Sacco and Vanzetti, the "two good men" in Woody Guthrie's song. They were convicted of a double murder and sent to the electric chair.
The most famous song to prominently feature a French horn is "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys.
One of Tom Petty's most personal songs is "Room At The Top," which he stopped performing because it brought back painful memories.
"I Want It That Way" is the most popular Backstreet Boys song, but the lyric doesn't make much sense. That's because it was written by the hitmaking swedish producers Max Martin and Andreas Carlsson, who were more worried about how it sings than what it means.
When Rihanna's "Umbrella" was a hit in the summer of 2007, it rained constantly in London, prompting their newspaper The Sun to suggest a "Rihanna Curse."
Fleetwood Mac's "Gypsy" is about Stevie Nicks' best friend, who died of leukemia.
Kelly Clarkson's coronation song when she won American Idol in 2002 was "A Moment Like This," which was released as her first single and went to #1. Every finalist that season recorded the song in case they won.
Julian tells the stories behind his hits "Valotte" and "Too Late for Goodbyes," and fills us in on his many non-musical pursuits. Also: what MTV meant to his career.
A big list of musical marriages and family relations ranging from the simple to the truly dysfunctional.
John Lennon, Paul Simon and Lynyrd Skynyrd are some of the artists who have written revenge songs. Do you know who they wrote them about?
The renown rock singer talks about "The House of the Rising Sun" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood."
Billie Jean, Delilah, Sara, Laura and Sharona - do you know who the girls in the songs really are?
These overtly religious songs crossed over to the pop charts, despite resistance from fans, and in many cases, churches.