Keith Richards did some studio alchemy on "Street Fighting Man," which is all acoustic except the bass.
The opening line in "How Soon Is Now?" by The Smiths is "I am the son and the heir," not "I am the sun and the air."
The chorus in "September" by Earth, Wind & Fire is "Bada-Ya, dancing in September." Group leader Maurice White left it "Bada-Ya" instead of a real word because he never let a lyric get in the way of a groove.
Irving Berlin wrote "How Dry I Am" in anticipation of Prohibition, envisioning a bleak future without alcohol.
An unexpected guest vocal: Marianne Faithfull on the Metallica song "The Memory Remains." A star in the '60s, this collaboration helped revive her career.
Eddie Van Halen played the guitar solo on "Beat It" as a favor to Quincy Jones, who produced the album.
Oliver Leiber talks about writing and producing hits for Paula Abdul, and explains his complicated relationship with his father, the songwriter Jerry Leiber.
The '70s gave us Muppets, disco and Van Halen, all which show up in this groovy quiz.
The Brazilian rocker sees pictures in his riffs. When he came up with one of his gnarliest songs, there was a riot going on.
Charlotte was established in the LA punk scene when a freaky girl named Belinda approached her wearing a garbage bag.
Into the vaults for this talk with Bolton from the '80s when he was a focused on writing songs for other artists.
How the American gangsta rappers made history by getting banned in the UK.