It's Herb Alpert's 80th birthday! So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that feature some hot brass do you want to hear? Send us your requests.

Cheez Whiz has found its way onto tables as well as into pop culture (e.g. Beck's song, 'Loser'). But now that Cheez Whiz may be headed for its ultimate sell-by date, we're wondering what songs with outdated cultural references you'd like to hear. Send your requests.

As part of Member Appreciation Week, today's 9:30 Coffee Break idea comes from MPR member Deb Baker of Grand Rapids, Minn., who suggests: What songs featuring prominent harmonica parts do you want to hear? Send your requests.

As Pharrell Williams and the UN team up to raise climate-change awareness through International Happy Day, we're wondering what other songs about being happy you'd like to hear. Tell us your requests.

As a social media-based transport provider threatens to leave Minnesota over pending legislation, we're wondering what songs that mention "leave" or "leaving" you'd like to hear. Send us your requests.

What songs by artists who were underrated or under-appreciated during their initial run would you like to hear? Tell us your suggestions.

In the spirit of St. Patrick's Day, what songs by artists who are Irish or who have Irish heritage do you want to hear? Send us your requests for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

As Kim Gordon's memior reaches No. 2 in the New York Times best-seller list, Carrie Brownstein has announced her autobiography will be out later this year. For today's Coffee Break, what songs by artists who have written autobiographies would you like to hear?

For this Friday of Women's History Month, we're looking at the Minnesota women who have been the beneficiaries of all the great musical innovators and influencers who came before them. For today's Coffee Break, what Minnesota women in music from the year 2000 to the present would you like to hear?

The Recording Industry Association of America introduced a sales-award system using names of precious metals; the Beatles had their seventh No. 1 hit; a coffeehouse chain launched a music label; and Tammy Wynette and George Jones called it quits Today in Music History.