
Prince kept doves at his Paisley Park mansion. And yes, sometimes they did cry.

Rod Stewart wrote "Maggie May" about the woman who deflowered him when he was 16.

"Mercedes Boy" by Pebbles is about a real guy she fell in love with - they both drove Mercedes when she wrote it.
The guys who wrote "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" had never been to a baseball game but knew it was a good song topic.

George Michael was 17 and on a bus to his job at the cinema when he came up with the idea for "Careless Whisper" and the lyrics, "Something in your eyes calls to mind a silver screen."

Florida Georgia Line's "Cruise" spent 24 weeks on top of the Country chart - the most ever until Sam Hunt's "Body Like a Back Road" was #1 for 34 weeks. The record was previously held by Eddy Arnold's "I'll Hold You in My Heart (1947-48), Hank Snow's "I'm Moving On" (1950-51) and Webb Pierce's "In the Jailhouse Now" (1955), which each led for 21 weeks.
"Mr. Jones" took on new meaning when the song about a misguided view of fame made Adam famous.
Kiss is the subject of many outlandish rumors - some of which happen to be true. See if you can spot the fakes.
Do their first three albums have French titles? Is "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" really meaningless? See if you can tell in this Fact or Fiction.
The original voice of Snap! this story is filled with angry drag queens, video impersonators and Chaka Khan.
You know the scenes - Tom Cruise in his own pants-off dance off, Molly Ringwald celebrating her birthday - but do you remember what song is playing?
When Dave recorded the first version of the song with his group the Blasters, producer Nick Lowe gave him some life-changing advice.