The Bangles song "Eternal Flame" was inspired by a display at Graceland that honored Elvis Presley.
The Hollies' 1967 hit "Carrie Anne" featured the first use of a steel drum in a commercial pop record.
"Mr. Roboto" by Styx was written by their keyboard player, Dennis DeYoung, who used Japanese words and imagery to create an allegory about censorship.
Bono came up with the idea of focusing on a soldier's last thoughts as he dies from his wounds in the U2 song "White As Snow" after reading William Golding's 1956 novel Pincher Martin.
"Whole Lotta Love" was Led Zeppelin's only US Top 10 hit, charting at #4. Many of their songs, including "Stairway To Heaven," were not released as singles, as it was considered bad form in England to make people pay for singles that were on albums.
Village People lead singer Victor Willis, who co-wrote "Y.M.C.A.," insists it isn't a gay song - it's about hanging out with your buddies.
With the band in danger of being dropped from their label, Alice Cooper drummer Neal Smith co-wrote the song that started their trek from horror show curiosity to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Chris Stein of Blondie shares photos and stories from his book about the New York City punk scene.
With Bernie Taupin, Martin co-wrote the #1 hits "We Built This City" and "These Dreams." After writing the Pretty Woman song for Go West, he had his own hit with "In the House of Stone and Light."
The evolution of the symbol that was Prince's name from 1993-2000.
How did The Edge get his name? Did they name a song after a Tolkien book? And who is "Angel of Harlem" about?
An original member of Depeche Mode, Vince went on to form Erasure and Yaz.
