"All Star" was written as a confidence builder for fans who were bullied for liking Smash Mouth.
Katherine Heigl played Josh Kelley's love interest in the video for his 2005 song "Only You." They met on the shoot, became a real-life couple, and got married two years later. That's good casting!
"Hunger Strike" by Temple of the Dog features Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder, and was Vedder's first music video.
"Soul Man" was a new term when the song was written in 1967. As defined by Sam & Dave, the "soul man" was a farmer "comin' to ya on a dusty road."
George Michael was 17 and on a bus to his job at the cinema when he came up with the idea for "Careless Whisper" and the lyrics, "Something in your eyes calls to mind a silver screen."
Fleetwood Mac's "Gypsy" is about Stevie Nicks' best friend, who died of leukemia.
Devo founders Mark Mothersbaugh and Jerry Casale take us into their world of subversive performance art. They may be right about the De-Evoloution thing.
Producer Rupert Hine talks about crafting hits for Tina Turner, Howard Jones and The Fixx.
An interview with Dr. John Covach, music professor at the University of Rochester whose free online courses have become wildly popular.
Shears does very little promotion, which has kept him secluded from the spotlight. What changed when Cyndi Lauper had a hit with his song? Not much, really.
Phone booths are nearly extinct, but they provided storylines for some of the most profound songs of the pre-cell phone era.
A big list of musical marriages and family relations ranging from the simple to the truly dysfunctional.
