The song "Without You," a hit for Nilsson in 1972 and Mariah Carey in 1994, was written and originally recorded by Badfinger in 1970.
"Sail" by AWOLNATION had a remarkably slow climb up the Hot 100. It was the first ever song to spend over a year on the chart before entering the top 20.
Drake's "One Dance" was the first ever song to rack up one billion streams on Spotify.
Sarah McLachlan wrote "Angel" about the Smashing Pumpkins touring keyboard player Jonathan Melvoin, who overdosed on heroin and died in 1996.
Barry Manilow didn't write his #1 hit "I Write The Songs." Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys wrote it.
Snap! was two German producers. When they needed a rapper, they found one on the American army base there and had him rap on "The Power."
Joe talks about the challenges of of making a Duke Ellington tribute album, and tells the stories behind some of his hits.
Call us crazy, but we like it when an artist comes around who doesn't mesh with the status quo.
The leader of the Modern A Cappella movement talks about the genre.
Whether he's splitting ears or burning Nazis, Quentin Tarantino uses memorable music in his films. See if you can match the song to the scene.
The 10 biggest "retirement tours" that didn't take.
Do you remember the first time you heard "email" in a song? How about "hater" or "Facebook"? Here are the songs where they first showed up.