Donna Summer's "Bad Girls" is about prostitutes, but it was still used in the movie Rugrats In Paris.
"Pretty In Pink" by Psychedelic Furs was released in 1981. Five years later, it inspired a movie of the same name starring Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy and Jon Cryer. The song was remixed for the re-release to have more Pop appeal.
In 2004, the word "Bootylicious" made the Oxford English Dictionary, three years after the Destiny's Child song was released. Definition: "Blend of booty buttocks and delicious."
The first Huey Lewis & the News hit, "Do You Believe In Love?," is a cover of a song Mutt Lange wrote three years earlier called "We Both Believe In Love."
In 1939, a polka craze swept America thanks to "Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out The Barrel)."
"All I Want For Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey was the first ringtone certified Gold.
How a country weeper and a blues number made "rolling stone" the most popular phrase in rock.
A history of songs dealing with transgender issues, featuring Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Morrissey and Green Day.
"Lullaby" singer Shawn Mullins on "Beautiful Wreck," beating the Devil, and his writing credit on the Zac Brown Band song "Toes."
Phone booths are nearly extinct, but they provided storylines for some of the most profound songs of the pre-cell phone era.
An Electronic music pioneer with Asperger's Syndrome. This could be interesting.
Genesis' key-man re-examines his solo career and the early days of music video.
