Retro jingles, portions of oldies but goodies, funny sound bytes and classic one liners from yesteryear.

The Soviet Union was the name of the Russian collective of communist countries for many years. Let's try to look outside the frame of usual stereotypes and try to understand life of the former soviet union, with it's unique history and national songs.

The best of history of the past.

NOT VIDEO GAME SOUNDS. ORIGINAL NASA. Countdowns, Lift-Off, Moon, Re-entry, Splash-down, Recovery. Cape Flight and Houston Mission Control. "Neil Armstrong" Apollo XI, Moon landing. "Pete Conrad" Apollo XII almost exploded too, "Jim Lovell" Apollo -VIII & XIII did explode two fuel cells. "Alan Shepherd" Apollo XIV cursing on VOX. Etc

Patriotic songs about the USA featuring Elvis, Bruce Springsteen, Whitney Houston and more paying tribute to America and the armed forces.

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On January 15th of this year, US Airways Flight 1549 crash-landed in the Hudson River. The plane struck a flock of birds during takeoff minutes earlier at LaGuardia Airport and was submerged up to its windows in the river by the time rescuers arrived in Coast Guard vessels and ferries. All on board were pulled to safety as the plane slowly sank.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy(1917 to 1963) often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of the United States. He was the youngest man elected President but he was the youngest to die.

Allen Ginsberg was one of the most famous and influential American poets of the second half of the 20th Century. He succumbed to liver cancer that was a result of hepatitis. Here are several personalities influenced by him and how they remember him.

The Year 2007 in Sounds, it's been a wild year in news, political events and celebrity shenanigans. Take a listen back with this Time capsule of a soundboard.

Francis Comeau makes us all aroused with his manly voice

Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires... the message of one of America's best-known advertising icons, Smokey Bear. He has been a national symbol of forest fire prevention through his PSA campaigns during the past few years.

Check out this cool selection of British martial music of the Napoleonic Wars.

The Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from a poem written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key, a then 35-year-old amateur poet. Probably one of the most difficult national anthem to sign due to the wide range of this tune, one and a half octaves.

On July 7, 2009, king of pop Michael Jacksons public memorial started in Los Angeles and celebrities performed in Michael Jackson Memorial. Mariah Carey, Stevie Wonder, Usher and more, performed his famous and favorite songs. Which performance did you think was the best?

She no longer has the luxury of keeping a low profile. Now a very public figure, Michelle Obama has to accept the role of a First Lady and the sometimes uncomfortable scrutiny that comes with it. She's the one who keeps Barack real, the one who makes sure running for leader of the free world doesn't go to his head.