Yellow Hair released just two singles, but one of them, "Somewhere," stands up really well and gets an occasional placement. Group member Scott McCarl, seen here at one of the many bars he played in his career, wrote the song. He joined the Raspberries near the end of the group's life cycle, appearing on their last album, Starting Over, in 1974
Rob Reiner named his 1986 movie "Stand By Me" after the song, since he thought The Body, a Stephen King story on which it was based, sounded like a horror movie.
Elton John's "Rocket Man" is based on a Ray Bradbury story called The Rocket Man published in 1951.
Andre 3000 played all the instruments on Outkast's "Hey Ya" except bass. Aaron Mills from Cameo played that.
"Rhythm Of My Heart" by Rod Stewart is about a soldier at war - his heart is beating like a drum because he's in battle.
"Invisible Touch" was the first time a band member (Phil Collins) had a #1 Hot 100 hit with a group after scoring a #1 solo hit.
A perfume called Wonderstruck was named after a line in Taylor Swift's song "Enchanted": "I'm wonderstruck, blushing all the way home."
The trail runs from flying saucer songs in the '50s, through Bowie, blink-182 and Katy Perry.
How a goofy detective movie, a disenchanted director and an unlikely songwriter led to one of the biggest hits in pop history.
Evelyn McDonnell, editor of the book Women Who Rock, on why the Supremes are just as important as Bob Dylan.
Fishbone has always enjoyed much more acclaim than popularity - Angelo might know why.
Glen Ballard talks about co-writing and producing Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill album, and his work with Dave Matthews, Aerosmith and Annie Lennox.
Did this Eagle come up with the term "Parrothead"? And what is it like playing "Hotel California" for the gazillionth time?