The Bangles song "Eternal Flame" was inspired by a display at Graceland that honored Elvis Presley.
Pete Townshend wrote The Who's "Pinball Wizard" to coax a good review for the Tommy album out of a rock critic who loved pinball. It worked.
The first line of "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" is "It was the 3rd of September," which is the day lead singer Dennis Edwards' father died.
Wang Chung's '80s classic "Dance Hall Days" is about how things can start simple but end up complex. First you "take your baby by the hand," but by the end she has an amethyst in her mouth.
There really is a China Grove (in Texas), but Tom Johnston didn't know about it when he wrote the Doobie Brothers song.
The chorus in "September" by Earth, Wind & Fire is "Bada-Ya, dancing in September." Maurice White left it "Bada-Ya" instead of a real word because he never let a lyric get in the way of a groove.
On "Life Is A Highway," his burgeoning solo career, and the Rascal Flatts song he most connects with.
These Three famous songs actually describe how they were written - late into the evening.
The Cult frontman tells who the "Fire Woman" is, and talks about performing with the new version of The Doors.
A top session musician, Carol played on hundreds of hits by The Beach Boys, The Monkees, Frank Sinatra and many others.
The top Contemporary Christian artist of all time on song inspirations and what she learned from Johnny Carson.
Roger reveals the songwriting formula Clive Davis told him, and if "Eight Miles High" is really about drugs.
