The Pretenders are named after the 1956 song "The Great Pretender" by The Platters.
Sia Furler originally sent "Pretty Hurts" to Katy Perry, but she didn't see the email, so Beyonce ended up recording it instead.
The video for "Informer" by Snow that ran on MTV was subtitled so viewers could understand what he was saying.
"This Must Be The Place" is a rare love song by the Talking Heads, with a very personal lyric from David Byrne likely inspired by the woman who became his first wife.
Part of the "Cruel to Be Kind" video was shot during Nick Lowe and Carlene Carter's wedding.
A perfume called Wonderstruck was named after a line in Taylor Swift's song "Enchanted": "I'm wonderstruck, blushing all the way home."
A band so baffling, even their names were contrived. Check your score in the Ramones version of Fact or Fiction.
Harry is Derek Smalls in Spinal Tap, Mark Shubb in The Folksmen, and Mr. Burns on The Simpsons.
The longtime bassist of Earth, Wind & Fire discusses how his band came to do a holiday album, and offers insight into some of the greatest dance/soul tunes of all-time.
Newman makes it look easy these days, but in this 1974 interview, he reveals the paranoia and pressures that made him yearn for his old 9-5 job.
Have you got the smarts to know which of these graduation song stories are real?
On "Life Is A Highway," his burgeoning solo career, and the Rascal Flatts song he most connects with.
