
Elton John didn't win a Grammy until 1986, when he got one for singing on "That's What Friends Are For."

The thunderclap sound heard in the Bee Gees song "Tragedy" was made by Barry Gibb with his mouth.

Billy Joel's "My Life" was used as the theme song to the 1980 TV show Bosom Buddies, which starred a young Tom Hanks as a guy who lives in a hotel for women by dressing up as a girl.
Mike Nesmith wrote Linda Ronstadt's first hit, "Different Drum," before he joined The Monkees. He played an intentionally bad version of it on the show.

Prince Markie Dee of The Fat Boys co-wrote the Mary J. Blige hit "Real Love."

Janet Jackson wrote the lyric to "Nasty" in response to random guys calling her "baby."
Rob Thomas on his Social Distance Sessions, co-starring with a camel, and his friendship with Carlos Santana.
The king of Christian worship music explains talks about writing songs for troubled times.
Scott was Stevie Wonder's bass player before becoming a top session player. Hits he played on include "I Will Survive," "Being With You" and "Sara Smile."
Soul music legend Bill Withers on how life experience and the company you keep leads to classic songs like "Lean On Me."
Into the vaults for Bruce Pollock's 1984 conversation with the esteemed bluesman. Hooker talks about transforming a Tony Bennett classic and why you don't have to be sad and lonely to write the blues.
Rock Stars - especially those in the metal realm - are often enlisted for horror movies. See if you know can match the rocker to the role.