Katherine Heigl played Josh Kelley's love interest in the video for his 2005 song "Only You." They met on the shoot, became a real-life couple, and got married two years later. That's good casting!
The death of John Lennon was an influence on the Stevie Nicks hit "Edge Of Seventeen." He's the one with the "words of a poet and voice from a choir."
The Texas songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker wrote "Mr. Bojangles" after a weekend in jail where a fellow inmate told him his life story.
"True" by Spandau Ballet is about chief songwriter Gary Kemp's unrequited love for Altered Images singer and Gregory's Girl star Clare Grogan.
Rihanna was Pitbull's first choice to sing on "Timber," but she wasn't available at the time so he enlisted his RCA labelmate Kesha instead.
"Livin' La Vida Loca" is a Latin pop landmark, but "la vida loca" are the only Spanish words in the lyric - "mocha" is English.
The outlaw country icon talks about the spiritual element of his songwriting and his Bob Dylan mention.
Can you name Def Leppard's only #1 hit in America? Get rocked with this adrenalized quiz.
The trail runs from flying saucer songs in the '50s, through Bowie, blink-182 and Katy Perry.
John tells the "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" story and explains why he disappeared for so long.
How a goofy detective movie, a disenchanted director and an unlikely songwriter led to one of the biggest hits in pop history.
Jon Fratelli talks about the band's third album, and the five-year break leading up to it.
