Songwriter Allee Willis passed away this week at the age of 72. She was known for writing the uber-famous songs "I'll Be There For You" for The Rembrandts and "September" and "Boogie Wonderland" for Earth, Wind & Fire among many other songs and scores.

A 2014 NPR article about the song "September" pointed out that the song had a nonsense phrase that bugged her in particular. "So right from the beginning (Maurice White) was singing, 'Ba-dee-ya, say do you remember / Ba-dee-ya, dancing in September.' And I said, 'We are going to change 'ba-dee-ya' to real words, right?'"

But nope! White wanted to keep the song as is, which clearly worked out for everyone. "I learned my greatest lesson ever in songwriting from him, which was never let the lyric get in the way of the groove."

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear with nonsense/gibberish words and phrases in them?

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Songs played

Earth Wind and Fire - September
The Beatles - I Am The Walrus
Missy Elliott - Work It
Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook
The Police - De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
Little Richard - Tutti Frutti
Talking Heads - I Zimbra
Otis Redding - Fa Fa Fa Fa (Sad Song)