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Imagine, 'Imagine' and 'Band On The Run' being played at the same time.  Think it would sound crazy?  Think again.

If you've seen the music video for Pharell Williams' "Happy," you know it's as catchy and fun as the song itself. But what's it like without the music?

Country music legend Glen Campbell has been moved into a facility for patients with Alzheimer's disease. Campbell was diagnosed with the condition three years ago.

Michael Buble' says he dearly loves his wife of three years, Luisana Lopilato. He says he married his best friend, but admits he had trepidation about getting married, saying, "It's a scary commitment to me."

There are just some songs that stick in your head and will not let go of your brain giving you what's now commonly refereed to as an earworm.

Mellissa Stevenson, an Acadiana mom and music teacher at Ascension Preschool in Lafayette is going viral again, this time with a parody of 'Selfie' by The Chainsmokers.

They made catchy, hook laden pop songs, with great harmonies. The girls in the group looked great, too! The formula worked very well! Some of Abba's records outsold the legendary Beatles.

Avicii was forced to cancel his scheduled performance at this past weekend's Ultra Music Festival in Miami. The internationally famous Swedish DJ was hospitalized for what's reportedly a gall bladder ailment.

Christine McVie joined Fleetwood Mac in 1970. Christine is the pen, and the voice behind classics like "Over my Head," Don't Stop," "You Make Lovin' Fun," and the longtime concert favorite, "Songbird." She departed after their 1997 tour that produced the ban's multi-platinum live album "The Dance." Christine was on hand when "The Mac" was inducted into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.

KTDY was so excited to receive a Facebook message today from Mary Hefner the mother of Josh Hefner, announcing that her son who's in the band Royal Teeth, would be performing on American Idol this Thursday evening.

The legendary Ann Margret and the incomparable original hot legs Tina Turner doing 'Nutbush City Limits', 'Honky Tonk Woman' and 'Proud Mary'...say WHAT!?  You've never seen anything like this in your life!

A few years ago, during a TV interview, I was asked, "What kinds of music do you like to listen to?" I laughed & replied, "music I don't play on the radio!" The interviewer looked stunned, so I went on to clarify. I'm very proud of the work we do here at 99.9 KTDY, and feel that we play great music. I'm proud to say I'm the music director here. That being said, it's not the ONLY great music out there. I enjoy country, Jazz, Reggae, African music, and, of course, Rock 'n Roll.

The Acadiana Pride Festival is set for March 27-30, celebrating our community with music, theater, film and the arts.

Marc Cohn, know for his hit song "Walking In Memphis", is coming to Lafayette on March 26th.

More than 88 million people use the music app "Shazaam." I'm one of them. I was watching 'Dallas' and wanted to know about the song playing at the end. Shazaam told me it was "Come Unto Me" by the Mavericks. The smartphone app not only enables us to identify songs when we hear them on the radio or TV, it may predict the " next big thing...

Are you a stamp collector, and a fan of classic American pop culture? Good news! The United States Postal Service plans to roll out several new stamps featuring cultural icons from bygone eras. Rolling Stone reports the USPS will unveil new stamps featuring Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and James Brown in 2015...

According to reports, Cajun musician Al Berard has died..

If you've seen the 2014 Kindle commercial featuring two women relaxing by the beach (one happily reading away with her Kindle, the other struggling to see past the glare on her non-Kindle eReader), you know that the spot is accompanied by a happy, acoustic, almost Hawaiian-like tune. What's the song?

I recently traveled on a cruise called "Cayamo", put on by Sixthman, featuring singer-songwriters like Kris Kristofferson.

If you weren't paying attention, you may never realize the song you're listening to is 'Sweet Child O' Mine' originally performed by Guns N' Roses.