The "Divine Thing" in the Soup Dragons song is the actor divine, seen here with Ricki Lake in a promotional poster for the movie Hairspray. One of the most famous drag artists who ever lived, Divine also had a successful career as a singer, recording a number of singles that were popular in dance clubs.
Eric Clapton wrote "Wonderful Tonight" while waiting for his girlfriend, Pattie Boyd, to get ready for a night out. By the time she was ready, he had written the song.
Adele's "Someone Like You" is the first song with just piano and voice to hit #1 in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, which started in 1958.
KT Tunstall's "Suddenly I See" was inspired by Robert Mapplethorpe's photograph of Patti Smith on the cover of her album Horses.
Johnny Cash's wife, June Carter, wrote "Ring Of Fire" about their relationship.
David Byrne says "Road To Nowhere" is about "how there's no order and no plan and no scheme to life and death and it doesn't mean anything, but it's all right.
Kid Rock performed his song "Amen" at Barack Obama's inaugural, but claims he didn't vote for him.
Beef with Bon Jovi? An unfortunate Spandex period? See if you can spot the true stories in this Metallica version of Fact or Fiction.
Laura Nyro talks about her complex, emotionally rich songwriting and how she supports women's culture through her art.
Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz on where the term "new wave" originated, the story of "Naive Melody," and why they never recorded another cover song after "Take Me To The River."
The man who brought us "Red Skies" and "Saved By Zero" is now an organic farmer in France.
Devo founders Mark Mothersbaugh and Jerry Casale take us into their world of subversive performance art. They may be right about the De-Evoloution thing.
A Soul Train dancer takes us through a day on the show, and explains what you had to do to get camera time.