This time around on The Atomic Age Cocktail Party, it’s time to Meet The Beatles!  We look at how the lounge world covered the music of the Fab Four…John, Paul, George and Ringo. We’ll hear from Percy Faith, Esther Phillips, The Johnny Mann Singers, Count Basie, and more.

Call it Civil unrest, with the instigator being Paul McCartney of all people.

It was a fun thought. 

The creator and host of NPR Music's All Songs Considered and Tiny Desk Concerts asked artists what served as their inspiration, and put their career on the right path.  He's taken 35 of the best stories and compiled them into a new book, profiling artists ranging from Jackson Browne to R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe to Philip Glass.

Are you sure you want to know what goes on behind the curtain?