Matthew Hopkins as portrayed by the American actor Vincent Price (1911-93) in the 1968 British period film Witchfinder General. Price is best known as a horror actor, and was cast equally as the hero or the villain of the piece. With his distinctive and at times wantonly sinister voice, it should have surprised no one that he was recruited to do the voice over on Michael Jackson's "Thriller."
"Frankenstein" by Edgar Winter got its name because it was a monster to edit; they pieced it together like Frankenstein's monster.
"I Ran (So Far Away)" by A Flock Of Seagulls ends with an alien abduction.
What #1 hit is built on a sample of another #1 hit? "Hypnotize" by The Notorious B.I.G., which gets its groove from "Rise," a chart-topper for Herb Alpert in 1979.
"Kashmir" is the only Led Zeppelin song to use outside musicians, as it needed strings and horns.
The Black Eyed Peas shot the video for "Just Can't Get Enough" in Japan just a week before a devastating earthquake hit the country.
"Girl Crush" by Little Big Town came from the hashtag #girlcrush, which its co-writer, Lori McKenna, spotted on Instagram.
The Cult frontman tells who the "Fire Woman" is, and talks about performing with the new version of The Doors.
Don breaks down "Hotel California" and other songs he wrote as a member of the Eagles. Now we know where the "warm smell of colitas" came from.
Brian has unearthed outtakes by Fleetwood Mac, Aretha Franklin, Elvis Costello and hundreds of other artists for reissues. Here's how he does it.
Lyrics don't always follow the rules of grammar. Can you spot the ones that don't?
Dave explains how the video appropriated the meaning of "Runaway Train," and what he thought of getting parodied by Weird Al.
