The cast of WKRP in Cincinnati, recently reissued on DVD by Shout! Factory, which collected licenses to include most of the original music broadcast on the show. Courtesy Sony Pictures Television hide caption
Jr. Gong, Stephen Marley, Cham, Sean Paul — the list goes on. A massive jam session ensues and nearly everyone leaps onstage to spit some lyrics. To call this reggae history is no hyperbole. Empress K/For NPR hide caption
Taylor Swift, whose 1989 is currently the No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 and whose song "Blank Space" is at the top of the Hot 100, even though her music is not available on Spotify. YouTube hide caption
Hayley Williams (left) of Paramore and Joy Williams, formerly of The Civil Wars, perform together on a version of the song "Hate To See Your Heart Break" from the deluxe version of Paramore's self-titled album. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Usher performs onstage during his The UR Experience tour at Madison Square Garden. Noam Galai/Getty Images hide caption
TV On The Radio's new album, its fifth, is titled Seeds. JUCO/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Rapper DOOM, Zev Lov X of KMD, performs at the I'll Be Your Mirror festival in London, July 2011. Jim Dyson/Getty Images hide caption
Some things actually are surprising: Taylor Swift, performing on ABC's Good Morning America in New York City on Oct. 30, sold over a million copies of her new album, 1989, in its first week. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images hide caption
Taylor Swift has called her fifth album, 1989, her "very first documented, official pop album." Courtesy of Big Machine Records hide caption
Sam Hunt has written hits for both Kenny Chesney and Keith Urban. His debut album, Montevallo, is out on Oct. 27. Chase Lauer/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Future Hall Of Famers?: Green Day's Tre Cool (left), Billie Joe Armstrong (center) and Mike Dirnt) in New York City in 1994. Ken Schles/Getty Images hide caption
Duncan Sheik's seventh album, Legerdemain, will come out in 2015. Shervin Lainez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Nathan Stephens-Griffin, Naomi Griffin, Daniel Ellis and Jc Cairns of the British punk band Martha. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The music on U2's new album, Songs of Innocence, reaches back toward the moment when the band was first building an audience. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Two dope boys on a Cadillac: Andre 3000 and Big Boi in the early days. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
Jonah Tolchin performs at Grimey's in Nashville during the Americana Music Festival on Sept. 20. Erika Goldring/Getty Images hide caption
The new collaboration between PC Music's A.G. Cook and affiliated producer SOPHIE is a combination singer and energy drink (neither of which might actually exist) called QT. Seriously. YouTube hide caption
As a high schooler in Lafayette, Ind., Circuit des Yeux's Haley Fohr was encouraged by Pink Reason's Kevin Failure to pursue music. Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption
The Beatles with George Martin in January 1967 at Abbey Road Studios in London. Apple Corps Lt/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Gustavo Cerati performs in the Dominican Republic in 2007. In 2010, Cerati suffered a stroke while on tour. He was in a coma until his death on Thursday. Ricardo Hernandez/AFP/Getty Images hide caption