David Bowie's "Station to Station" is over 10 minutes long. Bowie was doing a lot of drugs at the time and later said, "I have only flashes of making it."
Jay-Z's version of "99 Problems" is a cover of a 1993 song by Ice-T with the lyrics changed to be about Jay's rise to fame.
The Annie Lennox hit "No More I Love You's" is a cover, originally sung by a man.
The Kenny G instrumental "Songbird" owes much of its success to VH1, which launched a year earlier and played the video to death.
The "Don't Stop Believin'" lyric was inspired by Sunset Boulevard, making it perfect for the Rock of Ages musical.
"Virginia" in "Only The Good Die Young" is named after a real girl Billy Joel was trying to impress.
In the summer of 1990, you could get arrested for selling a 2 Live Crew album or performing their songs in Southern Florida. And that's exactly what happened.
Phone booths are nearly extinct, but they provided storylines for some of the most profound songs of the pre-cell phone era.
In this talk from the '80s, the Kansas frontman talks turning to God and writing "Dust In The Wind."
An interview with Ray and Derek Shulman of the progressive rock band Gentle Giant to discuss counterpoint, polyrhythms, and... Bon Jovi.
How well do you know this shock-rock harbinger who's been publicly executed hundreds of times?
The Creed lead singer reveals the "ego and self-fulfillment" he now sees in one of the band's biggest hits.