Fossil collector and amateur palaeontologist Mary Anning (1799-1847) was the real life inspiration for "She Sells Sea Shells."
Ariana Grande's collaboration with Zedd, "Break Free" came about after the Russian-German producer overheard Grande performing at a label showcase while he was backstage, and he mentioned to his team that he wanted to work with her.
Cheap Trick's original version of "I Want You To Want Me" was countrified and kind of hokey. When they sped it up for their Live At Budokan album, it became a huge hit.
The "Gunter Glieben Glauten Globen" intro in Def Leppard's "Rock Of Ages" is something their producer Mutt Lange came up with when he got tired of counting them "1, 2, 3, 4..."
"One Week" by Barenaked Ladies was a #1 hit in America - for exactly one week in 1998.
When the Elvis stamps came out in 1993, lots of folks used them to mail letters with bad addresses so they would be Returned To Sender.
Walk The Moon vocalist Nicholas Petricca got the idea for "Shut Up and Dance" when he and his girlfriend were taking forever to get drinks at a Los Angeles club bar. Petricca was getting frustrated, so his girlfriend told him to, "Shut up and dance with me!'"
Lyrics don't always follow the rules of grammar. Can you spot the ones that don't?
Michelob commercials generated hits for Eric Clapton, Genesis and Steve Winwood in the '80s, even as some of these rockers were fighting alcoholism.
The evolution of the symbol that was Prince's name from 1993-2000.
Stage urinals, flute devices, and the real Aqualung in this Fact or Fiction.
Phil was a songwriter, producer and voice behind many Philadelphia soul classics. When disco hit, he got an interesting project: The Village People.
We ring the Hell's Bells to see what songs and rockers are sincere in their Satanism, and how much of it is an act.