For today’s Coffee Break, what British bands do you want to hear from the 1970s?

Jill Riley catches up with Tears for Fears' Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith about their 2022 record The Tipping Point. The English duo talk about getting the band back together after a fateful fax, how honesty in songwriting retains its appeal across generations, and how they stumbled into stardom in their early days by making art that they loved.

For today’s Coffee Break, what British bands do you want to hear from the 1960s?

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention time or clocks?

'The Nat King Cole Show' was the first on U.S. TV hosted by an African American; Elvis played at the old Met Center in Bloomington, Minn.; the Beach Boys had a film-fueled hit with 'Kokomo'; Garbage kicked off a world tour at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis; and Ryan Adams was born 41 years ago Today in Music History.

Johnny Marr talks to Jill Riley about his Crazy Face Factory outside of Manchester, how the new album title “Fever Dream Pts. 1-4” shaped his songwriting, and his latest work with Billie Eilish and Finneas on the new Bond film "No Time To Die".

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that say hello or goodbye?

Jackie Wilson made his singles chart debut; the Beatles played for the Queen; Johnny Nash saw his way clearly to the top of the singles chart; Roxette had another hit in America; and Prince debuted his backing band, The Revolution, Today in Music History.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what calming, soothing, cozy songs would you like to hear?

Courtney Barnett was born; Sun Records released a hit for Jerry Lee Lewis; the Beatles recorded 'Michelle'; the soundtrack to 'Miami Vice' topped the U.S. charts; Vanilla Ice had the first rap song to top the U.S. singles chart; and Adam Ant was born in London, Today in Music History.