Federal investigators look through the workshop at the Gibson Guitar factory during a raid on the Memphis facility last week. Jim Weber/The Commercial Appeal/ZUMAPRESS.com hide caption
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Wednesday
Musicians from San Francisco to Nashville picked songs by everyone from Erykah Badu to My Bloody Valentine. Christian Wheatley/iStockphoto hide caption
Tuesday
David "Honeyboy" Edwards in an undated photo. Dave Peabody/Redferns hide caption
Lil Wayne performing at MTV's Video Music Awards on Sunday night. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption
Miguel, who says he wrote "Sure Thing" to get back the girlfriend he had cheated on. It worked. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Summer songs: best if played outside before September 21. Mike Weinberg/flickr.com hide caption
Monday
Mazy Kazerooni. Brian Solis hide caption
Friday
Seun Kuti and the Egypt 80's July 15 show at Grand Performances in Los Angeles. For over 25 years, Grand Performances' free shows have drawn diverse crowds to downtown L.A. RJ Sakai/Courtesy of Grand Performances hide caption
Esther Gordy Edwards, then the vice president of Motown Records, in her Detroit office with Smokey Robinson in 1967. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Perth Amboy, NJ's long-running free concert series is just one program threatened by loss of funding as the Music Performance Trust Fund dries up. Felix Contreras hide caption
LMFAO (Redfoo on the left, SkyBlu on the right), so named because the response of SkyBlu's grandmother to their original name, Sexy Dudes, was, "LMFAO. Are you serious?" Stephanie Ma/Universal Records hide caption
Songs Of The Summer: 'Party Rock Anthem'
Wednesday
All These Kids: Mark Foster of Foster the People onstage during the 2011 VH1 Do Something Awards on August 14, 2011 in Hollywood, California. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson on stage in New York around 1978. Richard E. Aaron/Redferns hide caption
Nick Ashford, Songwriter, Singer And Producer, Has Died
On August 19, Jim James of My Morning Jacket pulls a silk rose from the rubble of a house in Tuscaloosa that was destroyed by a tornado in April. Jeffrey B. Hanson for NPR hide caption
Monday
Jerry Leiber (right) looks over Elvis Presley's shoulder at the sheet music for "Jailhouse Rock" in Los Angeles in 1957. His songwriting partner Mike Stoller stands to the left. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption