Michael Jackson's "Human Nature" was written by the keyboard player from Toto, who was working on the Thriller album.
Van Halen's first #1 hit was "Jump," an unusual song for the band because the lead instrument was synthesizer, not guitar.
David Bowie's "Station to Station" is over 10 minutes long. Bowie was doing a lot of drugs at the time and later said, "I have only flashes of making it."
Bruce Springsteen wrote "Blinded By The Light," which was a #1 hit for Manfred Mann's Earth Band. The "Madman Drummers" line is a reference to Springsteen's first E-Street drummer, Vinnie "Mad dog" Lopez.
David Byrne says "Road To Nowhere" is about "how there's no order and no plan and no scheme to life and death and it doesn't mean anything, but it's all right.
The CCR song "Run Through the Jungle" is about gun control.
A Soul Train dancer takes us through a day on the show, and explains what you had to do to get camera time.
Elvis, Little Richard and Cheryl Cole have all sung about Teddy Bears, but there is also a terrifying Teddy song from 1932 and a touching trucker Teddy tune from 1976.
A selection of songs made to be terrible - some clearly achieved that goal.
Was a Beatles song a TV theme? And who came up with those Fresh Prince and Sopranos songs?
Phone booths are nearly extinct, but they provided storylines for some of the most profound songs of the pre-cell phone era.
Daryl Hall's TV show is a hit, and he's been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - only one of these developments excites him.
