Prince "Eddy" - the Duke of Clarence - grandson of Queen Victoria - and second in line to throne is one of countless people fingered as Jack The Ripper. Although there is no evidence at all for this claim it is quite possible as John Miles suggests in his song that Jack was a perfect gentleman and the last person anyone would suspect of being a serial killer.
"One Week" by Barenaked Ladies was a #1 hit in America - for exactly one week in 1998.
Ozzy Osbourne's "Shot In The Dark" is titled after a Pink Panther movie.
Neil Young wrote the CSN&Y song "Ohio" about the Kent State Shootings, when the National Guard opened fire on students at Kent State University in Ohio, killing four.
The most intense song we know that deploys a cowbell is "Killing In The Name," the most popular song by Rage Against The Machine. Their drummer kept a cowbell on his kit and used it in some of their recordings.
The video for "Informer" by Snow that ran on MTV was subtitled so viewers could understand what he was saying.
Robert Smith doesn't license Cure songs for commercials, but he made an exception in 2004 when he let Hewlett-Packard use "Pictures Of You." He needed the money to buy the group's back catalogue.
The Bush frontman on where he finds inspiration for lyrics, if his "machine head" is a guitar tuner, and the stories behind songs from the album The Kingdom.
Rickie Lee Jones on songwriting, social media, and how she's handling Trump.
The lead singer and pianist for Procol Harum, Gary talks about finding the musical ideas to match the words.
For songwriters, Johnny represents the American man. He has been angry, cool, magic, a rebel and, of course, marching home.
With his X-wife Exene, John fronts the band X and writes their songs.
She thinks of herself as a "song interpreter," but back in the '80s another country star convinced Emmylou to take a crack at songwriting.