"(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay," released a month after Otis Redding died, was the first song to hit #1 in America after the artist died.
"Mickey" by Toni Basil was originally a song called "Kitty" by a male group. She picked the new name after Micky Dolenz of The Monkees.
The Hollies hit "The Air That I Breathe" was written in part as a reaction to the smog in Los Angeles.
Donna Summer's "Bad Girls" is about prostitutes, but it was still used in the movie Rugrats In Paris.
The 311 song "Amber" is likely about Nicole Scherzinger, who was dating the band's lead singer Nick Hexum.
Bob Dylan helped popularize the concept of "burnout" in his 1975 song "Shelter From the Storm" when he sang: "I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail." That's how many Americans were feeling at the time as they worked harder for less pay.
Taylor talks about "The Machine" - the hits, the videos and Clive Davis.
Scaramouch, a hoople and a superhero soundtrack - see if you can spot the real Queen stories.
Rudolf, Bob Dylan and the Singing Dogs all show up in this Fact or Fiction for seasonal favorites.
How a country weeper and a blues number made "rolling stone" the most popular phrase in rock.
How did The Edge get his name? Did they name a song after a Tolkien book? And who is "Angel of Harlem" about?
Is "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" about Vietnam? Was John Fogerty really born on a Bayou? It's the CCR edition of Fact or Fiction.