The name "Schoolhouse Rock," which was a series of educational cartoons, was a play on "Jailhouse Rock," the title of an Elvis Presley song.
Madonna's hit "Don't Tell Me" was written by her brother-in-law, Joe Henry, who has produced albums by Hugh Laurie and Bonnie Raitt.
"Slow Hand" was a #1 Country hit for Conway Twitty in 1982, a year after The Pointer Sisters recorded it.
The melody to "Yesterday" came to Paul McCartney in a dream, but the lyrics he had to write consciously. His first attempt at the title was "Scrabble Eggs."
"St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" was not written for the movie, but for Rick Hanson, a wheelchair athlete whose 1985 "Man In Motion" tour logged 24,856 miles on his wheelchair in 34 countries while raising $26 million for spinal cord research.
"Spoonman" by Soundgarden is about a real street performer in Seattle: Artis the Spoonman.
The Stax legend on how he cooked up "Green Onions," the first time he and Otis Redding saw hippies, and if he'll ever play a digital organ.
Tom talks about the evolution of Cinderella's songs through their first three albums, and how he writes as a solo artist.
Soul music legend Bill Withers on how life experience and the company you keep leads to classic songs like "Lean On Me."
The evolution of the symbol that was Prince's name from 1993-2000.
Stage urinals, flute devices, and the real Aqualung in this Fact or Fiction.
Billie Jean, Delilah, Sara, Laura and Sharona - do you know who the girls in the songs really are?