Rod Stewart wrote "Maggie May" about the woman who deflowered him when he was 16.
"Kokomo" gave The Beach Boys their first #1 hit in 22 years. They picked the title because it sounded tropical.
"(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" was written by Nick Lowe in 1974. The original version with his group Brinsley Schwarz was kind of somber, but Elvis Costello made it a classic with his 1978 uptempo take.
"Brad Paisley's "River Bank" was inspired by his childhood growing up 500 yards from the Ohio River.
References to David Bowie, Tom Waits and Allan Ginsburg are peppered into the Bush song "Everything Zen."
Elvis Presley recorded "Always On My Mind" in 1972, but Willie Nelson's version 10 years later was the hit and won the Song of the Year Grammy.
Before he was the champ, Ali released an album called I Am The Greatest!, but his musical influence is best heard in the songs he inspired.
Test your metal - Priest, Maiden, and Beavis and Butt-head show up in this one.
The Cult frontman tells who the "Fire Woman" is, and talks about performing with the new version of The Doors.
How the American gangsta rappers made history by getting banned in the UK.
The hitmaking songwriter/producer Sam Hollander with stories about songs for Weezer, Panic! At The Disco, Train, Pentatonix, and Fitz And The Tantrums.
These Three famous songs actually describe how they were written - late into the evening.