In 1979, Madonna was a dancer on Patrick Hernandez' tour, where she boogied to his hit "Born To Be Alive."
"I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me) " borrows four bars from Notorious B.I.G's "The World Is Filled." Jay-Z and Biggie Smalls attended Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School in Brooklyn, New York at the same time.
Christine McVie wrote "Songbird" for Fleetwood Mac's Rumours album in just half a hour after she woke up in the middle of the night with the song in her head.
"Panama" by Van Halen is not about the country or the canal, but about a stripper David Lee Roth met in Arizona.
Beyoncé married Jay-Z five months before releasing "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)," a song she sang in character as her alter-ego, Sasha Fierce.
The Australian band Jet took their name from the 1973 song of the same by Paul McCartney and Wings.
The top Contemporary Christian artist of all time on song inspirations and what she learned from Johnny Carson.
Brian has unearthed outtakes by Fleetwood Mac, Aretha Franklin, Elvis Costello and hundreds of other artists for reissues. Here's how he does it.
Chris Stein of Blondie shares photos and stories from his book about the New York City punk scene.
In 1986, a Stephen King novella was made into a movie, with a classic song serving as title, soundtrack and tone.
The story of the legendary lupine DJ through the songs he inspired.
