HITS HIGH 5: IS IT SPRING YET?

The rain in L.A. has finally stopped and temps in New York are heading north of freezing just in time for the multitudes to head to Austin to “work” at SXSW. Before the thoughts of free-flowing Shiner Bock and breakfast tacos get you too woozy to concentrate, check out this week’s HITS High 5.

How hot are the Jonas Brothers now that Joe, Nick and Kevin are back together? “Sucker” was #1 Most Added at Pop and Hot AC.

Amazon and Spotify simultaneously filed notices of appeal of the recent Copyright Royalty Board ruling raising songwriters’ rates for streaming and other mechanical uses. The NMPA and the NSAI are not pleased.

The UJA-Federation of NY's 2019 Music Visionaries are iHeart's Bob Pittman, John Sykes, Rich Bressler and Tom Poleman. Poleman is looking forward to enjoying his first schmear, and also to learning the Yiddish word for "buddy."

To celebrate International Women’s Day, iHeart is staging a concert, Annie Lennox and Apple Music have enlisted the help of a team of musicians for a campaign highlighting injustices faced by women around the world, Amazon Music has special playlists and Capitol Music Group threw a party.

The evolution of black music in America, from West African oral traditions to Motown’s move from Detroit to Los Angeles in 1972, is explored in the first part of our latest history of music special. We explore the roots of rock & soul one song at a time, starting very early and then getting into the 1930s.