After a devastating car accident, the actor Montgomery Clift had to be filmed from "The Right Profile" to look good - that provided the name of The Clash song.
Before she was famous, Lady Gaga was a staff songwriter, and wrote the song "Quicksand," which Britney Spears recorded in 2008.
Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi" is about the commercialization of Hawaii. On her first trip to the islands, she looked out of her hotel window and saw a parking lot as far as the eye could see.
Lionel Richie hosted the American Music Awards the night he recorded "We Are The World."
Johnny Cash's wife, June Carter, wrote "Ring Of Fire" about their relationship.
Thirty years after Jimi Hendrix played "Fire" at Woodstock, Red Hot Chili Peppers played it at Woodstock '99, but this time the unruly crowd actually set fires and looted.
A top New York studio musician, Ralph played guitar on many '60s hits, including "Lightnin' Strikes," "A Lover's Concerto" and "I Am A Rock."
Find out how God and glam metal go together from the Stryper frontman.
The man who created Yacht Rock with "Sailing" wrote one of his biggest hits while on acid.
Scaramouch, a hoople and a superhero soundtrack - see if you can spot the real Queen stories.
Can you name Def Leppard's only #1 hit in America? Get rocked with this adrenalized quiz.
Soul music legend Bill Withers on how life experience and the company you keep leads to classic songs like "Lean On Me."