The Texas songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker wrote "Mr. Bojangles" after a weekend in jail where a fellow inmate told him his life story.
The TV show One Tree Hill got it's name from a song of the same name on U2's Joshua Tree album.
Taylor Swift's “Shake It Off” was inspired by how she'd learned to deal with all the false rumors that circulated about her. "The only thing we can control is our reaction to that ,” said Swift. "You can either let it get to you … [or] you just shake it off."
The Sam & Dave classic "Soul Man" was re-recorded by Sam Moore and Lou Reed for the 1986 movie Soul Man, about a white guy who pretends to be black so he can get a scholarship to Harvard.
Paul McCartney's favorite song that he wrote for someone else is Cilla Black's 1968 UK Top 10 hit, "Step Inside Love."
Geffen Records made history on June 27, 1994 when Aerosmith's "Head First" became the first major label song made available for exclusive digital download. Download speeds at the time were so slow it took around 75 minutes to download the track.
A Soul Train dancer takes us through a day on the show, and explains what you had to do to get camera time.
Rock Stars - especially those in the metal realm - are often enlisted for horror movies. See if you know can match the rocker to the role.
An original member of Depeche Mode, Vince went on to form Erasure and Yaz.
Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai were two of Graham's co-writers for some '80s rock classics.
The original voice of Snap! this story is filled with angry drag queens, video impersonators and Chaka Khan.
The Christian rapper talks about where his trip to Haiti and his history of addiction fit into his songs.
