Todd Rundgren banged his drums on stage with Ringo Starr as part of Ringo's "All Starr Band." This version of "Bang the Drum All Day" was included on the album Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live from Montreux.
The woman "singing" in the video for Technotronic's "Pump Up The Jam" didn't speak English. She was used just for her look, and also appeared on the album cover.
The voice of Waldo in Van Halen's "Hot For Teacher" video was the late Phil Hartman of Saturday Night Live Fame.
Barry Sonnenfeld, who would later direct the movies Get Shorty and Men in Black, was the director of photography on the "Rock the Casbah" video for The Clash.
"You Get What You Give" by The New Radicals was the first hit song to use the word "frenemies" in the lyrics.
Sia Furler originally sent "Pretty Hurts" to Katy Perry, but she didn't see the email, so Beyonce ended up recording it instead.
Robert Plant's "Heaven Knows" is a satirical look at the '80s, when style seemed to trump substance.
An Electronic music pioneer with Asperger's Syndrome. This could be interesting.
The longtime BS&T frontman tells the "Spinning Wheel" story, including the line he got from Joni Mitchell.
Starting in Virginia City, Nevada and rippling out to the Haight-Ashbury, LSD reshaped popular music.
One of Canada's most popular and eclectic performers, Hawksley tells stories about his oldest songs, his plentiful side projects, and the ways that he keeps his songwriting fresh.
Rufus Wainwright on "Hallelujah," his album Unfollow The Rules, and getting into his "lyric trance" on 12-hour walks.
After studying in Paris with a famous composition teacher, Charles became the most successful writer of TV theme songs.