Sheila E. was born, Nirvana bandmates and Courtney Love go toe to toe, The Doors played their last show with Jim Morrison, The Rolling Stones started working with Ronnie Wood and Devo hit gold.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what favorite songs from the year would you like to hear?

The Jam played their last gig; Aretha Franklin made her New York stage debut; Elvis Presley started a 20-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with Blue Hawaii; R&B/pop singer Sam Cooke died; The Marvelettes went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Please Mr. Postman", and Big Mama Thornton was born, Today in Music History.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs related to clouds would you like to hear?

'Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors' aired on NBC; Otis Redding and several members of his band died when their plane crashed into a lake near Madison, Wisconsin; Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson started a six week run at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Say Say Say"; and Meg White was born, Today in Music History.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that have been featured on the show Stranger Things would you like to hear?

'A Charlie Brown Christmas' made its debut on CBS; Neil James Innes was born; Billy Joel went No. 1 with "We Didn't Start The Fire"; Darren Robinson died of a heart attack, and Chic went No. 1 with "Le Freak".

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs with some (or all!) lyrics in different languages would you like to hear?

John Lennon died, Sinead O'Connor was born, Frank Sinatra Jr. was kidnapped, Styx went No. 1 with "Babe", and Graham Nash left The Hollies and started work with Crosby Stills and Nash.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that contain an element of spoken word would you like to hear?