Photo by Gie Knaeps/Getty Images The Smashing Pumpkins released their debut studio album, Gish, on May 28, 1991. Gish was produced by Butch Vig and B... read more
"Mickey" by Toni Basil was originally a song called "Kitty" by a male group. She picked the new name after Micky Dolenz of The Monkees.
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This English electronic band took their slick name from a French fashion magazine and had their first UK Top-10 hit with the synthpop number "Just Can't Get Enough" in 1981.
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This song starts in Boston with a tea party and takes us to the other end of the American Revolution.
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This song introduced me to reggae. I joke that this song contains one of the biggest mysteries in rock/pop music: Who shot the deputy? ("I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.") "Every time I plant a seed, he says 'kill it before it grows,'" I've always taken that as very violent and hateful....