This song by the Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim first became famous in the early nineteen sixties.

VOA: special.2009.04.24

Experts say it all started with a song by the American singer and guitarist Muddy Waters.

VOA: special.2009.06.21

The second part of the title is taken from a song by the Beastie Boys.

VOA: special.2010.08.13

Here is a poetic song by Simon and Garfunkel called "A Hazy Shade of Winter."

VOA: special.2009.01.26

This song by K.D.Lang is about dreaming of spring in cold dark places.

VOA: special.2010.03.15

Cyrus covers a song by the metal band Poison on "Can't Be Tamed."

VOA: special.2010.08.06

In "Holiday Inn" he sang a new song by Irving Berlin.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

a song by blues musician Leadbelly.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

Here is the song "Lips" by the British band Micachu and the Shapes which also performed at the festival.

VOA: special.2009.04.03

The movie's theme song, "The Weary Kind" by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett, is nominated for an Academy Award.

VOA: special.2010.02.22

She borrowed sound recordings from a musical project by the singer David Byrne to make one song on her new album.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

"Auld Lang Syne," by the eighteenth century Scottish poet Robert Burns, is a song about friends and remembering times long ago.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

The name of that song is "Dang Me." It was written and recorded by Roger Miller in nineteen-sixty-five.

VOA: special.2010.10.03

It was named Song of the Year at the Austin Music Awards, the closing event of the South by Southwest Music conference.

VOA: special.2010.04.02

It was a hit song performed by Celia Cruz and her band, La Sonora Matancera, in nineteen fifty-two.

VOA: special.2009.04.19

But the song became a lasting hit with a version recorded in nineteen fifty-nine by the Kingston Trio.

VOA: special.2010.01.25

"September Song" by Kurt Weill is one of the most well known, and saddest,songs about the season.

VOA: special.2009.11.09

Finally, on a happier note comes this song written and recorded by Fountains of Wayne in 2003.

VOA: special.2009.01.26

Here is a more hopeful song, James Taylor's "October Road" from his album by the same name.

VOA: special.2009.11.09

The copyright holder owns the rights to the song for a period governed by law.

VOA: special.2010.01.25

Mark Johnson made the songs by recording one part of the song at a time.

VOA: special.2009.07.31

The song is about driving by yourself at night into the unknown and feeling free.

VOA: special.2010.05.28

We leave you now with more words from "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

The song was based on a poem called "Bread and Roses" by James Oppenheim.

VOA: special.2010.09.06

Here is the nineteen fifty song "I'm Movin' On", written by Hank Snow.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

Here is the song "What Part of Forever" performed by Cee Lo Green.

VOA: special.2010.06.25

They also included in their shows a song co-written by James Brown.

VOA: special.2010.05.16