OK, confession time. I love Teddy Pendergrass. I was on a road trip a few days ago listening to this song... (SOUNDBITE OF HAROLD MELVIN AND THE BLUENOTES SONG, "DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY") RASCOE: ...
As music lovers, sometimes we can’t always remember the exact lyrics or the exact tune of a song. Maybe even of some of our favorite songs. So, what do we do? We try to hum it out to jog our memories ...
I remember the first time someone showed me the Shazam app, which can listen to a song and instantly tell you its title and artist. I probably wouldn’t have reacted much differently if someone had ...
Music commentator Jacques Morel points out to NPR's Ayesha Rascoe how important humming can be in popular music.