"All Around The World" by Lisa Stansfield has a sultry spoken intro inspired by Barry White. He was honored by the homage, and in 1992 joined Stansfield to record a duet version of the song.
Hoyt Axton wrote the Three Dog Night hit "Joy To The World." He said the "Jeremiah was a bullfrog" line just came into his head after having a drink of wine.
"Your Time Is Gonna Come" became the first Led Zeppelin song to be covered when Sandie Shaw recorded it in 1969.
When singing "Cradle Of Love," Billy Idol typically changes a line to, "This song is so cheesy."
Prince released "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" on his own label to prove he could generate a hit song whenever he wanted. He made his point: It was a big hit around the world.
Bing Crosby debuted the song "White Christmas" in the 1942 movie Holiday Inn, where he plays a New Yorker stuck in Southern California for Christmas and missing the snow. The song became a Christmas classic and the basis for the 1954 movie White Christmas, also starring Crosby.
Roger reveals the songwriting formula Clive Davis told him, and if "Eight Miles High" is really about drugs.
Do you know the girl singer on Eminem's "Stan"? If so, this quiz is for you.
Songs where something goes horribly wrong (literally or metaphorically), and help is needed right away.
If the name Citizen Dick means anything to you, there's a chance you'll get some of these right.
In the name of song explanation, Al talks about scoring heroin for William Burroughs, and that's not even the most shocking story in this one.
A popular contemporary folk singer, Williams still remembers the sticky note that changed her life in college.