Devon Strolovitch

As Latin music was fading from popular culture, a blend of Caribbean rhythms going by the name salsa got a new generation dancing.

It began as a time-filler during a lull in the writer’s room; became a favorite party gag; then was captured on a 1961 album – “the comedian’s Bible,” says Billy Crystal.

‘O Que è Que a Bahiana Tem’ was recorded by Carmen Miranda in 1939. Dori Caymmi, the son of the songwriter and biographer Martha Gil-Montero explain how the song brought Brazilian music to the global marketplace; with unforeseen consequences for Miranda.

George Jones and songwriter Bobby Braddock were a power team in country music, and certainly no strangers to sentiment. But when Jones was presented with “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” by Braddock and Curly Putman, the singer was taken aback.

The year 1967 saw the release of two psychedelic pop masterpieces – one globally famous (the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper), the other nearly forgotten: Forever Changes, by Love.