In the early '60s Charles M Shultz (Sparky) began drawing his comic hero dog Snoopy in various engagements of battle with the Red Baron, using his doghouse as his own imaginary Sopwith Camel biplane. In the mid '60s the dialogue was featured in a TV animation A boy named Charlie Brown, and in subsequent Peanuts TV specials Snoopy would engage in additional battles. The infamous Red Baron was Baron Manfred von Richthofen, flying for the Germans in War I. Flying a bright red plane, the Red Baron was famous for downing 80 enemy aircraft, far surpassing a pilot named Boelcke, finally he was brought down by either Australian ground troops or a British Pilot Capt. Brown in April of 1918. The plane was ravaged for souvenirs, and it was found that Richthofen was killed by a single bullet to the chest. He was 25 years old.
Before recording "Boom Clap" herself, Charli XCX offered the song to Hilary Duff, but her people turned down the tune because it "wasn't cool enough for Hilary."
There's a lot of Americana in "Uncle John's Band" by the Grateful Dead, including references to "Buckdancer's Choice" (an Appalachian folk song) and "Fire And Ice," a Robert Frost poem.
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The first US Top 10 hit with the word "hell" in the title was "Gives You Hell" by The All-American Rejects in 2008.
Back To The Future wasn't the only movie where Michael J. Fox rocked out: He sang with Joan Jett in the 1987 movie Light Of Day, with a title track written by Bruce Springsteen.
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Harry Wayne Casey tells the stories behind KC and The Sunshine Band hits like "Get Down Tonight," "That's The Way (I Like It)," and "Give It Up."
Songwriters have used cards and card games to make sense of heartache, togetherness, and even Gonorrhea.
Wilder's hit "Break My Stride" had an unlikely inspiration: a famous record mogul who rejected it.
Richie talks about the impact of "Amazed," and how his 4-year-old son inspired another Lonestar hit.
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