It was never a big hit, but the uplifting "Mr. Blue Sky" has endured as Electric Light Orchestra's most popular song. Group leader Jeff Lynne wrote it when after two weeks of gloomy weather, the clouds parted to reveal a beautiful day.
Ed Sheeran's first single was "The A Team," a song about a drug-addicted prostitute.
The most famous song to prominently feature a French horn is "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys.
A pre-famous Rupaul is in the video for "Love Shack" by The B-52s. He had a solo hit with "Supermodel" a few years later.
When the Elvis stamps came out in 1993, lots of folks used them to mail letters with bad addresses so they would be Returned To Sender.
Drake's "One Dance" was the first ever song to rack up one billion streams on Spotify.
Did Eric Clapton really write "Cocaine" while on cocaine? This question and more in the Clapton edition of Fact or Fiction.
Charlotte was established in the LA punk scene when a freaky girl named Belinda approached her wearing a garbage bag.
After studying in Paris with a famous composition teacher, Charles became the most successful writer of TV theme songs.
Daniel Lanois on his album Heavy Sun, and the inside stories of songs he produced for U2, Peter Gabriel, and Bob Dylan.
The hitmaking songwriter/producer Sam Hollander with stories about songs for Weezer, Panic! At The Disco, Train, Pentatonix, and Fitz And The Tantrums.
Untangling the events that led to the "Stairway To Heaven" lawsuit.