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As part of the NPR 100, Jeff Lunden looks at the creation of the Broadway musical masterpiece My Fair Lady.

Detriot musician James Yancey — also known as J Dilla and Jay Dee — was one of the music industry's most influential hip-hop artists. But after just a brief career in the spotlight, he died Monday night at age 32 after battling lupus.

Sir James and his wife, flutist Lady Jeanne Galway, visit NPR's Studio 4A. They chat with PT Host Fred Child and play three pieces by Debussy — Le petit berger, Clair de lune and En bateau — plus a duet by Johann Cristian Schultz for 2 flutes.

One year before her death, Billie Holiday recorded her last studio album, Lady in Satin. The album includes classic songs such as "You've Changed," "End of a Love Affair," and "Glad to be Unhappy."

Musician Jason Mizell -- Jam Master Jay -- is shot to death inside his New York recording studio. Police have made no arrests. Mizell, 37, was the deejay for the influential rap group Run-DMC. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports.

World leaders will meet at the Munich Security Conference Friday to discuss the future of Europe's security.

Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) says the White House unfairly made CIA director George Tenet the scapegoat for faulty intelligence on Iraq. The ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee also tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice should not have allowed President Bush to tell the American people that Saddam Hussein tried to obtain uranium from Africa.

Robert talks to two actors from the Royal Shakespeare Company, who are here in Washington performing "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Kennedy Center. They are Desmond Barrit, who plays Bottom, and Lindsay Duncan, who plays Titantia. Barrit was an accountant until he was 35 years old and then became on actor on a bet.

The children's music business is booming thanks in part to the success of artists like Ella Jenkins. This month, folk-rockers like Pete Seeger and Tom Paxton will release a tribute album to honor Jenkins' contribution to the music industry. NPR's Renee Montagne speaks with Jenkins.

Now the host of The Tonight Show, Leno talks about his struggling years as a stand-up comic (with other comics like Robin Williams, Andy Kaufman, and Steve Martin). He also talks about taking over The Tonight Show. He is author of the book Leading with my Chin. Leno appears in Comedian, the Jerry Seinfeld documentary in theaters now. (REBROADCAST from 10/21/96)

On this 6th edition of All Songs Considered, we play the Penguin Café Orchestra, Moby, Richard Bone and more.

Every week, more than 100,000 people ride bikes, skates and rollerblades past some of the best-known parts of Mexico's capital. And sometimes their dogs join them too.