Jo Dee Messina's 1996 country classic "Heads Carolina, Tails California" was inspired by a book released the previous year called Border Music by Robert James Waller, where the main character flips a coin to decide his next destination.
"A Hard Day's Night" was the title song to The Beatles' first movie, which was surprisingly good: it was nominated for two Oscars.
"Total Eclipse Of The Heart" by Bonnie Tyler is a tribute to the vampire movie Nosferatu, depicting an immortal "love in the dark."
Shakira calls her sons Milan and Sasha her "Waka Kids" because she met their father, Spanish soccer star Gerard Piqué, on the video shoot for "Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)," the official song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
When Pearl Jam play "Daughter" live, they usually extend the ending so Eddie Vedder can improvise, saying or singing whatever is on his mind.
Janet Jackson's "Rhythm Nation" was inspired by the tribes that came together at New York City dance clubs.
Soul music legend Bill Withers on how life experience and the company you keep leads to classic songs like "Lean On Me."
Chris Stein of Blondie shares photos and stories from his book about the New York City punk scene.
In the summer of 1990, you could get arrested for selling a 2 Live Crew album or performing their songs in Southern Florida. And that's exactly what happened.
How the American gangsta rappers made history by getting banned in the UK.
A talk with Martin Popoff about his latest book on Rush and how he assessed the thousands of albums he reviewed.
Untangling the events that led to the "Stairway To Heaven" lawsuit.