The song of the day for for Sunday, June 28, 2026, is “Bewitched.” About Today The Year of Tony Bennett remembers one of Broadway’s greatest composers, Richard Rodgers, who was born on June 28, 1902, in New York City. In his six decades, he wrote more than 900 songs and 40 musicals. He was the […]
Quote of the Day
Of all the writers whose songs are considered and examined in this book American Popular Song], those of Rodgers show the highest degree of consistent excellence, inventiveness, and sophistication … after spending weeks playing his songs, I am more than impressed and respectful: I am astonished.
Alec Wilder

Song of the Day: Lazy Afternoon
The song of the day for Saturday, June 27, 2026, is “Lazy Afternoon.” About This Song “Lazy Afternoon” was written by Jerome Moross and John Latouche for the 1954 musical The Golden Apple, which uses mythological Greek characters from Ulysses but is set in the state of Washington (at Mount Olympia, of course) in the […]

Song of the Day: True Blue Lou
The song of the day for Friday, June 26, 2026, is “True Blue Lou.” About This Song “True Blue Lou” was written by Richard Whiting, with lyrics by Sam Coslow and Leo Robin, for the 1929 musical film The Dance of Life, an adaptation of the Broadway play Burlesque. The song was sung in the […]

Song of the Day: They Can’t Take That Away From Me
The song of the day for Thursday, June 25, 2026, is “They Can’t Take That Away From Me.” About This Song “They Can’t Take That Away From Me” was written by George and Ira Gershwin for the 1937 Fred Astaire–Ginger Rodgers movie Shall We Dance. Unlike most songs Astaire introduced in his films, no dance […]
