"Should I Stay or Should I Go?" by The Clash features some Spanish lines by the Texas singer Joe Ely.
When "When I Think of You" hit #1, Janet and Michael Jackson became the first siblings with chart topping solo hits in the United States.
Walk The Moon vocalist Nicholas Petricca got the idea for "Shut Up and Dance" when he and his girlfriend were taking forever to get drinks at a Los Angeles club bar. Petricca was getting frustrated, so his girlfriend told him to, "Shut up and dance with me!'"
Don McLean's "American Pie" starts in mono and gradually goes to stereo. It isn't full stereo until the end of the song, which is over 8 minutes long.
A founding member of the band War, Harold gives a first-person account of one of the most important periods in music history.
Katy Perry mentions McDonald's, Beyoncé calls out Red Lobster, and Supertramp shouts out Taco Bell - we found the 10 restaurants most often mentioned in songs.
How the American gangsta rappers made history by getting banned in the UK.
Just like Darrin was replaced on Bewitched, groups have swapped out original members, hoping we wouldn't notice.
How a country weeper and a blues number made "rolling stone" the most popular phrase in rock.
A look at the good (Diana Ross, Eminem), the bad (Madonna, Bob Dylan) and the peculiar (David Bowie, Michael Jackson) film debuts of superstar singers.