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In the last 40 years of his career, singer Tom Jones, has released more than 30 hit singles and several gold and multi-platinum records. In his heyday he was famous for his live performances and for the frenzy he caused amongst his female fans — many of whom threw their underwear onstage and rushed the stage. Jones' name today has come to connote hipness and romance. (This interview originally aired on Dec. 11, 2003.)

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Anglo-American, a new retrospective of the late Gary Windo, an English-born Tenor saxophonist.

Chris Nickson reviews cellist David Darling's latest CD, called Mudanin Kata. It's a collaboration with a group of rural Taiwanese named the Wulu Bunun, just released on Riverboat Records.

Percy Sledge talks about his classic hit "When a Man Loves a Woman," as well as his first album in 10 years, Shining Through the Rain. Hear Sledge and NPR's Tony Cox.

Banning Eyre reviews new albums by two African hip-hop groups, Daara J and X Plastaz. Eyre says their music embodies ways that Africans are debating their cultural identity through music.

Dr. John is more than just a legendary blues pianist. He's a genuine New Orleans character — a little swig of Bourbon Street — straight out of central casting. Dr. John, a.k.a. Mac Rebennack talks with Co-host Steve Inskeep about his new album Dis Dat or D'Udda.

Music critic Milo Miles reviews new collections of Bollywood film music: Bollywood for Beginners, The Best of Bollywood, 15 Classic Hits from the Indian Cinema, and The Very Best of Bollywood Songs II.

Since Anita O'Day made her solo debut in the 1940s, she has been charming listeners with her dynamic incorporation of bop modernism into vocals. Her raspy voice, which inspired a string of followers, is showcased on 1957's Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day.

In 1963, Gerry Mulligan brought an outstanding sextet to the Nola Studios in New York City to create an album that paid homage to the bossa nova and samba craze. The result of their piano-less collaboration was Night Lights, summed up by jazz critic Murray Horwitz as an album in which "Poland meets Brazil."

Bessie Smith became known as "the empress of the blues" in the 1920s, when most vocalists called themselves blues singers. On The Essential Bessie Smith, she shows how her famous voice could captivate a room without the aid of a microphone.