Recorded by artists as diverse as Neil Diamond, The Ventures, the Four Tops and Weezer, just to name a few, on Today’s Lyrics Undercover, I’ll be taking a look at a song that became the longest running number one since the Beatles’ “I Want To Hold Your Hand”...

  The 1930 film, ‘The Blue Angel’ transitioned Marlene Dietrich from silent films to what were, at the time, called “audible movies.” It was there she delivered the subject for this week's Lyrics Undercover, ‘Falling In Love Again,’ which became her signature...

  Inspired by a bar fight in 1895, southern black communities well-knew the song by the time folklorist John Lomax published it in 1910. First recorded in 1924, this song exemplifies the blues at the root of rock and roll. This week on Lyrics Undercover, I'll...