Jim Croce was killed in a plane crash on September 30, 1973. A few weeks later, his song "Time In A Bottle" hit #1.
"Surf City" was recorded by Jan & Dean, but written by Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys. It was the first #1 hit Wilson wrote.
On Metallica's "The Unforgiven," James Hetfield modeled his vocals on Chris Isaak.
The band Simple Minds took their name from the line "He's so simple minded he can't drive his module" in David Bowie's "The Jean Genie."
Otis Redding often ad-libbed vocals at the end of songs, but for "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" he just whistled instead - it became some of the most famous whistling in song history.
The Bangles song "Eternal Flame" was inspired by a display at Graceland that honored Elvis Presley.
Here is the church, here is the steeple - see if you can identify these lyrics that reference church.
The "Lowdown" and "Lido Shuffle" singer makes a habit of playing with the best in the business.
A talk with Martin Popoff about his latest book on Rush and how he assessed the thousands of albums he reviewed.
The (Meat)puppetmaster takes us through songs like "Lake Of Fire" and "Backwater," and talks about performing with Kurt Cobain on MTV Unplugged.
Did they really trade their guitarist to The Doobie Brothers? Are they named after something naughty? And what's up with the band name?
The lead singer and pianist for Procol Harum, Gary talks about finding the musical ideas to match the words.