finds new life in familiar stories. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Bob Dylan, photographed in his Rolling Thunder Revue face paint. Netflix hide caption
Robyn performs at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in 2011. Charley Gallay/Getty Images hide caption
Alone Together: Robyn's 'Dancing On My Own' Opens The Corners Of Community
Wu-Tang Clan is set to be the first hip-hop group to headline at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. Kyle Christy/Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Wu-Tang Clan Set To Make History As First Hip-Hop Act To Headline Ryman Auditorium
Judy Wexler's fifth album, Crowded Heart, is out now. Jeff Fasano/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
'Something To Hold': Why This Self-Produced Jazz Singer Made A Physical CD In 2019
Tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who died in 2007, is the subject of a new documentary film, directed by Ron Howard. Sasha Gusov/Decca Records hide caption
Origins, the debut album by 14- and 11-year-old siblings Giri (left) and Uma Peters, is a set of traditional folk and blues songs that puts the duo's intention to spotlight the black musical traditions that shaped and spread the tunes. Sarah Hanson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
García's new album Candela is the sparkling finale in a trilogy of albums with Dominican-influenced sounds. Ebru Yildiz/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Raveena's debut album, Lucid, is comforting but nuanced, balancing cultures old and new by mashing up contemporary R&B with traditions from the South Asian diaspora. Cameron Robert for NPR hide caption
Roky Erickson cemented his rock immortality with the 13th Floor Elevators song "You're Gonna Miss Me" and, through a career interrupted by struggles with schizophrenia, he made music that caught the ear of the mainstream while remaining tantalizingly out of reach. Yui Mok - PA Images/Getty Images hide caption