La La Brooks, Rachelle Spector, Art Cohen (La La's manager). When Rachelle asked her husband, Phil Spector, if Darlene Love cut a lead vocal for "Da Doo Ron Ron," he said that she didn't, and he always had La La pegged for the song.
"One Way Or Another" is based on a stalker who creeped out Blondie lead singer Debbie Harry.
Bob Seger's song "Beautiful Loser" was inspired by book Leonard Cohen published in 1966 called Beautiful Losers.
When the Christian band DC Talk covered Nirvana's "All Apologies" at concerts, they would change the line "Everyone is gay" to "Jesus is the Way."
In the UK, the first #1 hit with a rap was "Candy Girl" by the American boy band New Edition in 1983.
"Baby Got Back" isn't just a booty song. According to Sir Mix-A-Lot, it's about "Lack of acceptance by Hollywood of the African-American body."
Jimmy Webb was inspired to write The 5th Dimension song "Up-Up and Away" after seeing a hot-air balloon his friend flew on promotions for the Southern California radio station KMEN.
The 5-octave voice of the classical rock band Renaissance, Annie is big on creative expression. In this talk, she covers Roy Wood, the history of the band, and where all the money went in the '70s.
A song he wrote and recorded from "sheer spiritual inspiration," Allen's didn't think "Southern Nights" had hit potential until Glen Campbell took it to #1 two years later.
Donny Osmond talks about his biggest hits, his Vegas show, and the fan who taught him to take "Puppy Love" seriously.
Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Mila Kunis and John Malkovich are just a few of the film stars who have moonlighted in music videos.
Lyrics don't always follow the rules of grammar. Can you spot the ones that don't?
Despite her reticent personality, Adele's life and music are filled with intrigue. See if you can spot the true tales.