The songwriting team Leiber and Stoller wrote "Hound Dog" for a blues singer named Big Mama Thronton, who first recorded the song in 1953. Elvis covered it in 1956, and it became his biggest hit.
"Stop Your Sobbing" was first recorded by The Kinks in 1964. It became the Pretenders first single 15 years later, leading to a relationship between Ray Davies and Chrissie Hynde.
"Your Time Is Gonna Come" became the first Led Zeppelin song to be covered when Sandie Shaw recorded it in 1969.
Janet Jackson's "Alright" video features Cab Calloway and Cyd Charisse, stars of musicals she loved as a kid.
The most famous song to prominently feature a French horn is "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys.
Outrageously gifted and just plain outrageous, Millie is an R&B and Rap innovator.
The Creed lead singer reveals the "ego and self-fulfillment" he now sees in one of the band's biggest hits.
Elvis, Little Richard and Cheryl Cole have all sung about Teddy Bears, but there is also a terrifying Teddy song from 1932 and a touching trucker Teddy tune from 1976.
Wilder's hit "Break My Stride" had an unlikely inspiration: a famous record mogul who rejected it.
He wrote "She Blinded Me With Science" so he could direct a video about a home for deranged scientists.
