Every film star mentioned in Madonna's "Vogue" has since died. The last was Lauren Bacall, who passed away in 2014.
The Queen song "Killer Queen," according to lead singer Freddie Mercury, is about a high-class call girl.
Jack & Diane started off as an interracial couple; Mellencamp took race references out of the song at the request of his record company.
Sly & the Family Stone's "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" was a huge hit in 1970 and found new life when Janet Jackson sampled the bass riff on her 1989 hit "Rhythm Nation."
Lucinda Williams' track "Compassion" is based on a poem by her father, lauded Arkansas poet Miller Williams.
"You Get What You Give" by The New Radicals was the first hit song to use the word "frenemies" in the lyrics.
The first of Billy's five #1 hits was the song that propelled Madonna to stardom. You'd think that would get you a backstage pass, wouldn't you?
In 1986, a Stephen King novella was made into a movie, with a classic song serving as title, soundtrack and tone.
The country hitmaker talks about his debut album, A Rock, and how a nursery rhyme inspired his hit single "One Beer."
Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai were two of Graham's co-writers for some '80s rock classics.
The top Contemporary Christian artist of all time on song inspirations and what she learned from Johnny Carson.
Bob was the bass player and lyricist for the first two Ozzy Osbourne albums. Here's how he wrote songs like "Crazy Train" and "Mr. Crowley" with Ozzy and Randy Rhoads.