Paul Simon dressed as a turkey to perform "Still Crazy After All These Years" on the first season of Saturday Night Live. Simon became good friends with SNL creator Lorne Michaels, and appeared many more times on the show. He met his future wife Edie Brickell in 1988 on the set.
Clarence Clemons, who played the sax in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, had the biggest solo hit of anyone in the group - aside from Springsteen - when "You're A Friend Of Mine" hit #18 in 1985.
When "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" climbed to #1 on the Hot 100, Katy Perry became the first woman to send five songs from one album to the top of the charts. The four previous chart-toppers from her Teenage Dream set were "California Gurls," "Teenage Dream," "Firework" and "E.T."
"Ho Hey" by The Lumineers is about New York City, where lead singer Wesley Schultz moved to make it in music. He was dismayed to find many "trust fund kids" in the music scene while he struggled to pay the rent.
"Kiss On My List" by Hall & Oates is actually an anti-love song - the kiss is just one item on a list, and by no means the best.
Rihanna claims that "S&M" is about her love/hate relationship with the media. Apparently her paparazzi are using whips and chains.
When he met Delilah DiCrescenzo, Plain White T's lead singer Tom Higgenson told her he'd write a song about her, and came up with the first verse of "Hey There Delilah" on the spot.
An Electronic music pioneer with Asperger's Syndrome. This could be interesting.
Steve Cropper on the making of "In the Midnight Hour," the chicken-wire scene in The Blues Brothers, and his 2021 album, Fire It Up.
Surprise exits, a catfight and some very memorable performances make our list of the most memorable Idol moments.
Billie Jean, Delilah, Sara, Laura and Sharona - do you know who the girls in the songs really are?
Laura Nyro talks about her complex, emotionally rich songwriting and how she supports women's culture through her art.
Psychedelic Furs lead singer Richard Butler talks about their first album since 1991 and explains what's really going on in "Pretty In Pink."