Chiwetel Ejiofor and his onscreen counterpart in 2019's The Lion King, the power-hungry villain Scar. Kwaku Alston/Disney Enterprises, Inc. hide caption
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Kim Davey (left), a passenger in Menzi Mngoma's Uber, made a video of his in-car opera singing that went viral. Kim Davey/Facebook hide caption
Dolly Parton in a scene from the 1980 comedy 9 to 5. The film's theme song, performed by Parton, took on a life of its own. 20th Century Fox/Getty Images hide caption
A Cup Of Ambition And Endurance: '9 To 5' Unites Workers Across Decades
The Apollo 11 mission celebrates 50 years this month. Brian Eno's score for 1983's For All Mankind documentary — released as Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks — has been reissued with brand new music. NASA/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
TikTok, the social media app where Lil Nas X first found popularity, now has over 500 million users globally. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
João Gilberto in 1970 Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
Molly Tuttle inside the World Cafe Performance Studio Emily DeHart/WPXN hide caption
Molly Tuttle On World Cafe
Luthier Freeman Vines sits with his hand-carved guitars in the tobacco field by his house, 2015. Tim Duffy/Courtesy of Music Maker hide caption
Nadia Tehran's debut album, Dozakh: All Lovers Hell, is out now. Joakim Eklöf/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
'Rootless And Ruthless': Nadia Tehran Invokes Life In The Diaspora
Dave Clark, creator of Time, found and released the original recording of Mercury's performance of "Time Waits for No One" after decades of searching for it. Fox Photos/Getty Images hide caption
'It Was Magic': Unearthed Video Shows Freddie Mercury In Rare Form
Bandits on the Run, composed of members Adrian Enscoe, Sydney Shepherd and Regina Strayhorn, submitted a stand-out video to the 2019 Tiny Desk Contest. Sophia Schrank/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
These Tiny Desk Contest Entrants Bring Mini-Symphonies To The NYC Subway
Thom Yorke and Dajana Roncione in a scene from the video for Yorke's ANIMA, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Netflix hide caption
Paul and Joe DeGeorge (left and right, respectively) of Harry and the Potters, photographed in 2005. That same year, the brothers founded the Harry Potter Alliance, which encourages young readers of the eponymous book series to become active in their communities. Dina Rudick/The Boston Globe via Getty Images hide caption
Lesley Gore and producer Quincy Jones at work in the studio. The two collaborated on "You Don't Own Me" and a handful of other 1960s hits. Donaldson Collection/Getty Images hide caption
'You Don't Own Me,' A Feminist Anthem With Civil Rights Roots, Is All About Empathy
March 1950: Louis Armstrong plays trumpet in his dressing room before a show in New York. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Satchmo In His Adolescence: 1915 Film Clip May Show Young Louis Armstrong
"We Bangles hovered around the cassette machine... and we were smitten with the song," Bangle Susanna Hoffs says of first hearing Prince's demo of "Manic Monday." Virginia Turbett/Courtesy of The Prince Estate hide caption
Detail from the cover art of Mort Garson's cult electronic album, Mother Earth's Plantasia. Sacred Bones Records hide caption
Lil Nas X, photographed on May 17, 2019 in Los Angeles. Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Wingstop hide caption
Breakdown on 20th Ave. South is Buddy & Julie Miller's first album together in nearly a decade. Kate York/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Missed For A Decade, Roots Icons Buddy And Julie Miller Return To A Shared Spotlight
A woman walks through La Perla, a neighborhood on the edge of Old San Juan, in 2017. AFP Contributor/Getty Images hide caption
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