Rob Reiner named his 1986 movie "Stand By Me" after the song, since he thought The Body, a Stephen King story on which it was based, sounded like a horror movie.
It has long been speculated that the Soundgarden song "Black Hole Sun" came from the name of a sculpture in Seattle, but according to their frontman Chris Cornell the title came from a phrase he misheard on the news. The band's name did come from a sculpture.
Keith Richards did some studio alchemy on "Street Fighting Man," which is all acoustic except the bass.
The most famous song to prominently feature a French horn is "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys.
Hugh Laurie, star of the TV show House, had a minor hit in 2011 with "Police Dog Blues," an old Blues song from 1929.
"True" by Spandau Ballet is about chief songwriter Gary Kemp's unrequited love for Altered Images singer and Gregory's Girl star Clare Grogan.
An Electronic music pioneer with Asperger's Syndrome. This could be interesting.
Based on criteria like girlfriend tension, stage mishaps and drummer turnover, these are the 10 bands most like Spinal Tap.
Katy Perry mentions McDonald's, Beyoncé calls out Red Lobster, and Supertramp shouts out Taco Bell - we found the 10 restaurants most often mentioned in songs.
Toto's keyboard player explains the true meaning of "Africa" and talks about working on the Thriller album.
How a country weeper and a blues number made "rolling stone" the most popular phrase in rock.
