The 2019 film John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky documents the making of the Imagine album through footage shot while the album was being recorded in 1971 and new interviews with those who were there, including bass player Klaus Voorman and drummer Alan White, both of whom played on the title track (here's the trailer).
The riff for The Sex Pistols' "Pretty Vacant" was pinched from a very unpunk song, the ABBA ballad "S.O.S."
"Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" was first recorded in 1934 by Eddie Cantor, but in 1962 it was one of the first hits for The Four Seasons, who became one of the most popular groups of that decade.
Desmond Child thought Gavin Rossdale was singing "Kiss The Rain" on the Bush song "Glycerine." When he found out the truth, he wrote a song called "Kiss The Rain" for Billie Myers.
"All Around The World" by Lisa Stansfield has a sultry spoken intro inspired by Barry White. He was honored by the homage, and in 1992 joined Stansfield to record a duet version of the song.
Mike Campbell from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers played the slide guitar on "Sixth Avenue Heartache." There is a connection here - Wallflowers lead singer Jakob's dad, Bob Dylan, played with Tom Petty in The Traveling Wilburys.
Mariah Carey's song "The Roof" is about her first kiss with Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter.
A band so baffling, even their names were contrived. Check your score in the Ramones version of Fact or Fiction.
When you have a song called "Fire," it's tempting to set one - these guys did.
The Def Leppard frontman talks about their "lamentable" hit he never thought of as a single, and why he's juiced by his Mott The Hoople cover band.
The 2011 Artist of the Year at the Dove Awards isn't your typical gospel diva, and she thinks that's a good thing.
The '70s gave us Muppets, disco and Van Halen, all which show up in this groovy quiz.
