The voice is that says "here we go" in the AJR song "Bang!" belongs to Charlie Pellett, the announcer on the New York City subway ("stand clear of the closing doors, please").
The thunderclap sound heard in the Bee Gees song "Tragedy" was made by Barry Gibb with his mouth.
In 1979, Madonna was a dancer on Patrick Hernandez' tour, where she boogied to his hit "Born To Be Alive."
"One Way Or Another" is based on a stalker who creeped out Blondie lead singer Debbie Harry.
Thirty years after Jimi Hendrix played "Fire" at Woodstock, Red Hot Chili Peppers played it at Woodstock '99, but this time the unruly crowd actually set fires and looted.
"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.
A top session musician, Carol played on hundreds of hits by The Beach Boys, The Monkees, Frank Sinatra and many others.
The top chant artist in the Western world, Krishna Das talks about how these Hindu mantras compare to Christian worship songs.
With his X-wife Exene, John fronts the band X and writes their songs.