Robin Thicke had a #1 hit with "Blurred Lines" in 2013, but he wasn't the first in his family with a hit song. His mom, Gloria Loring, was a singer who had a hit in 1986 with "Friends And Lovers," a duet with Carl Anderson.
Before recording "Boom Clap" herself, Charli XCX offered the song to Hilary Duff, but her people turned down the tune because it "wasn't cool enough for Hilary."
On the surface, "Summer Breeze" by Seals & Crofts is just a song about a guy coming home from work, but the duo claimed it had a deeper meaning about finding direction in one's personal life.
Prince Markie Dee of The Fat Boys co-wrote the Mary J. Blige hit "Real Love."
The Phoenix song "1901" is about Paris. Their lead singer Thomas Mars said: "Paris in 1901 was better than it is now. So the song is a fantasy about Paris."
Train's guitarist had to Google an instructional video to learn how to play the ukulele for "Hey Soul Sister."
David talks about videos he made for Prince, Alabama, Big & Rich, Sheryl Crow, DMB, Melissa Etheridge and Sisters of Mercy.
John tells the "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" story and explains why he disappeared for so long.
Bob was the bass player and lyricist for the first two Ozzy Osbourne albums. Here's how he wrote songs like "Crazy Train" and "Mr. Crowley" with Ozzy and Randy Rhoads.
Outrageously gifted and just plain outrageous, Millie is an R&B and Rap innovator.
Call us crazy, but we like it when an artist comes around who doesn't mesh with the status quo.
Richie talks about the impact of "Amazed," and how his 4-year-old son inspired another Lonestar hit.