Today, NPR celebrates the 50-year anniversary of our first on-air original show. For five decades, NPR and our member stations have shared the responsibility — and privilege — to serve the individual ...

If you could only listen to the popular music of a single year in history, what would you pick? Actually, never mind. The correct answer is 1971 and no other will be accepted, because 50 years later, ...

The ambitious eight-part series utilizes a wealth of archival footage, and lots of great music, to tell the stories of the songs of 50 years ago. In the first episode of 1971: The Year That Music ...

The high-ranking songs of 1971 really highlight how much versatility there was available in the early ‘70s, as one track was ...

Carol King’s “Tapestry,” Led Zeppelin’s untitled fourth album, Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On,,” and Joni Mitchell’s “Blue” remain among the most influential albums ever 50 years after their release ...

These are NPR's 50 favorite songs of 1971, as selected by our member stations. All of our station picks are available to stream on the NPR50 Spotify and Apple Music playlists. And you can discover ...