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Morning Edition: Music

World's Most Dangerous Polka Band says goodbye to Nye's

World's Most Dangerous Polka Band says goodbye to Nye's

The northeast Minneapolis bar is closing this weekend.

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'Wild Thing' cover was No. 1 hit

The was originally recorded a year earlier by a New York-based band called The Wild Ones. Their version was not a hit.

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Tough times lead to new album by Mark Mallman

Mark Mallman's new album "The End is Not the End" was born out of tough times.

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Four Seasons' No. 1 hit about old romance was originally about Prohibition

Four Seasons' No. 1 hit about old romance was originally about Prohibition

Forty years ago, "December 1963 (Oh, What a Night) by the Four Seasons was No. 1, but not with Frankie Valli singing lead.

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Buck Owens' remarkable streak of hits

Between 1963 and 1967, Owens released 14 songs in a row that topped the country music chart.

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A Tribe Called Quest co-founder Phife Dawg dies

A Tribe Called Quest co-founder Phife Dawg dies

Phife Dawg, 45, had been in poor health due to diabetes.

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Carl Perkins' 'Blue Suede Shoes' was hit on 2 charts

It was the first song to make it into the top five on both the country and rhythm and blues charts.

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Film about Michael Jackson from chimp's point of view in the works

Film about Michael Jackson from chimp's point of view in the works

Bubbles lived with Jackson at Neverland Ranch starting in 1983. He was also in the studio during the production of the pop singer's 1987 album "Bad."
by Cathy Wurzer

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