In the 1930s, an ethnomusicologist tried to preserve the history of immigration in California — and combat anti-immigrant feelings — with song

Sounds Like Forever

Celia & Johnny: They Invented Salsa

Linda Ronstadt: “Heart Like a Wheel”

Sly and the Family Stone Want You to Stand Up

“Sorry, Wrong Number”

Gene Luen Yang, Ambassador from the Land of Comics

“Mary, Don’t You Weep”: the Life of a Song

“I Will Survive:” The Best Song to Grace a B-Side

Making Fun of the Kennedys

Clifton Chenier’s “Bogalusa Boogie”

Sly and the Family Stone Want You to Stand Up

George Carlin’s “Class Clown”