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.
Iggy Pop wrote "Lust For Life" with David Bowie, who came up with the music on a ukulele.
Celine Dion's 1998 festive tune "The Magic of Christmas Day (God Bless Us Everyone)" came from an unlikely source. It was penned by Dee Snider of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister.
"Crank That (Soulja Boy)" was the most successful digital track of 2007 in the US with 2,909,000 downloads. On January 6, 2008 it became the first song ever to sell 3 million digital copies in the States.
The electronic instruments in "Atomic Dog" represent the coming computer age, which is balanced by the instinctual dog, who barks and pants throughout the song.
Thanks to Eminem's song, the word "stan" was added to the Oxford American Dictionary in 2017. It means an obsessive fan.
Every film star mentioned in Madonna's "Vogue" has since died. The last was Lauren Bacall, who passed away in 2014.
Faith No More's bassist, Billy Gould, chats to us about his two new experimental projects, The Talking Book and House of Hayduk, and also shares some stories from the FNM days.
Can you be married in one country but not another? Only if you're part of a gay couple. One of the first famous singers to come out as a lesbian, Janis wrote a song about it.
The "A Thousand Miles" singer on what she thinks of her song being used in White Chicks and how she captured a song from a dream.
Jon Anderson breaks down the Yes classic "Seen All Good People" and talks about his 1000 Hands album, which features Chick Corea, Rick Derringer, Ian Anderson, and many other luminaries.
The "All I Want" singer went through a long depression, playing some shows when he didn't want to be alive.
The head of Drake's estate shares his insights on the late folk singer's life and music.
