The Pretenders are named after the 1956 song "The Great Pretender" by The Platters.
"Mr. Roboto" by Styx was written by their keyboard player, Dennis DeYoung, who used Japanese words and imagery to create an allegory about censorship.
The Simon & Garfunkel song "Mrs. Robinson" was originally called "Mrs. Roosevelt," most likely after First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The title was changed when it was considered for use in the film The Graduate, where Anne Bancroft's character is Mrs. Robinson.
Kenny Loggins co-wrote the Doobie Brothers hit "What a Fool Believes," which is about a guy who just can't accept that an affair from long ago was meaningless to her.
Elton John's "Rocket Man" is based on a Ray Bradbury story called The Rocket Man published in 1951.
Lots of life lessons in these Eagles lyrics - can you match them to the correct song?
An original member of Depeche Mode, Vince went on to form Erasure and Yaz.
Known in America for the hit "If You Leave," OMD is a huge influence on modern electronic music.
Starting in Virginia City, Nevada and rippling out to the Haight-Ashbury, LSD reshaped popular music.
"Dead Skunk" became a stinker for Loudon when he felt pressure to make another hit - his latest songs deal with mortality, his son Rufus, and picking up poop.
Was a Beatles song a TV theme? And who came up with those Fresh Prince and Sopranos songs?
