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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.

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.

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.

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)

One of the country's first known female tattoo artists was born on a Kansas farm. Maud Stevens Wagner ran off to join the circus and later became a tattoo legend.

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

Sandip attends a festival honoring a long dead Bollywood star and discovers why Uttam Kumar still commands attention.

a political science professor at Hendrix College, about politics in Arkansas. President Clinton should carry his home state easily in the presidential race, but Republicans are threatening to win House and Senate seats in the traditionally Democratic state.

Linda speaks with Carl Sferrazza (SPHERE- RAZ-ZAH) Anthony who is author of a two vlume book about American 1st Ladies. Mr. Anthony takes us through the history of the attacks, both political and journalistic, that first ladies have endured.