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THE SINGING GROUP "BETTY" (ALLISON PALMER, AMY ZIFF AND BITSI ZIFF) SING US A VALENTINE SONG. (TOLL FREE NUMBER - 1-800-HI BETTY, 1-800-442-3889).

Daniel visits Place Pigalle restaurant in Seattle and learns how to make their signature dis, "Mussels Pigalle." Chef Will MacNamara says that shellfish shouldn't be overcooked... once they've opened just wide enough to stick your little finger in, they are done.

LETTERS: We hear a few phone comments from our listeners

Singer, songwriter, guitar player, DAN PENN. PENN has written soul music classics like "Do Right Woman," "Cry Like a Baby," "Sweet Inspiration," and "I'm Your Puppet." His compositions have been made famous by the likes of Aretha Franklin, James Carr, Percy Sledge, Solomon Burke and Otis Redding. PENN left his tiny hometown of Vernon, Alabama when he was sixteen. . . a white kid, singing like Ray Charles and in love with black music. Now, 36 years later, Penn performed his own songs on his album released last year, "Do Right Man." (Warner Brothers, Sire Label) (REBROADCAST FROM 4

THERE ARE REPORTS THAT HANK WILLIAMS SR. IS STILL ALIVE!

Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews "Boys on the Side." .

Daniel talks with NPR's Jacki Lyden who is in Teheran, Iran. Today is the 16th anniversary of the overthrow of the Shah of Iran. They will talk about how Iran is becoming increasingly democratic and it's culture is adapting many of the trappings of Western democracies such as satellite television.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including President Clinton on the Crime Bill; Representative John Kasich KAY-sick) (R-OH) on the budget; Senator Don Nickles (R-OK) and Rep. Nita Lowey D-NY) on Dr. Henry Foster's nomination for Surgeon General; Rutgers University resident Francis Lawrence; and President Clinton, House Speaker Newt Gingrich, nd Kansas City Royal's Pitcher David Cone on baseball.

NPR's Kathy Lohr reports from Oklahoma City that residents there are anxiously awaiting the verdict in the Timothy McVeigh bombing trial being held in Denver. Many of them gathered today at a fence surrounding what used to be the Alfred Murrah Federal Building to lay wreaths, flowers and other items in memory of those lost in the blast two years ago.

When the Apollo 11 mission to the moon was in its early stages, a group of 13 women were recruited to undergo tests to see if they, in addition to the male astronauts, might also have the necessary endurance for such a mission. Sue Nelson has this report on what happened to those women and why they never made it into space.

Craig speaks with reporter Mike O'Connor about secretary of state Madeleine Albright's trip to Croatia and Serbia where she urged leaders to live up to their commitments to the Dayton Peace Plan which ended years of fighting in the former Yugoslavia.

SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT THE NEW FILM "THE QUICK AND THE DEAD" STARRING SHARON STONE AND GENE HACKMAN.